Charlie Brown: You’re not afraid of a little pain, are you? Lucy: Sure I am! Pain hurts!

Great things have been effected by a few men well conducted. -George Rogers Clark, 1779-

Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means. -Ronald Reagan-

Those who dance, appear insane to those who do not hear the music. Those who believe, appear ignorant to those who do not know God.

♫ Oh, I, I’ve been revived. ♪ / For the first time in my life, I am alive. ♪ / When I looked into Jesus I found me a friend. ♪ / And I’m never going back to the old life ever again. ♫

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A good Navy is not a provocation to war. It is the surest guaranty of peace. -Theodore Roosevelt-

No man who hates dogs and children can be all bad. -Byron Darnton-

A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams. -Yiddish Proverb-

“Take her down!” thus sacrficing himself to save USS Growler (SS-215) -Commander Howard Walter Gilmore, USN 07 FEB 1943-