"Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!"

"Nine-tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time."

"Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' - and get busy and find out how to do it."

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."

"If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you don't get a great statesman; if Lincoln had lived in a time of peace, no one would have known his name."

"The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it."

"Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a gentle tongue can break a bone."

"Cute is when a person's personality shines through their looks. Like in the way they walk, every time you see them you just want to run up and hug them."

"No man really becomes a fool until he stops asking questions."

"Well, if crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight? They never mention that part to us, do they?"

"The best lightning rod for your protection is your own spine."

"Trying is the first step towards failure."