It is not open to the cool bystander . . . to set himself up as an impartial judge of events which would never have occurred had he outstretched a helping hand in time.

Life is fraught with opportunities to keep your mouth shut.

I'm finished ... I'm done. What I want above all things is to take some active part in beating the Germans ... I'd go out to the Front at once.

We have a very daring and skillful opponent against us, and, may I say across the havoc of war, a great general.

I like things to happen, and if they don't happen I like to make them happen.

Courage is the ability to go from failure to failure with enthusiasm.

There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues, the most dominating virtues of human society, are created, strengthened and maintained. Having a family guarantees that you have a built in support system, and although that support system may not always be what you want it to be, when it comes down to the wire, your family will love you and stand behind you, no matter what.