“Leadership consists of picking good men and helping them do their best.”

“That is not to say that we can relax our readiness to defend ourselves. Our armament must be adequate to the needs, but our faith is not primarily in these machines of defense but in ourselves.”

“The reason we call ships "she" is that it costs so much to keep one in paint and powder.”

“God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless.”

“If you claim to be a real friend then be real in your soul. If you claim to be fake then be an enemy instead.”

“I think that most people would rather face the light of a real enemy than the darkness of their imagined fears.”

“You don't make peace with friends. You make it with very unsavory enemies.”

“Before the BBC, I joined the Navy in order to travel.”

“The reason we call ships "she" is that it costs so much to keep one in paint and powder.”

“Hearts of oak are our ships Hearts of oak are our men.”

“Even when our death is imminent, we carry the image of ourselves moving forward, alive, into the future.”

“Your self-image tells about what you think about yourself and how you appear to yourself in your own consciousness. Self-image is the picture of yourself carried in your own mind. That picture can ...”

“Xavier stares past her with watery eyes. 'Why does the world feel the need to drop its weight upon my shoulders?' he barely whispers. His mother strokes his hair.'Maybe it believes you can handle i...”