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Quotes by Soldier

"Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking."

"Nobody but you have to believe in your dreams to make them a reality."

"My politics are of a practical kind - the integrity of the country, the supremacy of the Federal government, an honorable peace, or none at all."

"Think before you click. If people do not know you personally and if they cannot see you as you type, what you post online can be taken out of context if you are not careful in the way your message is delivered."

"All of us are creatures of a day; the rememberer and the remembered alike. All is ephemeral-both memory and the object of memory. The time is at hand when you will have forgotten everything; and the time is at hand when all will have forgotten you. Always reflect that soon you will be no one, and nowhere."

"It is not fit that I should give myself pain, for I have never intentionally given pain even to another."

"Think about every good thing in your life right now. Free yourself of worrying. Let go of the anxiety, breathe. Stay positive, all is well."

"Damn the sword! When Virginia wanted a sword, I gave her one. Now she sends me a toy! I require bread!"
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"I have never received a Farthing of Prize Money either for Artillery Ammunition or Vessels."

"And in the case of superior things like stars, we discover a kind of unity in separation. The higher we rise on the scale of being, the easier it is to discern a connection even among things separated by vast distances."

"What pulls the strings is the force hidden within there lies ... the real man."

"That which has died falls not out of the universe. If it stays here, it also changes here, and is dissolved into its proper parts, which are elements of the universe and of thyself. And these too change, and they murmur not"."

"Let them know a real man who lives as he was meant to live."

"When another blames you or hates you, or people voice similar criticisms, go to their souls, penetrate inside and see what sort of people they are. You will realize that there is no need to be racked with anxiety that they should hold any particular opinion about you."

"We must recognize the chief characteristic of the modern era - a permanent state of what I call violent peace."

"That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees."

"Reach out and help others. If you have the power to make someone happy, do it. Be a vessel, be the change, be the difference, or be the inspiration. Shine your light as an example. The world needs more of that."

"No one else knows exactly what the future holds for you, no one else knows what obstacles you've overcome to be where you are, so don't expect others to feel as passionate about your dreams as you do."


"There are no extraordinary men... just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary men are forced to deal with."

"They should hold themselves absolutely upon the immovable foundation of truth and nature, whereby alone they can save themselves from misapprehensions and from the danger of being entirely carried away from reality into mere dreams and fictions."

"Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination, rarely."

"Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else."

"Be transparent. Let's build a community that allows hard questions and honest conversations so we can stir up transformation in one another."
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