As I have amassed a slightly impressive library of quotes which I elaborate on, I thought it might be more convenient for you, my visitors, my guests, my audience, if I were to provide a handy list to make navigating them a little quicker and easier. I hope it serves you well! đŸ™‚
1: All You Have to Decide
2: Cost of Revenge
3: One Little Thing
4: Love Yourself
5: Not a Failure
6: The Grinch’s Realization
7: What’s Important
8: Wasted Time
9: Because You Never Tried
10: Not All Victories Are Huge
11: Allow Others to Help You
12: You Make Your Own Future
13: You Choose Who You Become
14: Do Something About It
15: What Love Is
16: What Keeps the Darkness at Bay
17: The Things Worth Believing In
17 Bonus: Who I Am
18: Choice and Control
19: There’s Still That Bad Thing
20: Chart Your Own Course
21: Bring Pride to the Job
22: Protecting Civilization
23: We Are Born Free
24: If I Die, Then I Die
25: Becoming the Enemy
26: Find a Way Forward
27: Not to Men Like Him
28: A Mother’s Love
29: Who Feels the Pinch
30: The Promise of a Soldier
31: Another Man’s Evil…
32: Revenge is No Excuse
33: A Child’s Love is Freely Given
34: What Fathers Do
35: The Price of Freedom
36: It’s Not Over
37: Giants Still Walk
38: Holding On to Something
39: Why We Will Fight
40: Carrying Not Your Burden, But You
41: Never Let Fear Stop Your Life
42: For Something You Believe In
43: The World Owes You Nothing
44: A Balanced Pursuit of Happiness
45: Real Bravery
46: How Liberty Dies
47: If You Don’t, Who Will?
48: Courage and Kindness
49: Don’t Waste Time
50: A Matter of Trust
51: Heroism is a Choice
52: Always Have the Better Arsenal
53: Break the Cycle of Cruelty
54: Regret is the Higher Price
55: “Life” is Looking Forward
56: What We Stay Alive For
57: We Can’t Avoid Pain
58: Healing Takes Time
59: God Bless Christmas
60: Keep Christmas With You
61: We Can Build Worlds
62: Vanity is in Vain
63: Faith is a Constant
64: Those Without Swords…
65: The Power of United Diversity
66: Love Allows for Choice
67: Loving Each Other is What Matters
68: We Are Loved, No Matter Our Mistakes
69: “To,” Not “Because”
70: One Problem at a Time
71: Never Demand Conformity
72: The Power of Words
73: The Cost of Compromise
74: The Power of Precision
75: Responsibility and Hope
76: On Silver Platters
77: A Scrap of Nowhere
78: The Human Need for Reason
79: We Love Our Mamas
80: Faith or Fear?
81: We Are More Than Our Appearance
82: We Are What We Do
83: Believe
84: You Matter
85: Fathers and Sons
86: Live Free
87: Success Follows Failure
88: Bigger on the Inside
89: Concerning Power and Surrender
90: Honor and Integrity
91: The Rationale of the Guilty
92: Life is Made of Moments
93: Concerning Need
94: Our Worth
95: Difficulty is No Excuse
96: We Get What We Give
97: Failure is Not the End
98: We Have Much to Learn
99: Consequence
100: There Are No Shortcuts
101: Alone or Together
102: Seeing Their Worth
103: On Personal Retribution
104: Change the World
105: Good and Strong
106: A Cage is a Cage
107: I Am Thankful
108: Together
109: The Best Gift of Christmas
11o: More Than Money
111: The Spirit of Christmas
Bonus: Merry Christmas!
112: The Open Door
113: Time is Precious
114: United, We Stand
115: Life is Hope
116: Concerning Mistakes
117: Romantic Foundations
118: The Virtue of Disagreements
119: The Beauty of Humanity
120: Burned by Our Own Fire
121: More Than One Choice
122: Concerning Change
123: Forgiveness & Family
124: Potential Value
125: The Tragedy of a Mask
126: The Price of Refusing a Mask
127: Heroism Born of Regret
128: “Do I Have the Right?”
