A self-made man may prefer a self-made name.
No doubt one may quote history to support any cause, as the devil quotes scripture.
Colonel, I do not care to die, but I pray to God I may never leave this field.
While knowledge may provide useful point of reference, it cannot become a force to guide the future.
If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.
Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon.
Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.
The myths have always condemned those who "looked back." Condemned them, whatever the paradise may have been which they were leaving. Hence this shadow over each departure from your decision.
You may get skinned knees and elbows, but it's worth it if you score a spectacular goal.
Take your victories, whatever they may be, cherish them, use them, but don't settle for them.
Perfection is an unattainable goal. It isn't going to be perfect. Just get words down on paper, and when you stumble to what you think is the end of the book, you will have hundreds of pages of words that came out of your head. It may not be perfect, but it looks like a book.
Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike.
Nearer the gods no mortal may approach.
A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was.
The man of the future may, and even must, do things impossible in the past and acquire new motor variations not given by heredity.