“Be of the same mind toward one another. Do not set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own opinion.”

– Romans 12:16 (NKJV)

“History lights the often dark path ahead; even if it’s a dim light, it’s better than none.”

– James Mattis

“I am tempted to make a slightly exaggerated statement: that logistics is all of war-making, except shooting the guns, releasing the bombs, and firing the torpedoes.”

– Admiral Lynde D. McCormick, USN

“A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.”

-Ecclesiastes 3:8 (KJV)

“People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.”

– George Orwell

“The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.”

-Norman Schwarzkopf

“He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.”

-Numbers 24:9 (KJV)

“There is at least one thing worse than fighting with allies – And that is to fight without them”

-Winston Churchill

“It is the function of the Navy to carry the war to the enemy so that it will not be fought on U.S. soil.”

-Chester W. Nimitz

“Flowers even bloom on grass that has been stomped on”

-Japanese proverb