David Smith

“I will never quit. My nation expects me to be physically harder and mentally stronger than my enemies. If knocked down I will get back up, every time. I will draw on every remaining ounce of strength to protect my teammates and to accomplish our mission. I am never out of the fight.”
― Marcus Luttrell, Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10

“I wonder, sometimes, whether men and women in fact are capable of learning from history--whether we progress from one stage to the next in an upward course or whether we just ride the cycles of boom and bust, war and peace, ascent and decline.”
― Barack Obama, The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream

“A nation that can't control its energy sources can't control its future.”
― Barack Obama, The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream

“Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five