It is difficult to be a good noncommissioned officer. If it had been easy, they would have given it to the officer corps.

Good NCOs are not just born-they are groomed and grown through a lot of hard work and strong leadership by senior NCOs.

You're not being paid by how hard you work, but by what you accomplish. If you can't hack it, pack it. Our challenge today is to look forward, to write our own history.

I am the truth, since I am part of what is real, but neither more nor less than those around me.

How does a person perform nobly in Hell?" I asked her."You plant flowers, " she hissed. "You feed the birds, while they're burning...

No guilt or anger or longing changes that.

My heart like moon-charmed waters, all unrest.

I am a very nonspiritual person.

But the hearts of small children are delicate organs. A cruel beginning in this world can twist them into curious shapes.

I'm going to treat my religion, which is Christian, with great respect and care.

I don't know where it's come from, but after many years of many different products, I feel like I can speak as an authority on a lot of them.

Some Elvis music and a good cry always helps.

If we are not our brother's keeper, at least let us not be his executioner.