We have to stop the killing. We need to let the refugees - we need to let Syrian citizens go home.

I think anybody in our - in the, in the national security apparatus has, has got to take full cognizance of their responsibility for the safeguarding of classified information.

Every Sailor has the potential to lead," said Mullen, "I don't care if it's a seaman recruit or someone higher ranking than myself. Where there's a will, there's a way.

I am convinced that America's great sea of goodwill can be, in fact, a rising tide, a tide that could lift every veteran and every family of our wounded and fallen.

Let us all be men and women in full. Let us expect from ourselves more than we think we can give, more than we think we can do and more than we think we already know.

The single biggest existential threat that's out there, I think, is cyber.

The mission - the overall mission is to dismantle and defeat and disrupt al-Qaeda. But we have to make sure there's not a safe haven that returns in Afghanistan.

We can't kill our way to victory, and no armed force anywhere - no matter how good - can deliver these keys alone. It requires teamwork and cooperation.

Few things are more damaging to our democracy than a military officer who doesn't have the moral courage to stand up for what's right or the moral fiber to step aside when circumstances dictate.

The truth is, we live in deeds, not days; in actions and thoughts and feelings, not heartbeats.

I worry a little bit about - quote - "regime change." We haven't had a great deal of success with that in years. That's just really difficult.

With God, all things are possible. Matthew 19:26

Only tears can hear the sound of pain when warm blood reddens discolored stain

If you face a challenging task from God today, ask yourself, "How would Jesus handle this?" Then go and do the same.

At 6 foot 7 Peter Crouch isn't as tall as he looks.

There are no races. Only lotteries.

We never look at just one thing; we are always looking at the relation between things and ourselves.

The increase in the world's population represents our victory over death.

I believe all complicated phenomena can be explained by simpler scientific principles.

No deceit is so veiled as that which lies concealed behind the semblance of courtesy.

Now is the time to unite the soul and the world. Now is the time to see the sunlight dancing as one with the shadows.