I've Spent My Life Trying To Be

A Nation Becomes What Its Young People Read In Their Youth. Its Ideals Are Fashioned Then, Its Goals Strongly Determined.

The Sense Of Belonging Is One Of The Great Gifts Men Get In Battle.

Every Animal That Walks The Earth, Or Swims, Or Flies Is Precious Beyond Description, Something So Rare And Wonderful That It Equals The Stars Or The Ocean Or The Mind Of Man.

I Had Learned Volleyball In The Navy, Where All The Captains And Admirals Wanted To Be Spikers, And I Found Then That A Man Who Can Subdue His Own Desires And Master The Art Of Serving Others Can Make Himself Invaluable. In Choosing Sides The Team Captain Always Chose The Good Spikers On The First And Second Choice, But Then The Spikers Would Grab His Arm And Whisper, 'take Michener.' I Was Never Chosen Lower Than Third, Because I Was Needed. I Wasn't Good, But I Was Faithful.

The Dead Are Dead But They Rely On Us To Fulfill Their Hopes.