Some men just aren't cut out for paternity. Better they should realize it before and not after they become responsible for a son.

I've always thought tests are a gift. And great tests are a great gift. To fail the test is a misfortune. But to refuse the test is to refuse the gift, and something worse, more irrevocable, than misfortune.

When you choose an action, you choose the consequences of that action.

This is the most important thing I will ever say to you. The human mind is the ultimate testing device. You can take all the notes you want on the technical data, anything you forget you can look up again, but this must be engraved on your hearts in letters of fire. There is nothing, nothing, nothing, more important to me in the men and women I train than their absolute personal integrity. Whether you function as welders or inspectors, the laws of physics are implacable lie detectors. You may fool men. You will never fool metal. That’s all.

The will to be stupid is a very powerful force, but there are always alternatives.

When you choose an action, you choose the consequences of that action. When you desire a consequence you had damned well better take the action that would create it.

When you give each other everything, it becomes an even trade. Each wins all.