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Quotes by Soldier

"To live each day as though one's last never flustered never apathetic never attitudinizing-here is perfection of character."

"The passing minute is every man's equal possession but what has once gone by is not ours."

"I've never been motivated by money " it doesn't drive Me."


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

"Salvation: to see each thing for what it is- its nature and its purpose.To do only what is right, say only what is true, without holding back.What else could it be but to live life fully- to pay out goodnesslike the rings of a chain, without the slightest gap."

"All things of the body stream away like a river, all things of the mind are dreams and delusion; life is warfare, and a visit to a strange land; the only lasting fame is oblivion."

"You become what you digest into your spirit. Whatever you think about, focus on, read about, talk about, you're going to attract more of into your life. Make sure they're all positive."

"I wanted to take a stand against what I think was not so well established then but is thoroughly well established now, which is the substitution for a real sense of a country of a hideous distortion which you can sell to the people called 'heritage'."

"If you're going to sin, sin against God, not the bureaucracy; God will forgive you but the bureaucracy won't."

"I often marvel how it is that though each man loves himself beyond all else he should yet value his own opinion of himself less than that of others."

"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."

"As far as you can, get into the habit of asking yourself in relation to any action taken by another: "What is his point of reference here?" But begin with yourself: examine yourself first."

"Speak Life:You are loved.You have purpose.You are a masterpiece.You are wonderfully made.God has a great plan for you."

"Live your life in such a way that you'll be remembered for your kindness, compassion, fairness, character, benevolence, and a force for good who had much respect for life, in general."

"John Brown's effort was peculiar. It was not a slave insurrection."

"If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it."

"The blazing fire makes flames and brightness out of everything thrown into it."

"Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul."

"Be nice to people... maybe it'll be unappreciated, unreciprocated, or ignored, but spread the love anyway. We rise by lifting others."

"Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig."

"I'd rather play in front of a full house than an empty crowd."


"You are as safe with me as you would be in the Bank of England."

"Your purpose, then, plainly stated, is, that you will destroy the Government, unless you be allowed to construe and enforce the Constitution as you please, on all points in dispute between you and us."

"Be positive. Stay happy and don't let the negativity of the world get you down."

"The young people have MTV and rock and roll. Why would they go to read poetry? Poetry belongs to the Stone Age. It awakens in us perceptions that go back to those times."
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