Victory comes only to those prepared to make it, and take it.

Fighting wars is not so much about killing people as it is about finding things out. The more you know, the more likely you are to win a battle.

There are only two ways we can be beaten: we die or we give up. And we're not giving up.

It was one thing to use computers as a tool, quite another to let them do your thinking for you.

For over two weeks, the defenders of Wake Island held off a vastly superior force of Japanese ships and troops, inspiring the whole nation with their plucky spirit and sacrifice. Unfortunately, Navy leaders at Pearl Harbor, struggling to protect what was left of the shattered Pacific Fleet, canceled a relief mission, allowing the island and its defenders to fall without support. Wake damaged the long-standing trust between the Corps and the Navy, a memory that still rankles Marines and shames sailors.

There was a time when nails were high-tech. There was a time when people had to be told how to use a telephone. Technology is just a tool. People use tools to improve their lives.

Fix your eyes forward on what you can do, not back on what you cannot change.