The more you seat in peace, the less you bleed in war

When youhave to make a choice and you don't make it, that itself is a choice.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shake it,the more sour it grows.

The past is always dogging our heals, striving ceaselessly to banish the present.

If pain could have cured us, we should have long ago been saved.

Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.

Glory is a poison that can only be taken in small doses.

If you ain'tnever pick up the sword, you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognises genius.

I have oftenregretted my speech, never my silence.

All creeds and opinions are nothing but the result of chance and temperament.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di