Quadrennial Defense Quotes & Sayings

The plot is not very important to me, though a novel must have one, of course. It's just a line to hang the washing on. — Ivy Compton-Burnett

When you focus on your greatness you elevate everyone around you. — Gabrielle Bernstein

One good thing is that I've been following the priest's orders to meditate on how I've hurt people. It's helped me recognize that we can't help but make mistakes, even when our intentions are good. — James Patterson

The choicest believers, who are assuredly freed from the condemning power of sin, ought yet to make it their business all their days to mortify the indwelling power of sin. — John Owen

The struggle is against a nation that will always spit in its grandchildren's faces for immediate profit. As Vizenor would say, 'Their Mother Earth is a blond.' " In — Jim Harrison

Too many vital education dollars that should be spent in the classroom are bouncing around in the federal bureaucracy. — Mark Kennedy

Righteousness alone can exalt America as a nation. Whoever thou art, remember this; and in thy sphere practice virtue thyself, and encourage it in others. — Patrick Henry

If you're doing something new you've got to have a vision. You've got to have a perspective. You've got to have some north star you're aiming for, and you just believe somehow you'll get there, which kind of gets to the passion point. — Steve Case