Colin Powell

"A light supper, a good night's sleep, and a fine morning have often made a hero of the same man who by indigestion, a restless night, and a rainy morning, would have proved a coward."

Earl of Chesterfield

"A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood."

George S. Patton

"A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil."

Grover Cleveland

"A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us."

Margaret Thatcher

"Actors who have tried to play Churchill and MacArthur have failed abysmally because each of those men was a great actor playing himself."

William Manchester

"Although... the Chief Magistrate must almost of necessity be chosen by a party and stand pledged to its principles and measures, yet in his official action he should not be the President of a party only, but of the whole people of the United States."

James Polk

"Americans love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle."

George S. Patton

"An Edwardian lady in full dress was a wonder to behold, and her preparations for viewing were awesome."

William Manchester

"An ordinary man can surround himself with two thousand books and thenceforward have at least one place in the world in which it is possible to be happy."

Augustine Birrell

"Be as a tower firmly set; Shakes not its top for any blast that blows."

Dante Alighieri

"Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee."

Tacitus

"Because of what you have done the heavens have become a part of man's world. And as you talk to us from the Sea of Tranquillity, it inspires us to redouble our efforts to bring peace and Tranquillity to Earth."

Richard M. Nixon

"Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There's nothing to do but to stand there and take it."

Lyndon B. Johnson

"Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds."

Benjamin Disraeli

"Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit."

Henry B. Adams

"Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbor."

Arnold J. Toynbee

"Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance of peace, I would yield every honor which has been accorded by war."

Douglas MacArthur

"Dad, I'm in some trouble. There's been an accident and you're going to hear all sorts of things about me from now on. Terrible things."

Edward Kennedy

"Democratic nations must try to find ways to starve the terrorist and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity on which they depend."

Margaret Thatcher

"Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically."

Mao Tse-Tung

"Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts."

Edward R. Murrow

"Failure is impossible."

Susan B. Anthony

"Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears."

Louis D. Brandeis

"Following the light of the sun, we left the Old World."

Christopher Columbus