Intelligence is the understanding of self

Don’t strive to become, but be.

Thoughts backed by faith will overcome all obstacles.

A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough.

The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.

Do not precede others, always follow them.

Defeat is a state of mind; no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.

Ever since I was a kid, the word “quality” has meant a lot to me.

Your mental attitude determines what you make of it, either a stepping stone or stumbling block.

Research your own experience; absorb what is useful, reject what is useless and add what is essentially your own.

Not “what” to think but “how” to think.

A person cannot forget someone who is good to them.

“God has picked you out to pick you up.” 

“Whoever you are, wherever you are, whatever you’ve been through, it’s never too late to begin again.” 

This achieving the center, being grounded in one’s self, is about the highest state a human being can achieve.

“An affirmation to say everyday:

“It is not about reading the Word. It is about obeying the Word.” 

“Stop being tomented by everyone else's reaction to you.” 

“I may not be where I need to be but I thank God I am not where I used to be.” 

“Character is doing what you don't want to do but know you should do.”

I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.

People who don't gamble aren't worth talking to.

Although a precise outlook on the international situation is hard for anyone to make, it is needless to say that now the time has come for the Navy, especially the Combined Fleet, to devote itself seriously to war preparations, training, and operational plans with a firm determination that a conflict with the U.S. and Great Britain is inevitable.

Even a burglar hesitates to go back for more.