“The point of life was to press on, to do the best you can, to make the world a better place.”

“Success is a finished book, a stack of pages each of which is filled with words. If you reach that point, you have won a victory over yourself no less impressive than sailing single-handed around the world. ”

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

“If you want to kick the tiger in his ass you'd better have a plan for dealing with his teeth”

“And so began something that had not quite begun and would not soon end, with many people in many places moving off in directions and on missions which they all mistakenly thought they understood. That was just as well. The future was too fearful for contemplation, and beyond the expected, illusory finish lines were things fated by the decisions made this morning -- and, once decided, best unseen.”

“My life is a very simple life thank you”

“Remember, for every shot you fire, someone, somewhere, is making money.”