“Sometimes you don't mourn people so much as you mourn who they could've been.”

“When people who don't know you well admire you, they are seeing their projected illusion, not your real self. In contrast, when people who know you well respect you, it is probably because you deserve it.”

“How we remember changes how we have lived. Time runs both ways. We make stories of our lives.”

“Raise the bar higher than your opinion...”

“If you lived today as if it were your last, you'd buy up a box of rockets and fire them all off, wouldn't you?”

“War is brutish, inglorious, and a terrible waste... The only redeeming factors were my comrades' incredible bravery and their devotion to each other. Marine Corps training taught us to kill efficiently and to try to survive. But it also taught us loyalty to each other - and love. That espirit de corps sustained us.”

“Sometimes it's only the young ones who are crazy enough to change the world.”

“Don’t worry when you meet opposition for obeying God. Worry when you don’t have opposition, because you’re probably not obeying God.”