I would storm the gates of Hell if Third Marine Air Wing was overhead.

There is no substitute for victory.

The United States is afraid of China; it is not a military threat to anyone and is the least aggressive of all the major military powers.

Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.

Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dream.

Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast enough.

I never thought about what people would say about me. I was just a young guy who was excited to become a comedian and an actor, and I just wanted to get to do what I got to do.

Whatever you do, do with all your might.

My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.

Lots of young players have triumphed at United, so why can’t it happen to me? I’m not worried I’m young – it’s an incentive to do the best I can.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

Lets have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.

I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.

Get up tomorrow early in the morning, and earlier than you did today, and do the best that you can. Always stay near me, for tomorrow I will have much to do and more than I ever had, and tomorrow blood will leave my body above the breast.

In the world today many people rightfully feel entitled to have success and the good things in life, but they usually understand it will require sacrifice and hard work.

I’m convinced that no one can amount to a damn in the arts if he becomes sweetly reasonable, seeing all sides of a picture, forgiving all sins.

Courage is knowing what not to fear.

Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.

There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.

I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.

Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.

Do not go gentle into that good night but rage, rage against the dying of the light.

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.

Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw it still.

The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.

Genius is patience.

If I should ever be captured, I want no negotiation – and if I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

The coward wretch whose hand and heart Can bear to torture aught below, Is ever first to quail and start From the slightest pain or equal foe.

Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.

An army marches on its stomach.

The greatest story of all is Colonel Sanders. He didn’t start until he was sixty-six on a freeway bypass for his chicken shop. Anything is possible!

A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.

He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.

A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with – a man is what he makes of himself.

I have my flaws too, but I am a professional who doesn’t like to miss or lose.

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

If you look at the movie ‚Belly,‘ I identify with Sincere the most. I am a gangster. I love my lady to death. I’m not in the game for the wrong reasons. I’m not in the game for the glory. I’m in the game to survive so the people that I love could be straight. I’m a highly intelligent individual.

There are people out there who hate me and who say I’m arrogant, vain, and whatever. That’s all part of my success. I am made to be the best.

A lot of blood, sweat, and tears have gone into this career of mine.

Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state.

Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.

Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

I want to go and go, and then drop dead in the middle of something I’m loving to do. And if that doesn’t happen, if I wind up sitting in a wheelchair, at least I’ll have my high heels on.

You can’t forgive without loving. And I don’t mean sentimentality. I don’t mean mush. I mean having enough courage to stand up and say, ‚I forgive. I’m finished with it.‘

Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation’s promise through civility, courage, compassion and character.

Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.

I think Clinton, after getting into office and into Washington, was shocked at being bludgeoned. So he spent time trying to be all things to all people – one way guaranteed not to be successful or respected in a lion’s den. You can’t just play around with all those big cats – you’ve got to take somebody on.

What I admire most about Hillary is that she never buckles under pressure. She never takes the easy way out. And Hillary Clinton has never quit on anything in her life. And when I think about the kind of president that I want for my girls and all our children, that’s what I want.

A person will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of his body – the wishbone.

Anything you really want, you can attain, if you really go after it.

Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it.

If you want to know who your friends are, get yourself a jail sentence.

When trouble breaks out, our men and women in uniform, they don’t just sit around thinking about it or talking about it – they act. They put on that uniform. They leave their loved ones behind. They go out there. They give orders. They follow orders. They do whatever it takes to keep our country safe.

I spend a great deal of time with the President. We have a very close, personal, loyal relationship. I’m not, as they say, a potted plant in these meetings.

The United States and our allies are determined: we refuse to live in the shadow of this ultimate danger.

An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down.

A hundred struggle and drown in the breakers. One discovers the new world. But rather, ten times rather, die in the surf, heralding the way to that new world, than stand idly on the shore.

I love having my hands in the dirt. It is never a science and always an art. There are no rules. And if it comes down to me versus that weed I’m trying to pull out of the ground that doesn’t want to come out? I know I’ll win.

An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.

People always say that you can’t please everybody. I think that’s a cop-out. Why not attempt it? ‚Cause think of all the people you will please if you try.