It's a matter of will. If you know that you can keep your head, and that you must keep your head, you probably will keep your head.

Personal weapons are what raised mankind out of the mud, and the rifle is the queen of personal weapons.

'Heroism' is not the same as coping. A man who does his job properly and succeeds through his own efforts is definitely to be commended, but he is not a hero in the classic sense until he deliberately lays his life on the line for a cause he deems to be greater than himself.

Your mind-set is your primary weapon

Anyone who willfully and maliciously attacks another without sufficient cause jeopardize the lives of others.

I have long had a tendency to tie marksmanship to morality. The essence of good marksmanship is self-control, and self-control is the essence of good citizenship. It is too easy to say that a good shot is automatically a good man, but it would be equally incorrect to ignore the connection.

It has long been my conviction that a masked man with a gun is a target. I see no reason to change that view.