Jedediah Leland

"Justice is an ideal we pursue but rarely achieve."

"Patience is what separates the wise from the merely frustrated."

"Kindness is often mistaken for weakness by those too strong to understand it."

"True strength lies in admitting our weakness."

"Fear is the companion of every ambitious man."

"Leadership is not command—it is the ability to make others believe."

"Work without purpose is merely drudgery."

"Health is worth more than any fortune, and we only know this when we lose it."

"Adventure is the antidote to a life half-lived."

"Imagination is the only true freedom we possess."

"History is written by those who survive to tell the story."

"A man must decide: will he be a servant to his ideals or master of his desires?"

"Literature gives us access to lives we will never live."

"Politics is the art of appearing to care while pursuing your own ends."

"War reveals what peace conceals about human nature."

"Inspiration is a fleeting mistress—one must work to keep her attention."

"Relationships are the mirrors in which we see ourselves most clearly."

"I have known power, and it is a colder companion than any I expected."

"Love makes fools of us all, and perhaps that is its greatest gift."

"The truth is often uncomfortable, which is why we avoid it."

"A friend is someone who knows your truth and stays anyway."

"Wisdom comes not from years, but from the scars those years leave."

"Happiness is the one thing that cannot be purchased or demanded."

"Success is a destination that becomes a prison once you arrive."

"The greatest power is the power to change one's mind."

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but acting despite it."

"Hope is the last refuge of the desperate, and the first refuge of the wise."

"An educated mind is not one filled with facts, but one capable of doubt."

"Knowledge isolates us—it shows us how much we do not know."

"Time moves differently for the happy and the haunted."