"We are all members of the same great family ... On social occasions the formality of strictly military occasions should be relaxed, and a spirit of friendliness and goodwill should prevail."

-- John A. Lejeune

#Military Quotes #Marine Quotes #Spirit Quotes

“Make sure the fortune that you seek is the fortune that you need.”

Source : Song: Diamonds on the Inside, 2003
“That government is best which governs the least, so taught the courageous founders of this nation. This simple declaration is diametrically opposed to the all too common philosophy that the government should protect and support one from the cradle to the grave. The policy of the Founding Fathers has made our people and our nation strong. The opposite leads inevitably to moral decay.”
“If you've traveled independently through Tibet, Brandon Wilson's Yak Butter Blues will bring back memories...this lively memoir is sure to provide a yak-scented whiff of nostalgia.”
“It is is better to know one book intimately than a hundred superficially.”
“You feel the spirit move you. I can be possessed really well.”
“Unilateral tolerance in a world of intolerance is like unilateral disarmament in a world of armed camps: it regards hope as a better basis for policy than reality.”
“I'm more interested in the meaning of funerals and the mourning that people do. It's not a retail experience. It's an existential one.”
“I thought about how unlikely it was I would ever meet any guy,fall in love, get married, have babies. Especially since I was going to spend the rest of my life in the cellar, where, in the not too distant future, I'd turn into a toadstool. I hoped I'd be the poisonous variety.”

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