Death came very easily to her. She had lived such an innocent and loving life of service to others and held such a simple faith, that she had no fears at all and did not seem to mind very much. |
Democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time. |
Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry. |
Difficulties mastered are opportunities won |
Do not criticize your government when out of the country. Never cease to do so when at home. |
Do not let spacious plans for a new world divert your energies from saving what is left of the old. |
Don't argue about difficulties. The difficulties will argue for themselves. |
Don't be careless about yourselves--on the other hand not too careful. Live well but do not flaunt it. Laugh a little and teach your men to laugh--get good humor under fire--war is a game that's played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin, keep out of the way till you can. |
Don't take 'no' for an answer, never submit to failure. Do not be fobbed off with mere personal success or acceptance. You will make all kinds of mistakes, but as long as you are generous and true, and also fierce, you cannot hurt the world or even s |
Don't talk to me about Naval tradition! It's nothing but rum, sodomy, and the lash |
During my life, I have often had to eat my own words, and on the whole I have found them a wholesome diet |
Each beat guides me in Your direction. |
Eating words has never given me indigestion. |
even the Almighty took seven. |
Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb. |