My mama always used to tell me: 'If you can't find somethin' to live for, you best find somethin' to die for.'

I have an irrepressible desire to live till I can be assured that the world is a little better for my having lived in it.

Just as in ordinary life a man with a fixed life-goal... will always be superior to others who live aimlessly.

It is better to die than to preserve this life by incurring disgrace. The loss of life causes but a moment's grief, but disgrace brings grief every day of one's life.

When my heart can beat no more, I hope I die for a principle or a belief that I have lived for.

All great things are done for their own sake.