When you want to learn about something, what is the first thing you do. . . you go to the internet.
Just because war is hell doesn’t mean you can’t have a little fun.
People tell me I saved hundreds and hundreds of people. But I have to tell you: it’s not the people you saved that you remember. It’s the ones you couldn’t save. Those are the ones you talk about. Those are the faces and situations that stay with you forever.
When you’re working with Army and Marine Corps units, you immediately notice a difference. The Army is pretty tough, but their performance can depend on the individual unit. Some are excellent, filled with hoorah and first-class warriors. A few are absolutely horrible; most are somewhere in between. In my experience, Marines are gung ho no matter what. They will all fight to the death. Every one of them just wants to get out there and kill. They are bad-ass, hard-charging mothers.
It was my duty to shoot the enemy, and I don't regret it. My regrets are for the people I couldn't save: Marines, soldiers, buddies. I'm not naive, and I don't romanticize war. The worst moments of my life have come as a SEAL. But I can stand before God with a clear conscience about doing my job.
Despite what your momma told you, Violence does solve problems.
I don't know if I'm the best of the best. But I did know that if I quit, I wouldn't be.
You can never be perfect. But you can always do a million good things, for yourself and for others. Start and end your day with good things and whatever challenges you face in between only make you stronger.
It's like banging my head against the wall, except if I were actually banging my head on a wall, I'd be able to make myself stop.
We live at a time when man believes himself fabulously capable of creation, but he does not know what to create.
Yes, I travel in unusual circles. George Osborne and his wife Frances are my cousins.