Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.

I shall proceed from the simple to the complex. But in war more than in any other subject we must begin by looking at the nature of the whole; for here more than elsewhere the part and the whole must always be thought of together.

War is the continuation of politics by other means.

A conqueror is always a lover of peace.

To secure peace is to prepare for war.

War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means.

Politics is the womb in which war develops.

Two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light which leads to truth; and second, the courage to follow this faint light wherever it may lead.

Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.

I don't believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than you ever thought you could be.

I really believe that everyone has a talent, ability, or skill that he can mine to support himself and to succeed in life.

Like all of us in this storm between birth and death, I can wreak no great changes on the world, only small changes for the better, I hope, in the lives of those I love.

Nothing gives us courage more readily than the desire to avoid looking like a damn fool.

I like to deal with EVERY aspect of our condition, and that means terror and humor in equal mix. Some books have more room for humor than others.

There's sometimes a weird benefit to having an alcoholic, violent father. He really motivated me in that I never wanted to be anything like him.

Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.

Money is just a way of keeping score.

You create your opportunities by asking for them.

There is a universal, intelligent, life force that exists within everyone and everything. It resides within each one of us as a deep wisdom, an inner knowing. We can access this wonderful source of knowledge and wisdom through our intuition, an inner sense that tells us what feels right and true for us at any given moment.

We all have within us a deep wisdom, but sometimes we don't know we have it.

We live in a culture that doesn't acknowledge or validate human intuition and doesn't encourage us to rely on our intuitive wisdom.

When I wrote Living in the Light, I wanted to share about how I live my own life and to encourage people to tap into their own inner wisdom.

Every time you don't follow your inner guidance, you feel a loss of energy, loss of power, a sense of spiritual deadness.

When we consistently suppress and distrust our intuitive knowingness, looking instead for authority, validation, and approval from others, we give our personal power away.

I've always tried to go a step past wherever people expected me to end up.

There is a growing strength in women but it's in the forehead, not the forearm.

Whatever you want in life, other people are going to want it too. Believe in yourself enough to accept the idea that you have an equal right to it.

You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.

I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.

There is nothing deep down inside us except what we have put there ourselves.

Truth is simply a compliment paid to sentences seen to be paying their way.

There is progress whether ye are going forward or backward! The thing is to move!

Dreams are today's answers to tomorrow's questions.

I come to win.

I believe in rules. Sure I do. If there weren't any rules, how could you break them?

As long as I've got a chance to beat you I'm going to take it.

He conquers who endures.

We consume our tomorrows fretting about our yesterdays.

Press forward. Do not stop, do not linger in your journey, but strive for the mark set before you.

Among the many reasons assignable for the sad decay of true Christianity, perhaps the neglecting to assemble ourselves together, in religious societies, may not be one of the least.

Take care of your life and the Lord will take care of your death.

For it pleased God, after he had made all things by the word of his power, to create man after his own image.

O my brethren, my heart is enlarge towards you. I trust I feel something of that hidden, but powerful presence of Christ, whilst I am preaching to you.

Fight the good fight of faith, and God will give you spiritual mercies.

Don't fight the problem, decide it.

When a thing is done, it's done. Don't look back. Look forward to your next objective.

When you fail you learn from the mistakes you made and it motivates you to work even harder.

The weeds keep multiplying in our garden, which is our mind ruled by fear. Rip them out and call them by name.

The more painful it is, tragically, the more you do learn, though, that's the good part.