129: Words Hurt, Too
130: Family Matters
131: Keep Going
132: Having Nothing to Spare
133: There’s More to You
134: You Choose Who You Are
135: A Father’s Job
136: Virtue in Extremis
137: Government and the Common Man
138: The True Man Beneath
139: Try Something That Hasn’t Failed Yet
140: Small Problems
141: Do Not Dream in Vain
142: Loyalty
143: Our Heroes Are Like Us
144: Monsters Fight Monsters Too
145: We Choose Our Own Story
146: Concerning Coercion
147: Hope Can Find Us
148: Beware the Price
149: Gentle Strength
150: Family Strength
151: Don’t Be Too Proud
152: Judgment Breeds Monstrosity
153: Not “Anything”
154: Brighter Side of Death
155: It’s What You Do, Not What You Are
156: Their Mistake, and Our Choice
157: My Friends
158: Ordinary Life is Not Dull
159: Humans Need Fantasy
160: Open Eyes
161: “Almost”
162: Christmas Hope
163: Stand Up, and Do Better
164: Important People
165: To Know, To Love, To Help
166: Life Shows Us That We’ll Live
167: The Falconer’s Lesson
168: On the Need for Justice
169: Greater Challenge, Greater Reward
170: Friendly Disagreement
171: All We Can Do
172: Practice Makes Powerful
173: Honorable Honesty
174: A Peace Pipe and a Tomahawk
175: Expect Victory
176: Becoming Brave
177: Fear Kills Joy
178: Overcoming Terror
179: Life’s Not Fair
180: Is Belief Blind?
181: The Girl Warrior
182: For Our Mothers
183: Strong Women
184: They Took an Oath
185: Selfish Sanity
186: Proverbs of Ice and Fire
187: A Father, in His Son’s Eyes
188: For Free?
Bonus: Three Days Pt. 1: Be Yourself
Bonus: Three Days Pt. 2: Is What it Is
Bonus: Three Days Pt. 3: Still Has Value
189: The Greatest Treasure
190: You Are What You Are
191: The Meaning of Crew
192: “Our” Witch
193: Respectful Liking
194: A Cage is a Cage
195: Other People’s Stuff
196: On the Limits of Justice
197: Hard Work
198: Teaching Manhood
199: Becoming a Man
200: The Equality of Death
201: Meeting Fate
202: A Place to Belong
203: A Bigger Predator
204: Friends and Enemies
205: Cherish Family Now
206: Being Good
207: A Single Spark
208: Selfless Satisfaction
209: Grateful Thanksgiving
210: By Our Own Will
211: Loving Family
212: To Be Seen and Heard
213: Defending Our Home
214: Loving Christmas
215: Adventure Ahead
216: The Singular Truth
217: Forgiving Strength
218: My Word
219: As a Gentleman
220: The Little Things Mean Something
221: Worth It
222: Moderate Your Modesty
223: Think it Through
224: For Each Other
225: Pain is a Teacher
226: The Truth of Sacrifice
227: The Meaning of Strength
228: The Value of the Small
229: Responsibility: Despair and Hope
230: Because We Care
231: Maintenance is Required
232: Claim the Stars
233: A Matter of Motivation
234: Hope Defies the Lie
235: Let the Light Shine
236: What They Died For
237: The Hope of Forgiving
238: Tools
239: A Father’s Simple Devotion
240: A Defense of Luxury
241: A Free People
242: Real Safety
243: People Make the Future
244: Complacency Teaches Nothing
245: Weakness and Strength
246: We Are Not Beyond Fixing
247: Hakuna Matata People
248: Facing Our Problems
249: Happiness Without Warning
250: Unselfish Problem Solving
251: The Meaning of Tolerance
252: Accepting Truth
253: The Line Must Be Drawn
254: Learning from the Painful Past
255: Because I Was Saved
256: The Unacceptable
257: The Lesson of Regret
258: Try Again
259: Keeping Even Our Painful Memories
260: A Soldier’s Reasons
261: Last Moments
262: For My Family
263: Everyday Wonders
264: Nothing and Everything
265: Simple Caring
266: Make it Last All Year
267: The Present
268: Changing Attitude
269: You Are Not Alone
270: We Choose Who to Be
271: Humorous Power
272: Roll the Dice
273: Love’s Leap of Faith
274: Love is Not An Excuse
275: Black and White
276: Honor Oneself
277: Civilized Humanity
278: Vote Your Conscience
