it is not only unfair but disgustingly cruel that the mother is always held responsible for the illegitimate child, while the father goes scot-free.

For whoever habitually suppresses the truth in the interests of tact will produce a deformity from the womb of his thought.

The unexpected cannot guarantee success, but it guarantees the best chance of success.

War is always a matter of doing evil in the hope that good may come of it.

The theory of the indirect approach operates on the line of least expectation.

Direct pressure always tends to harden and consolidate the resistance of an opponent.

If you want peace, understand war.

The most dangerous error is failure to recognize our own tendency to error.

In war, the chief incalculable is the human will.

The only thing harder than getting a new idea into the military mind is to get an old one out.

Happy trails to you, until we meet again.

Who cares about the clouds when we're together? Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather.

Life is not over because you have diabetes. Make the most of what you have, be grateful.

I lay in the bed at the hospital and said, 'let's see what I have left.' And I could see, I could speak, I could think, I could read. I simply tabulated my blessings, and that gave me a start.

Prayer! I couldn't live without it; I would have died a thousand times if it had not been for my chance to talk it over with God, and gain strength in it from him.

It's the way you ride the trail that counts.

If we never had any storms, we couldn't appreciate the sunshine.

Every day we live is a priceless gift of God, loaded with possibilities to learn something new, to gain fresh insights.

Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas.