Quote To Ponder ~Gordie Howe

"You find that you have peace of mind and can enjoy yourself, get more sleep, and rest when you know that it was a 100 percent effort that you gave - win or lose." ~Gordie Howe

Quote To Ponder ~John Wooden

"Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to do your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming." ~John Wooden

Quote To Ponder ~Bill Parcells

"Blame nobody, expect nothing, do something." ~Bill Parcells

Quote To Ponder ~Ed Joint

"People come up to you and say you're a hero. I can't claim to that. 'I was just an ordinary soldier with a bunch of good guys.' That's all I can say about that." ~Ed Joint (Member of Easy Company. From We Who Are Alive and Remain by Marcus Brotherton)

Quote To Ponder ~Earl McClung

"Our heroes are over there where the white crosses are. We're survivors over here. None of us are heroes. I don't think you'll talk to a man who says we are. You figure a hero is someone who does above and beyond the call of duty, and when you give your life that's as above …

Quote To Ponder ~Clancy Hall

"Today I often speak to students in schools. The number-one question I get asked is, 'Did you kill anyone?' My answer is, 'Yes, it was war, and I know I did. But there's more to the story that you need to know.' Were we heroes? There's no such thing as a live hero. Damn good …

Quote To Ponder ~Mark Twain

"It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them." ~Mark Twain

Quote To Ponder ~Sir Thomas More

"When a man takes an oath, Meg, he's holding his own self in his own hands. Like water. And if he opens his fingers then - he needn't hope to find himself again." ~Sir Thomas More (from A Man for All Seasons by playwright Robert Bolt)

Quote To Ponder ~Nicolas Chamfort

"In great matters men show themselves as they wish to be seen; in small matters, as they are." ~Nicolas Chamfort

Quote To Ponder ~George Washington

"I hope I shall always possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man." ~George Washington