Congress and the American people have good reason to fear that we are heading toward another permanent garrison of Americans in a Balkan country where our mission is confused, and our exit strategy a complete mystery.
You don't develop good teeth by eating mush.
Good guys are a dime a dozen, but an aggressive leader is priceless.
There never was a champion who to himself was a good loser. There's a vast difference between a good sport and a good loser.
The essence of the game is not "fun," but the soul-satisfying awareness that comes from communal work and sacrifice.
The champion makes his own luck.
Golf has humbled, humiliated, and just about licked all the great athletes who tried it.
They say it's good to let your grudges go, but I don't know, I'm quite fond of my grudge. I tend it like a little pet.
As labor is the common burden of our race, so the effort of some to shift their share of the burden onto the shoulders of others is the great durable curse of the race.
Money buys everything except love, personality, freedom, immortality, silence, peace.
So, rather than trying to humbly mix with the rest of the world, we are forcing ourselves upon it. We seem to create conflicts with everyone.