Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Wherever you are - be all there.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
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.