Life has all sorts of hills and valleys, and sometimes you don't end up doing what you had your heart set out on, but sometimes that's even better!
For those who have made the ultimate sacrifice, we are grateful that such men and women were among us. For those who continue to serve, we honor their commitment. For those who return to civilian life, we honor their service.
The men and women of today's VA are dedicated to caring for today's veterans and stand ready to provide for our servicemembers who now defend our freedoms and our way of life.
In life, as in chess, forethought wins.
I can think that you are mistaken, but I have to be ready to give my life to maintain your right to make mistakes. I have to, though, have the right to say that you're mistaken. This is the principal of the liberal society.
I had to skydive for the movie and I was terrified. Like everybody, I thought it was going to be one of those experiences that changes your life. It didn't.
The only living works are those which have drained much of the author's own life into them.
Those who have never had a father can at any rate never know the sweets of losing one. To most men the death of his father is a new lease of life.
All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.
He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most. God will take care that we do not enjoy it any more than is good for us.
Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.
Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both.
Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete a character.
Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.
Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.