We are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of Nature has placed in our power… the battle, sir, is not to the strong alone it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. – Patrick Henry
For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth to know the worst and provide for it. – Patrick Henry
This is all the inheritance I give to my dear family. The religion of Christ will give them one which will make them rich indeed. – Patrick Henry
I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. – Patrick Henry
There’s something like a line of gold thread running through a man’s words when he talks to his daughter, and gradually over the years it gets to be long enough for you to pick up in your hands and weave into a cloth that feels like love itself. – John Gregory Brown, Decorations in a Ruined Cemetery, 1994