Commendation Medal Quotes & Sayings

But above all he must refrain from seizing the property of others, because a man is quicker to forget the death of his father than the loss of his patrimony. — Niccolo Machiavelli

I told you last night that I might be gone sometime, and you said, Where, and I said, To be with the Good Lord, and you said, Why, and I said, Because I'm old, and you said, I don't think you're old. And you put your hand in my hand and you said, You aren't very old, as if that settled it. I told you you might have a very different life from the life you've had with me, and that would be a wonderful thing, there are many ways to live a good life. And you said, Mama already told me that. And then you said, Don't laugh! because you thought I was laughing at you. You reached up and put your fingers on my lips and gave me that look that I never in my life saw on any other face besides your mother's. It's a kind of furious pride, very passionate and stern. I'm always a little surprised to find my eyebrows unsinged after I've suffered one of those looks. I will miss them. — Marilynne Robinson

Mastery is the rudder, Mystery is the sail and Magic the wind to move you in your chosen direction. — Jack White

Extraordinary opportunities and cultural legacies that allow them to learn and work hard and make — Malcolm Gladwell

many a medal awarded in any war represents just the shade of difference which separates a commendation from a court martial. — Charles Lockwood

I am flinging myself into the unknown, and trusting Jonah to catch me. — Anonymous

My poor, confused cyborg. I shouldn't tease you like that. I belong to you, Joe. You and only you. I want no other. A knot of tension eased inside him, and an exultant joy took its place. With no words to express himself, or at least not words he dared say aloud, he did the only thing he knew to show her how he felt. — Eve Langlais

Defeat is a fact and victory can be a fact. If the idea is good, it will survive defeat, it may even survive the victory. — Stephen Vincent Benet

The more pessimistic your explanatory style, the easier it is to slip into learned helplessness. — David McRaney

Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection. — Franklin D. Roosevelt

The Airwitch had gone from reading nothing in his life to never stopping, buying every novel or history book he could get his hands on. — Susan Dennard