Chartacter Quotes

The process is more important than the outcome.

Victorious warriors win first and then go to war,

while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.

Hope is a good breakfast,

but it is a bad supper.

Wars are,

of course,

as a rule to be avoided,

but they are far better,

than certain kinds of peace.

In a closed society where everybody’s guilty,

the only crime is getting caught.

In a world of thieves,

the only final sin is stupidity.

Without deep reflection one knows from daily life

that one exists for other people.

Elegance is the only beauty that never fades.

The reactionary is always willing to take

a progressive attitude on any issue that is dead.

He who would be no slave must consent to have no slave.

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it

not for themselves and, under a just God,

cannot long retain it.

Ability is what you’re capable of doing.

Motivation determines what you do.

Attitude determines how well you do it.

The standard is the standard.

He who learns must suffer.

Silence is sometimes the best answer.

The road to success is paved with mistakes,

failures, and broken strings.

I’ll take a child that has talent and a great mother over a child

that has world class talent and a mother that’s a nut.

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.

All you have to do is write one true sentence.

Write the truest sentence that you know.

The greatest delight which the fields

and woods minister is the suggestion of an occult relation.

The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that

they can be great in whatever they want to do.

We take care of our own.