I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world!

The Cold War isn’t thawing; it is burning with a deadly heat. Communism isn’t sleeping; it is, as always, plotting, scheming, working, fighting.

Some people have a hard time getting rid of stuff. If that’s you, pray for God to give you the courage to get rid of things you don’t really need or things He wants you to give away. This will help keep your surroundings organized and clutter-free.

I always bring out the best in men I fight, but Joe Frazier, I’ll tell the world right now, brings out the best in me. I’m gonna tell ya, that’s one helluva man, and God bless him.

All the screen cowboys behaved like real gentlemen. They didn’t drink, they didn’t smoke. When they knocked the bad guy down, they always stood with their fists up, waiting for the heavy to get back on his feet. I decided I was going to drag the bad guy to his feet and keep hitting him.

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

A private soldier has as much right to justice as a major-general.

I haven’t written my own epitaph, and I’m not sure I should. Whatever it is, I hope it will be simple, and that it will point people not to me, but to the One I served.

Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, but let no one lust for martyrdom.

The United States is a violent military state. It’s been involved in military action all over the place.

The only happiness a brave person ever troubles themselves in asking about, is happiness enough to get their work done.

It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only by defying it that the brave escape.

I’m very much into making lists and breaking things apart into categories.

Anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve.

Differences exist in practice and organization between the Lord’s Church and man-made institutions.

For whatever trauma came with service in tough circumstances, we should take what we learned – take our post-traumatic growth – and, like past generations coming home, bring our sharpened strengths to bear, bring our attitude of gratitude to bear.

To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity.

Don’t be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.

A lot of people ask me when I do a stunt, ‚Jackie, are you scared?‘ Of course I’m scared. I’m not Superman.

Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.

The Marine Corps is the Navy’s police force and as long as I am President that is what it will remain. They have a propaganda machine that is almost equal to Stalin’s.

There is nothing I love as much as a good fight.

Political courage is not political suicide.

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.

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.

Americans love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle.

A place for everything, everything in its place.

I’ve always seen first responders as unsung heroes and very special people because, when everyone else is running away from danger, they run into it.

It could be if I fight in front of one person or one million people. It’s still the same emotions.

You shall, I question not, find a way to the top if you diligently seek for it; for nature hath placed nothing so high that it is out of the reach of industry and valor.

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

My theory on housework is, if the item doesn’t multiply, smell, catch fire, or block the refrigerator door, let it be. No one else cares. Why should you?

No one who knew Diana will ever forget her. Millions of others who never met her, but felt they knew her, will remember her.

I’m always relieved when someone is delivering a eulogy and I realize I’m listening to it.

Courage is knowing what not to fear.

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

Courage is grace under pressure.

Gulf Lesson One is the value of airpower.

You cannot be a hero without being a coward.

The law of sacrifice is uniform throughout the world. To be effective it demands the sacrifice of the bravest and the most spotless.

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.

I’m just looking to learn, grow, stay focused, and become a better fighter and a better athlete.

Order is heaven’s first law.

Battle is an orgy of disorder.

We know that in tough times, cynicism is just another way to give up, and in the military, we consider cynicism or giving up simply as forms of cowardice.

3D is a way of organizing things, particularly as we’re getting much more media information on the computer, a lot more choices, a lot more navigation than we’ve ever had before.

It’s just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.

The names of Dingane and Bambata, Hintsa and Makana, Squngthi and Dalasile, Moshoeshoe and Sekhukhuni, were praised as the glory of the entire African nation. I hoped then that life might offer me the opportunity to serve my people and make my own humble contribution to their freedom struggle.

The high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule.

There is always safety in valor.

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

Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.

These people are very unskilled in arms… with 50 men they could all be subjected and made to do all that one wished.

That service is the noblest which is rendered for its own sake.

When I was in college my girl got me a job at the doctor’s office she was working at. I was a file clerk. No disrespect but I don’t think a man can do that job. It takes so much meticulous and precise file-keeping.

Get off your butt and join the Marines!

I don’t fight in chase of an individual. I hear this sometimes where fighters work their whole careers to reach a matchup with a certain individual. I do not think in that way.

Many will call me an adventurer – and that I am, only one of a different sort: one of those who risks his skin to prove his platitudes.

Neither the Army nor the Navy is of any protection, or very little protection, against aerial raids.

ESPN is a great organization to work for.

One thing I just want to say to the military families – while you might not wear a uniform, I know – we all know, the nation knows – that you serve and sacrifice right alongside of your loved ones. And we are so grateful and proud of all of you for your service to this nation.