The mail service has been excellent out here, and in my opinion this is all that the Air Force has accomplished during the war.

They're on our right, they're on our left, they're in front of us, they're behind us; they can't get away from us this time.

Old breed? New breed? There's not a damn bit of difference so long as it's the Marine breed.

So they've got us surrounded, good! Now we can fire in any direction, those b*****ds won't get away this time!

We're surrounded. That simplifies the problem!

I want to go where the guns are!

Take me to the Brig. I want to see the "real Marines".

There are not enough chinamen in the world to stop a fully armed Marine regiment from going where ever they want to go.

All right. They’re on our left. They’re on our right. They’re in front of us, they’re behind us. They can’t get away this time’.

In the Confederate Army, an officer was judged by stark courage alone, and this made it possible for the Confederacy to live four years.

The worship of God should be done without expecting anything in return

The difference between a beginning teacher and an experienced one is that the beginning teacher asks, "How am I doing?" and the experienced teacher asks, How are the children doing?

Your success is determined by the principles upon which you live your life.

There's one blessing only the source and cornerstone of beatitude: confidence in self.

Yeah, I'm old as the hills and you would think I'd be out to pasture someplace because I've done everything, but nothing has changed.

One of the things I like best about animals in the wild is that they're always off on some errand. They have appointments to keep. It's only we humans who wonder what we're here for.

The mountain decides whether you climb or not. The art of mountaineering is knowing when to go, when to stay, and when to retreat.

Everytime we teach a child something, we prevent him from inventing it himself.

That’s Narmer with the spoon,” I guessed. “Angry because the other bloke stole his breakfast cereal?

When you finally figure out what you really want, everything else pales in comparison.