Of courage undaunted, possessing a firmness and perseverance of purpose which nothing but impossibilities could divert from its direction.

The object of your mission is to explore the Missouri river, and such principal stream of it, as, by its course and communication with the waters of the Pacific Ocean.

We were now about to penetrate a country at least two thousand miles in width, on which the foot of civilized man had never trodden.

There clearly exists a taste that cannot be classified under any of the four recognized categories — sweet, sour, salty, or bitter.

-- Born in Kyoto in 1864, Kikunae Ikeda

My victories have left sufficient offspring: Leuctra and Mantinea.

-- Epaminondas

There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour.

-- Charles Dickens

Everything is practice.

-- Pelé

The joy of seeing Yuri Gagarin flying in space is only comparable to the joy of a good save.

-- Lev Yashin

No one told me we were playing the final. I thought it was just another game.

-- Garrincha