Worth Repeating

National Guard Bureau

WASHINGTON, April 24, 1998 – "To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well."
John Marshall
U.S. chief justice
1755-1835

"Man must cease attributing everything to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will -- his personal responsibility."
Albert Schweitzer
German philosopher
1875-1965

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage."
Anais Nin
American writer
1903-1977

"In the fields of observation, chance favors only the mind that is prepared."
Louis Pasteur
French chemist
1822-1895

"Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of the men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory."
Gen. George S. Patton
American Army general
1885-1945