Jocelyn Murray Quotes

Sometimes you just have to trust your instincts; it may be all you have to trust.

Sometimes misfortune brings opportunity

The sea is a lonely and hostile place, Captain,' Jansen said coldly. 'It is always best not to make enemies of those who might be your friends. You never know when your ships may cross

Even in prosperous times the living robbed the dead

What good is a secret if it remains a secret ... Secrets are meant to be discovered ...

Some journeys lead nowhere, but they set the spirit free

Lady Mary nodded and smiled sadly. "There is nothing in this life that is certain but death," she stated pensively.
"And tariffs, Mama," added Jerome. At that Lady Mary laughed.

It is the heart that has been pierced that feels the most.

The sea is as desolate and barren as it is fertile and life-giving. It is cold and dismal, yet bold and spirited. Sometimes imperious and conquering, other times gentle and meek. But it is always mysterious. Those mysteries hold many secrets. One has but to listen and watch to discover them

Weak men cannot handle power. It will either crush them, or they will use it to crush others

There is no honor in cruelty.

Sometimes it takes great suffering to pierce the soul and open it up to greatness

All good leaders are optimists. They always see opportunity where others see hardship

Do not bother yourself with what ifs

Suffering is the fire by which love is tested.

It is not his body which makes a man strong, but his spirit. Nothing on the outside, but only that which comes from within.

True beauty cannot fail to move the beholder

The sea has its moods. Sometimes it is melancholic and morose, other times fierce and feisty. But always passionate. Even when calm, one can sense the depth of the sea's passion

Pride is an expensive vice, for it is wedded to Greed whose hunger is never sated

When a tree falls it resounds with a thundering crash; and yet a whole forest grows in silence.

There is no treasure like the human heart.

Familiarity makes the lion more dangerous.

It is the dirt within men's hearts that is most offensive; the filth you cannot see.

The heart's capacity to love is infinite

It is not always the motives behind an action that make it noble. Sometimes it is as simple as the action itself.

For a peace wrought in blood is nothing short of tyranny.

Life is the great teacher. An unforgiving task master at times. Its lessons are not easily forgotten

This world is all vanity. It is a tempest hurling us from one sorrow to another.

There are no easy paths in this life. And when troubles arise, we must face them with the same dignity as we do success.

If you are busy pleasing everyone, you are not being true to yourself

There is no place for innocence on the battlefield.

It is not triumph which defines a man, but tragedy. Triumph always brings out the best in men, but tragedy shows us what we are made of.

True kindness ennobles the giver

What is courage without risk ... It wouldn't really be courage, would it?

Old habits die hard, especially for soldiers.

Wounds of the flesh mend with time, but not always those of the soul. They can continue to bleed long after being inflicted, sometimes even festering with bitterness, anger and despair. "You

Blood was the mortar that cemented the kingdom