Fix your eyes forward on what you can do, not back on what you cannot change.

Privacy and loneliness were the traditional luxuries accorded to a skipper.

The control of information is something the elite always does, particularly in a despotic form of government. Information, knowledge, is power. If you can control information, you can control people.

Liberation and equal-rights issues notwithstanding, it was a man's job to make a woman feel cherished and respected.

Man is a creature of hope and invention, both of which belie the idea that things cannot be changed.

We cannot fail to win unless we fail to try.

I understand why we do that now. It’s a help, not a threat. It’s something to remind you how important words are. Ideas are important. Principles are important. Words are important. Your word is the most important of all. Your word is who you are.