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Naval Officer Inspirational Quotes (1633)

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People who go broke in a big way never miss any meals. It is the poor jerk who is shy a half slug who must tighten his belt.
Robert A. Heinlein
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Self interest feeds more people than self sacrifice.
James Cook
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A reading of the Declaration of Independence on the steps of a building is widely covered. The events that started the American Revolution were the meetings in homes, pubs, on street corners.
Harvey Milk
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I believe in the honest craft of workmen.
Robert A. Heinlein
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It is only when we stand up, with all our failings and sufferings, and try to support others rather than withdraw into ourselves, that we can fully live the life of community.
Jean Vanier
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Whoever gains the palm by merit, let him hold it.
Horatio Nelson
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The love of liberty is a common blood that flows in our American veins.
Jimmy Carter
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Ahmadinejad is just a buffoon, sort of a clown on the international scene who tries to be provocative so he can get his name in the paper and his face on television.
Jimmy Carter
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It's easier to apologize than ask for permission.
Grace Hopper
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If it were true that children mimicked their teachers, you'd sure have a helluva lot more nuns running around.
Harvey Milk
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If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door in the country.
Harvey Milk
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Love is dead let lovers' eyes, Locked in endless dreams, The extremes of all extremes, Ope no more, for now Love dies.
John Ford
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I'll tell you where the injustice is. It's with the person earning £12,000 to £15,000-a-year who is being asked to be restrained by their business or employer. Yet the taxpayer has bailed out the banks, so why are they not showing restraint?
Prince Andrew
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I strongly support the Second Amendment and I believe the Second Amendment ought to be preserved - which means no gun control.
John McCain
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Always I'm working on some of book. That's the way I make a living.
Jimmy Carter
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Love doesn't mean doing extraordinary or heroic things. It means knowing how to do ordinary things with tenderness.
Jean Vanier
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I felt that it was an unnecessary loss of civilian life... We had them beaten. They hadn't enough food, they couldn't do anything.
Chester W. Nimitz
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In business, people are held accountable. In Washington, nobody is held accountable. In business, people are judged on results. In Washington, people are measured by their ability to get reelected.
Ross Perot
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I thought a lot about our Nation and what I should do as President. And Sunday night before last, I made a speech about two problems of our countryenergy and malaise.
Jimmy Carter
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Heroism' often consists in keeping your head in an emergency and doing the best you can with what you have instead of panicking and being shot in the tail. People who fight this way win more battles than do intentional heroes a glory hound often throws away the lives of his mates as well as his own.
Robert A. Heinlein
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Must be a yearning deep in human heart to stop other people from doing as they please. Rules, laws - always for other fellow. A murky part of us, something we had before we came down out of trees, and failed to shuck when we stood up.
Robert A. Heinlein
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The human race cannot go forward without liberty. If this be correct, then all people everywhere should strive for liberty. If they achieve liberty, they will get a chance to pursue happiness and perhaps will be able to develop toward the ultimate goal of creation.
Richard E. Byrd
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You can speak well if your tongue can deliver the message of your heart.
John Ford
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So we can do a better job of homeland security. I can do a better job of waging a smarter, more effective war on terror and guarantee that we will go after the terrorists. I will hunt them down, and we'll kill them, we'll capture them. We'll do whatever is necessary to be safe.
John F. Kerry
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