Those who will not start, will never finish.

Chicago's buoy was a couple of hundred yards astern of Arizona, and I was saddened to look at her.

Another nice thing was that I would type out letters home for the admiral's stewards. They would then feed me the same food the admiral ate.

A chief petty officer taught me shorthand, which got me promoted to yeoman first class.

I passed a typing test and became a member of the staff of Rear Adm. Newton.

The good news was that Enterprise and the newly arrived Yorktown had attacked the Marshall and Gilbert islands. Those attacks had a great effect on morale.

Our task force put to sea in early January 1942, to attack the Japanese in the Marshall and Gilbert islands, but the mission was called off on the eve of the attack.

The Japanese invaded Tulagi, in the Solomon Islands, on May 4.

If it's free, it's advice; if you pay for it, it's counseling; if you can use either one, it's a miracle.

We made air attacks on the Japanese anchorage, sinking and damaging several vessels. However, the Japanese were alerted to the fact that American carriers were nearby.

My observations of Japanese naval fighting men, their abilities and equipment led me to believe that they gave a better account of themselves than we did.

I think sometimes, despite our good intentions and wise choices, something's are up to fate and we learn to play our part the best we can.

Teaching Career does not begin with the completion of graduation and post graduation and attaining a degree – it begins the moment one starts caring about learners.

The student is to collect and evaluate facts. The facts are locked up in the patient.

Sending a couple of guys to the Moon and bringing them back safely? That's a stunt! That's not historic.

Leadership is influence. To the extent we influence others, we lead them.

Revere thyself, and yet thyself despise

I don't understand what modern clothes are about at all.

The wise does not think that only he is right -thus he knows the truth.

The book, Max on Life, is really kind of a second chance to answer these questions.

There is no wider gulf in the universe than yawns between those on the hither and thither side of vital experience.