Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Well done is better than well said.
Always desire to learn something useful.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Only the educated are free.
And, of course, in the Philippines there were so many thousands of Americans that were captured by the Japanese and held and who were rescued by Filipino Americans, or Filipinos I should say, and by U.S. troops near the close of the war.