"It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves."

"The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it."

"You, too, can determine what you want. You can decide on your major objectives, targets, aims and destination."

"I like the night. Without the dark, we'd never see the stars."

"He is not of us who is not affectionate to the little ones, and does not respect the old; and he is not of us, who does not order which is lawful, and prohibits that which is unlawful."

"I'm against group sex because I wouldn't know where to put my elbows."

"No man resolved to make the most of himself has time to waste on personal contention."

"Very little is known of the Canadian country since it is rarely visited by anyone but the Queen and illiterate sport fishermen."

"God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed, and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other."

"But I can't help detesting my relations. I suppose it comes from the fact that none of us can stand other people having the same faults as ourselves."

"A slipping gear in your M203 grenade launcher can cause it to fire when you least expect it. This could make you very unpopular with what is left of your unit."

"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears, how ever measured or far away."