To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity.

The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence, because it's so rare.

In matters of principle, stand like a rock.

If it is not right, do not do it.  If it is not true, do not say it.

The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names.

He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition burns a picture to obtaint the ashes.

A Military Professional or Veteran - whether from Active Duty,
National Guard or Reserve - is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to “The UNITED STATES of AMERICA", for an amount of up to and including his or her life.
" That is HONOR”.
There are far too many people in this country
who no longer understand it.

Sow an act, and you reap a habit.  Sow a habit and you reap a character.  Sow a character and you reap a destiny.

The measure of a man’s real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent.  Most talents are, to some extent, a gift.  Good character, by contrast, is not given to us.  We have to build it, piece by piece – by thought, choice, courage, and determination.