The rules are drawn up by lawyers who are trying to protect the admirals and generals from the politicians; they’re not written by people who are worried about the guys on the ground getting shot.

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.

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.

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.

Pride could have destroyed me. But i cheated on pride. if i could cheat on pride then i could cheat on success too. Both were never met to good lovers. Jovita Efehi Obadolagonyi

Every big dream starts small.

As a leader, you are always going to get a combination of two things: What you create and What you allow.

It's all about educating people to value you as much a they value themselves. If you respect your time, others will too.

That which knows all things and is known by none is the subject.

It is one of the arts of a great beauty to heighten the effect of her charms by affecting to be sweetly unconscious of them.

You're nice,' Cushie told him, squeezing his hand. 'And you're my oldest friend.' But they both must have known that you can know someone all your life and never quite be friends.

I rebel against death, yet I know that it is how I respond to death's inevitability that is going to make me less or more fully alive.

If you're really special, meaning you're doing something unique and original, it could scare people.

When a person feels so trapped and no options, they become desperate and in the middle of desperation.