"I suppose, in a way, this has become part of my soul. It is a symbol of my life. Whatever I have done that really matters, I've done wearing it. When the time comes, it will be in this that I journey forth. What greater honor could come to an American, and a soldier?"

"I am concerned for the security of our great Nation not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within."

"A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him."

"Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance of peace, I would yield every honor which has been accorded by war."

"The promises of this world are, for the most part, vain phantoms and to confide in one's self, and become something of worth and value is the best and safest course."

"Wisdom principle 79 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 7."

"Wisdom principle 24 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 8."

"Wisdom principle 32 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 30."