Men who watch, and say little, very often are much wiser than the men they serve.

A grieving person's like a person treading in deep water--if they've nothing to hold on to, they lose hope. They slide right under.

Knowing that the battle will not end the way he wishes does not make it any less worthwhile the fight.

When I meet a wind I cannot fight , I can do naught but set my sails to let it take me where it will.

I believe there are no random meetings in our lives – that everyone we touch, who touches us, has been put in our path for a reason. The briefest encounter can open a door, or heal a wound, or close a circle that was started long before your birth.

Tis action moves the world....[in] the game of chess, mind that: ye cannot leave your men to stand unmoving on the board and hope to win. A soldier must first step upon the battlefield if does mean to cross it.

Hope rarely enters into it. 'Tis action moves the world.