James Stockdale quotes

“Rewards and penalties are totally random; knaves thrive and saints go hungry.”

“The guy that just arranges things so that the stock market holds up is nobody in my estimation.”

“Those who study the rise and fall of civilizations learn that no shortcoming has been as surely fatal to republics as a dearth of public virtue, the unwillingness of those who govern to place the value of their society above personal interest.”

“Work with what you have control of and you'll have your hands full.”