. . . besides love, independence of thought is the greatest gift an adult can give a child.

Pride is holding your head up when everyone around you has theirs bowed. Courage is what makes you do it.

As is so often the case with a legend, every incident has two possible interpretations, the plausible and the one that is molded to suit the making of the myth. Man is a romantic at heart and will always put aside dull, plodding reason for the excitement of an enigma. As Doc had pointed out, mystery, not logic, is what gives us hope and keeps us believing in a force greater than our own insignificance.

Let me conclude by saying in my experience the glittering prizes in life come more to those who persevere despite setback and disappointment than they do to the exceptionally gifted who, with the confidence of the talents bestowed upon them, often pursue the tasks leading to success with less determination.

sometimes in life doing what we shouldn't do is the emergency

Sometimes, very occasionally, you do your best boxing with your mouth.

It's not what a man does, it's what a man is that counts!