Purpose

When someone you trust sees your potential and says they believe you can be that person, it opens up a path and inspires you to become that version of yourself.

Don't miss your life on the way to work.

You don't have to win to be part of something truly magical.

Pick what you think is the best path and just move forward.

Service is the rent we pay for living on God's Earth.

As officers, you are about to be granted one of the greatest privileges and most sacred duties that our nation can bestow: to lead American service members.

The effort is optional, but the truth is sacred, unalterable, chiseled into the stone of the foundation of our republic.

America is the only country in the world founded on an idea. Not a joke. The idea was: we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men and women are created equal.

Through surf and storm, howling gale, high shall your purpose be.

People like you who are willing to put in deep, concentrated, single-minded effort are creating the pathways that will lead us out of this crisis.

What did you do with your life? It is my sincere hope that you will begin a 50-year journey that allows you to answer quite simply: I made a difference.

Very few people realize what power sincerity carries. When that is lacking, power is lacking.