This is one of my favorite quotes:
Liberty is never unalienable; it must be redeemed regularly with the blood of patriots or it always vanishes. Of all the so-called natural human rights that have ever been invented, liberty is least likely to be cheap and is never free of cost. -
Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
This one was from my Grandfather:
Every decision I have made was based on the fact that I am a father and as such have certain responsibilities.
This was from one of my Drill Instructors more than 20 years ago:
"You don't have what it takes to make it in the 82nd Airborne Division" SSG Garza
The last one I'll never forget. Simple motivational technique, but at that time it stuck with me. Even though I never got assigned to the 82nd except to the 82nd REPL CO, I wasn't going to do anything to prove him right. Even on my most dickheaded of days.
