Favorite Quotes

"Far better it is to dare mighty things,
to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank
with those poor spirits who neither enjoy
much nor suffer much, because they live in
the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat."

-Speech before the Hamilton Club, Chicago, April 10, 1899

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“Some people spend an entire lifetime
wondering if they made a difference in the
world. 
The Marines don’t have that problem.”

-President Ronald Reagan, 1985

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“The galleries are full of critics,

They play no ball.  They fight no fights.

They make no mistakes because they
attempt nothing. 

Down in the arena are the doers.

They make many mistakes because
they attempt many things. 

The man who makes no mistakes lacks
boldness and a spirit of adventure.

He is the brake on the wheel of progress.

And yet it cannot be truly said that he makes
no mistakes, because his biggest mistake is
the very fact that he tries nothing,
does nothing, except criticizes those who do things.”

-General David M. Shoup,
22^nd Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps

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"Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently." 
 
-Henry Ford

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"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind." 

-Dr Seuss