“The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well.”

—Pierre de Coubertin, father of the modern Olympic Games

“The more people as a whole are brought to realize the truth about the war–pleasant and unpleasant–the better are they place to accept its risks, endure its consequences, and turn to their advantage the facts which truth reveals.”

-J.F.C. Fuller

“Victory by Dawn”

-Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 242 (VMFA-242) Motto

“He is ungrateful who denies that he has received a kindness which has been bestowed upon him; he is ungrateful who conceals it; he is ungrateful who makes no return for it; most ungrateful of all is he who forgets it.”

-Seneca the Younger

“Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt, to offer a solution everybody can understand.”

-Colin Powell

“Knowledge is power.”

-Sir Francis Bacon

“Until the millennium arrives and countries cease trying to enslave others, it will be necessary to accept one’s responsibilities and be willing to make sacrifices for one’s country – as my comrades did. As the troops used to say, “If the country is good enough to live in, it’s good enough to fight for.” With privilege goes responsibility.”

-Eugene B. Sledge

“Every major player is working on this technology of artificial intelligence. As of now, it’s benign… but I would say that the day is not far off when artificial intelligence as applied to cyber warfare becomes a threat to everybody.”

-Ted Bell

“I have no problem with women in the military, if that’s what they want to do.”

-Lorraine Bracco

“Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.”

—J.R.R. Tolkien