Before Guadalcanal the enemy advanced at his pleasure - after Guadalcanal he retreated at ours.

There aren't any great men. There are just great challenges that ordinary men like you and me are forced by circumstances to meet.

When this war is over, the Japanese language will be spoken only in hell!

Bulldogs have been known to fall on their swords when confronted by my superior tenacity.

Hit hard, hit fast and hit often

There are no great people in this world, only great challenges which ordinary people rise to meet.

The Marine Corps has just been called by the New York Times, 'The elite of this country.' I think it is the elite of the world.

There are no extraordinary men... just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary men are forced to deal with.

I never trust a fighting man who doesn't smoke or drink.

The people who say you are not facing reality actually mean that you are not facing their idea of reality

The only good Jap is one that's been dead six months.

[B]eing very smart must also make you just a little bit crazy.

Words spoken today that are not needed now must be kept till they will be needed

I've got so much to do, I don't have time to sit down and be sad.

The prime minister is 12 years old. She looks after 20 goats in the morning, but she's prime minister in the evening.

I think that the relationship between two top-level athletes who are rivals is one of the most fascinating human relationships to explore. It's always one atom away from being a tragedy.

Boldness, and again boldness, and always boldness!

Some women are meant to change the world while others are meant to hold it together.

This is what I want to be. An instrument of mercy, not vengeance.

Diligence, above all, is the mother of good luck.

A sort of transaction went on between them, in which she was on one side, and life was on another, and she was always trying to get the better of it, as it was of her.