A good leader must have the wisdom to know when a pursuit is no longer worthy of being pursued – a time when the losses of the present must be accepted – and cut – to preserve the gains and providence of the future.

We are united by something greater and more valuable than our beliefs alone: the freedom to have those beliefs, and believe what we want without persecution – we must protect that at all costs.

No matter what, don’t live a life where you’re too scared to die for what you believe in. Always go at it with everything you’ve got, even if it doesn’t seem to be enough.

A man shouldn’t bite the hand that feeds him, even if another holds out a golden spoon to him as reward after his betrayal.

To get to where you need to be, you have to go where you don’t feel prepared to go.

They say you can’t change the past despite the fact it never stops changing you – but that doesn’t mean we have to sit back and take it. It may change us, but we have ultimate control over how we let it.

Greatness is not a gift that one can give to another, but rather is a thief’s relic that we must take for ourselves.

Sometimes it’s best to trade an ideal for something more practical that you can guarantee.

Our lives consist of a series of internal battles, deep within us, where weapons don’t exist and technology is unable to create devices that better the best of yesterday. Our knowledge is our only defense; caution, our only friend.

Sometimes it feels like you have nothing, or aren’t going anywhere, but while you’re waiting for fortune to deliver you, there is always something you can do to help yourself, or teach yourself to better your situation.