You've been told that you're broken. That you're damaged goods ... there is also Post-Traumatic Growth. You come back from war stronger and more sure of who you are.

You are part of the world's most feared and trusted force. Engage your brain before you engage your weapon.

Find the enemy that wants to end this experiment (in American democracy) and kill every one of them until they're so sick of the killing that they leave us and our freedoms intact.

PowerPoint makes us stupid.

I don't lose any sleep at night over the potential for failure. I cannot even spell the word.

Demonstrate to the world there is "No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy" than a U.S. Marine.

The most important six inches on the battlefield is between your ears.

If in order to kill the enemy you have to kill an innocent, don't take the shot. Don't create more enemies than you take out by some immoral act.

No war is over until the enemy says it's over. We may think it over, we may declare it over, but in fact, the enemy gets a vote.

There are hunters and there are victims. By your discipline...you will decide if you are a hunter or a victim.

You can overcome wrong technology. Your people have the initiative, they see the problem, no big deal ... you can't overcome bad culture. You've gotta change whoever is in charge.

The Beatitudes correspond to the Decalogue, with blessings in lieu of the forbidden.

When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death - that is heroism.

You have a responsibility for the way you make the audience feel, and I want them to feel uncomfortable.

He is preeminent in creation because He is the Creator. He is preeminent in redemption for He is the Redeemer. He is preeminent in the church because He is the One who gave Himself for the church.

What is the point of working all your life and then stopping?

Believe in yourself when nobody else does.

All countries are particular and no models are perfect.

Rejoicing in ordinary things is not sentimental or trite. It actually takes guts. Each time we drop our complaints and allow everyday good fortune to inspire us, we enter the warrior's world.

Very few people ever meet celebrities. All we really know is what we read about them and the most memorable lines are jokes. That's how we tend to define what we think of a public figure.

You never know who's going to be in the audience. You never know who is going to be hearing that piece for the first time, and you never know who is going to be hearing that piece for the last time.