Napoleon said of Massena, that he was not himself until the battle began to go against him; then, when the dead began to fall in ranks around him, awoke his powers of combination, and he put on terror and victory as a robe. So it is in rugged crises, in unweariable endurance, and in aims which put sympathy out of question, that the angel is shown.

The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom.

SunTzu

In reading Chesterton, as in reading MacDonald, I did not know what I was letting myself in for. A young man who wishes to remain a sound Atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. There are traps everywhere

C.S. Lewis, Surprised by Joy (Lo

True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what's right.

Brigham Young

Oh, Wikipedia, with your tension between those who would share knowledge and those who would destroy it.

John Green

I was never considered cool throughout my teens: a very important time to be accepted by someone, especially your peers. Yes, I had all the screaming women, but the guys hated my guts.

Donny Osmond

To those leaning on the sustaining infinite, today is big with blessings.

Mary Baker Eddy

And getting stunt coordinator Dan Bradley and everybody from the whole 'Bourne Supremacy' crew, I think was real cool for our film because we do a bunch of really big jumps in this movie.

Sean William Scott

I have a dream that one day ... the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Through the years, a man peoples a space with images of provinces, kingdoms, mountains, bays, ships, islands, fishes, rooms, tools, stars, horses and people. Shortly before his death, he discovers that the patient labyrinth of lines traces the image of his own face.

Jorge Luis Borges

No brain is stronger than its weakest think.

Thomas L. Masson

At Christmas our house is like a Donnie and Marie Christmas Special.

Kevin Richardson

Photography, alone of the arts, seems perfected to serve the desire humans have for a moment - this very moment - to stay.

Sam Abell