For me, leaving the Marine Corps was more disorienting than returning home.

One man with courage is a majority.

Courage is the essential element in any great public man or woman.

Confidence is going after Moby Dick in a rowboat and taking tartar sauce with you.

I might be afraid of ghosts and like dragons and those things, but I'm not afraid of the Taliban.

There is a part of me that's oblivious. People always ask me, 'What obstacles have you faced?' and I always think, 'What are you talking about?' Whether or not there were obstacles, I never saw obstacles. It's never occurred to me that I wasn't good enough for something.

We can spend our days bemoaning our losses, or we can grow from them. Ultimately the choice is ours. We can be victims of circumstance or masters of our own fate, but make no mistake, we cannot be both. The Walk - Epilogue Page 288

On n'est pas courageux si on ne connaît pas la peur.

We fear jumping because we fear falling. We fear being broken. But still, jump we must, because it's only in jumping that we'll ever find someone to catch us.

You may hesitate, wondering whether you will have strength to live for God. Don't worry. God will give you what you need if you will just make the choice to live for him.

When I talk about the God who is with us, for us, and ahead of us, I'm talking about our facing that which most terrifies us about ourselves, embracing it and fearing it no longer, refusing to allow it to exist separate from the rest of our being, resting assured that we are loved and we belong and we are going to be just fine.

Nerves are God's gift to you, reminding you that your life is not passing you by. Make friends with the butterflies.