Decisionis the spark that ignites action. Until a decision is made, nothinghappens.... Decision is the courageous facing of issues, knowing that if theyare not faced, problems will remain forever unanswered.

Speech is of time; silence is of eternity.

Don't consideryour reputation and you may do anything you like.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

Conduct is wise or foolish only in reference to its results.

Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

Youdon't run twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

Happiness is a choice that requires affort at times.

Discord gives a relish to concord.

Nothing is a permanent except change.

A nation reveals itself not only by the men it honours, the men it remembers.