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

Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.

I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near.

Necessity is the mother of taking chances.

We will move forward, we will move upward, and yes, we will move onward.

Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.

The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides the champion from someone else who is not a champion. That’s what most people lack, having the guts to go on and just say they’ll go through the pain no matter what happens.

They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.

I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughout all my life and with all my heart I shall strive to be worthy of your trust.

Your decision to be, have and do something out of ordinary entails facing difficulties that are out of the ordinary as well. Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else.

Just try new things. Don’t be afraid. Step out of your comfort zones and soar, all right?

I am prepared to resort to anything, to submit to anything, for the sake of the commonwealth.

The man who has done his level best… is a success, even though the world may write him down a failure.

It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.

There is always safety in valor.

What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won.

Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.

Expect me to continue what I’ve been doing, which is trying to take over the world.

I want to believe that I am improving. This is something that I take really seriously.

I have never been bewildered for long in any fight with our enemies – I was Armed with Insight.

Anytime we step out boldly to make changes, we take a chance that we might fail. But the only way to get better is to try.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.

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

Some of the generals are saying, ‚We’re making progress. We are clearing an area.‘ But you really don’t defeat the Taliban by clearing an area. They move.

Silence is a true friend who never betrays.

Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.

The army is the true nobility of our country.

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

The truth is: Belonging starts with self-acceptance. Your level of belonging, in fact, can never be greater than your level of self-acceptance, because believing that you’re enough is what gives you the courage to be authentic, vulnerable and imperfect.

From caring comes courage.

I’ll never tell a lie. I’ll never make a misleading statement. I’ll never betray the confidence that any of you had in me. And I’ll never avoid a controversial issue.

I think one of the great things about the United States has been our ability to maintain a distinction between our military and domestic law enforcement.

Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today’s world do not have.

You sort of start thinking anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve.

I can make more generals, but horses cost money.

No one is a friend to his friend who does not love in return.

It was like I was in a tunnel. Not only the tunnel under the hotel but the whole circuit was a tunnel. I was just going and going, more and more and more and more. I was way over the limit but still able to find even more.

I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he is at least safe from people.

I’m here. I’m not going anywhere. No matter what the injury – unless it’s completely debilitating – I’m going to be the same player I’ve always been. I’ll figure it out. I’ll make some tweaks, some changes, but I’m still coming.

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray when the sun shines.

Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.

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

While on top of Everest, I looked across the valley towards the great peak Makalu and mentally worked out a route about how it could be climbed. It showed me that even though I was standing on top of the world, it wasn’t the end of everything. I was still looking beyond to other interesting challenges.

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

Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.

This lady is not for turning.

It’s a rule to give all, and it can make the difference if you work more. If you don’t have to give all, and you still win, what’s this?

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can’t find them, make them.

I have worked hard since my childhood and worked as a labourer. I put my mind and heart into it.

Never give in – never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense.

Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.

Dave Mackay is my definition of a superstar. The man broke his leg three times, but wouldn’t be carried off. He walked off.

A friend in power is a friend lost.

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

A lot of people ask me, ‚How did you have the courage to walk up to record labels when you were 12 or 13 and jump right into the music industry?‘ It’s because I knew I could never feel the kind of rejection that I felt in middle school. Because in the music industry, if they’re gonna say no to you, at least they’re gonna be polite about it.

I can’t pretend that I’m brave and that I can beat the whole world.

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

I believe that a man is the strongest soldier for daring to die unarmed.

If I wished to do something, even if I couldn’t find anyone who wanted to make the effort with me, I would go out solo climbing. I did find solo climbing very challenging and a little frightening. You knew that you were completely on your own, and you had to overcome all the problems and possible dangers.