It's easy to fool the eye but it's hard to fool the heart.
Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.
I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.
A great deal; you are good to those who are good to you. It is all I ever desire to be. If people were always kind and obedient to those who are cruel and unjust, the wicked people would have it all their own way; they would never feel afraid, and so they would never alter, but would grow worse and worse. When we are struck at without a reason, we should strike back again very hard; I am sure we should - so hard as to teach the person who struck us never to do it again.
If you want to be happy, be.
Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
The Marine Corps has just been called by the New York Times, 'The elite of this country.' I think it is the elite of the world.
Don't let yourself become so concerned with raising a good kid that you forget you already have one.
Find someone who is willing to share the truth with you.
To be alone means that you avoid bad company. But to have a true friend is better than being alone.
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