MY REGRETS ARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE I COULDN’T SAVE—Marines, soldiers, my buddies. I still feel their loss. I still ache for my failure to protect them.

The Navy credits me with more kills as a sniper than any other American service member, past or present.

I don't know if I'm the best of the best. But I did know that if I quit, I wouldn't be.

I’m willing to meet my creator and answer every shot that I took.

Despite what your momma told you, Violence does solve problems.

It is our duty to serve those who serve us.

There's no reason someone who has fought for their country should be homeless of jobless.

But real life doesn't travel in a perfect straight line; it doesn't necessarily have that 'all lived happily ever after' bit. You have to work on where you're going.

Every person I killed I strongly believe that they were bad. When I do go face God there is going to be lots of things I will have to account for but killing any of those people is not one of them.

What wounded veteran's don't need is sympathy. THey need to be treated like the men they are: equals, heroes, and people who still have tremendous value for society.

I would love for people to be able to think of me as a guy who stood up for what he believed in and helped make a difference for the vets.

Because 'You're perfect just the way you are, ' is what your guidance counselor says. And she's an alcoholic.

Don't you suppose men get surprised after they're married to findthat their wives do have sense?""Well, it's too late den. Dey's already mahied.

To have all those noble Romans alive before me, and walking in and out for my entertainment, instead of being the stern taskmasters they had been at school, was a most novel and delightful effect.

A paradox is only a truth standing on its head to attract attention.

Wandering seemed no more than the happiness of an anxious man.

You become stronger only when you become weaker. When you surrender your will to God, you discover the resources to do what God requires.

Even overweight cats instinctively know the cardinal rule: when fat, arrange yourself in slim poses.

Everything we know and love is at risk if we continue to ignore the warnings.

The wheel begins its only if turning. / It had never stopped. / This is life's bargain that motion / Is hope.

I come from the bush ... where men are men, and the sheep are nervous.