279: The Meaning of Words
280: The Choice of Happiness
281: Keep Breathing
282: Honesty is the Best Policy
283: Life Goes On
284: Our Choices Are Ours
285: The Way Out
286: What Mothers Do
287: Blinding Anger
288: Remember the Fallen
289: A Human Being
290: Do Something
291: Forgiving Grudges
292: A Father is There
293: We Are All Closed-Minded
294: It’s Our Power
295: We Need Hope
296: Take Responsibility
297: The Cycle
298: Hammer and Brick
299: Life is Not Safe
300: Good Worth Fighting For
301: Powerful Coincidences
302: Believe in You
303: Forgiving Sorrow
304: A Strong Hope
305: Stories Teach Us
306: Authority of the Sword
307: Quiet Wolves
308: Human Remorse
309: Stand Apart from Darkness
310: What We Choose
311: All That Matters
312: Living is More Than Survival
313: Veteran Bond
314: Humbling Gratitude
315: What We Need for Christmas
316: Truce
317: The Least
318: Faith and Common Sense
319: The Music of Life
320: Enjoy the Moment
321: Stay Separate from the Enemy
322: Do Better
323: So Much to Lose
324: Control
325: Idea vs Person
326: True Love
327: The First Link in the Chain
328: The Need for Vigilance
329: Persevering Love
330: Eye to Eye
331: Giving Symbols Meaning
332: Rise Above the Hate
333: Greater Worth
334: The Limits of Bloodshed
335: A Hopeful Point to the Pain
336: Meet in the Middle
337: Dangerous Pedestals
338: I Will Always Need My Mom
339: The Cost of Wrath
340: The Meaning of Friendship
341: Honoring the Fallen
342: The Dawn is Promised
343: Forgetting Responsibility
344: My Father’s Influence
345: Make It Up
346: Hang Together
347: What to Not Care About
348: Adversity, Blood, and Choice
349: Death and Judgment
350: Better Than Right
351: Solve the Problem
352: People Choose
353: Know Your God
354: Pain and Love
355: What Life Is
356: What Predators Fear
357: Class Between Classes
358: Painful Matters
359: Opposing Evil
360: Cruelty and Kindness
361: Valuable Work
362: Human Worth
363: Normal Bravery
364: Follow and Lead
365: Standing on the Line
366: Cherish it All
367: Count His Friends
368: Living Worth
369: Humans Need to Do Good
370: A Christmas Frame of Mind
371: Keep it With You
372: Choosing Now
373: Truth Over Lies
374: The Promise of Law and Order
375: Speak Up for Yourself
376: Forgetful Envy
377: Freedom in Intellectual Freedom
378: The Question of Love
379: Finding Happiness
380: Choosing to Stand
381: Don’t Endure Evil
382: Family Bonds
383: The Power of Choice
384: We Are Not Better
385: Many Hands Are Needed
386: The Cycle of Hate
387: Give Love Freely
388: The Peril of Success
389: To Know is to See
390: Undeniable Love
391: Save the World Together
392: The Right to Be an Ass
393: We Must Answer with Resolve
394: Protecting Those We Care About
395: Not Everyone
396: A Father’s Guardianship
397: Food vs Gold
398: Spirit of Freedom
399: Honor and Freedom
400: We Are Human
401: Pioneer Spirit
402: It’s What We Do With Our Gifts
403: Worth the Risk
404: The Virtue of Wanting More
405: The Strength of Mercy
406: Too Much Thinking
407: Working Together
408: Love is No Weakness
409: Scientific Belief in the Unseen
410: Simple Answers
411: A Humanity Worth Survival
412: The Meaning of Hope
413: It’s Worth the Burden
414: Care vs Control
415: We Must Stop Moping
416: Our Veterans’ Sacrifice
417: Understanding and Hope
418: Love, More Than Money
419: What to Do With the World
420: Love Thy Enemy
421: Believing in Them
422: Each Life Touches Every Life
423: The Best Present
424: Learn From It
425: The Past is Ashes
426: Sacrifice is Difficult
427: Seeing Belief
428: Have Patience
429: Be Bold
430: Love is All In
431: Belief is Contagious
432: Fear is Fear
433: The People on Both Sides
434: Ending Vengeance
435: The Importance of Everyone’s Story
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