There is nothing better than getting shot at and missed. It's really great.

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'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.

The most important gifts we can give our children are confidence in their ability to remake themselves again and again and the tools with which to do that job

They say hard work never hurt anybody but I figure why take the chance.

I don't bring expectations to any of my books. I don't tell people what to do. I want to invite them in.

I feel very, very gratified when people are complimentary to what I have done or appreciated it with sincerity... It makes me feel that maybe I did do something that was proper and that was right.

Consistency isn't behaving the same way all the time.

While some rules are necessary and good for us, living a life based on others' rules, needs, and expectations can stifle your self-expression and creativity, and keep a lid on your potential.

We all have to do things in this life that we don't like.

Football is all very well as a game for rough girls, but is hardly suitable for delicate boys.

People have said there is an integrity about me, and I think there is. I don't try to follow a trend. I have my own little path.

A small town has as many eyes as a fly