Donavan Nelson Butler, Master Sergeant US Army quote: "I am thankful for all blessings and lessons learned that have given me peace and solace which I try to share with great humility and humbleness."

You've evolved when you realize the effect that your positive contributions to others create ripples...
DONAVAN NELSON BUTLER, MASTER SERGEANT US ARMY

We are one people until you decide we are one person in the churning sea of humanity.
DONAVAN NELSON BUTLER, MASTER SERGEANT US ARMY

Excuses are most valuable to the person making them but to everyone else its foreign currency with l...
DONAVAN NELSON BUTLER, MASTER SERGEANT US ARMY

In faith I have a renewing account of Personal Courage which I'll write checks against until this co...
DONAVAN NELSON BUTLER, MASTER SERGEANT US ARMY

Life Algebra 101 - I truly value my own ignorance of what is to come for me, It is those unknown var...
DONAVAN NELSON BUTLER, MASTER SERGEANT US ARMY

When fools come for a piece of you with their shenanigans and tomfoolery let them come. However, rem...
DONAVAN NELSON BUTLER, MASTER SERGEANT US ARMY

A leader who allows their subordinates to suffer as proof of who is the boss likely quenches their t...
DONAVAN NELSON BUTLER, MASTER SERGEANT US ARMY

Our journeys are different but we can share the same well traveled path during parts of our excursio...
DONAVAN NELSON BUTLER, MASTER SERGEANT US ARMY

Wisdom from Top Butler: Guard yourself at all times but don't let anyone lead you to live a guarded ...
DONAVAN NELSON BUTLER, MASTER SERGEANT US ARMY

If you have the bad MOJO of a situation or a person riding you down you must first remove that saddl...
DONAVAN NELSON BUTLER, MASTER SERGEANT US ARMY

The death of unit morale is always precipitated by the neglect of a Soldiers and families health and...
DONAVAN NELSON BUTLER, MASTER SERGEANT US ARMY

During my road trip of life I have encountered many potholes, areas under construction, delays cause...
DONAVAN NELSON BUTLER, MASTER SERGEANT US ARMY

Your most valuable treasures are the ones which cannot be bought or stolen because they live within ...
DONAVAN NELSON BUTLER, MASTER SERGEANT US ARMY

Life is a roller coaster of highs, lows, hard lefts, hard rights, and even some loop-de-loops. But, ...
DONAVAN NELSON BUTLER, MASTER SERGEANT US ARMY

Winning doesn't necessarily mean you'll walk away with a trophy. Sometimes winning means you dared t...
DONAVAN NELSON BUTLER, MASTER SERGEANT US ARMY

Educated idiots are the most fearsome creatures in a leadership structure because even though traine...
DONAVAN NELSON BUTLER, MASTER SERGEANT US ARMY

Envision life as you're juggling 6 balls. The balls are called faith, work, family, health, friends,...
DONAVAN NELSON BUTLER, MASTER SERGEANT US ARMY

Life is the ultimate gift of experience and if you are not impressed by the blessing the Lord has gi...
DONAVAN NELSON BUTLER, MASTER SERGEANT US ARMY

Place your faith not in the frailness of "Man" but in the power and glory of the creator and observe...
DONAVAN NELSON BUTLER, MASTER SERGEANT US ARMY

It’s always amazing, when I think about this exact time every year. My goals seemed so lofty and f...
DONAVAN NELSON BUTLER, MASTER SERGEANT US ARMY

The fragile ego of a poor leader can not resist the urge to tug at the delicate fabric of good order...
DONAVAN NELSON BUTLER

Fear is a liar and a good one at that, Fear feeds on self doubt and insecurities both internal and e...
DONAVAN NELSON BUTLER

You don't need anybody's permission to be a good leader. All you have to do is be a resource to the ...
MASTER SERGEANT EMIL W. ZACHARIA

It will be a tough game. Custer has some great athletes, but our girls have a lot of pride and we fe...
DONAVAN DEBOER

Our crowd was unbelievable. Our entire student body was 100 percent behind us. It's been a tough las...
DONAVAN DEBOER

Our kids played hard and they played together.
DONAVAN DEBOER

It was important to get a lead on them at the start of the game because St. Thomas More is a very pa...
DONAVAN DEBOER

St. Thomas More has a great defensive team. They pressure the ball so well and they really get into ...
DONAVAN DEBOER

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreason...
US CONSTITUTION

No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor ...
US CONSTITUTION

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise...
US CONSTITUTION

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people t...
US CONSTITUTION

Commemoration of John Wycliffe, Reformer, 1384 The gist of what Wycliffe has to say on every poi...
LEWIS SERGEANT

You go through these little phases and fads, and it never turns out the way you think it's going...
WILL SERGEANT

I don't really go for the swagger thing too much.
WILL SERGEANT

I just like the idea of this creature or a being on the roof, you know? It's kind of spooky.
WILL SERGEANT

When the terrorists brought terrorism to our shores, I don't think they knew how mad it was going to...
ARMY SGT.

There was a lot of guilt and a lot of what-ifs. Then you think of (his) family. Then realism hit: Ho...
ARMY SGT.

Carry on my friend, guard the gates of heaven, Marine,
ARMY SGT.

He believed in his soldiers, and, in the true spirit of his profession, gave his life protecting his...
ARMY SGT.

He was a typical little brother ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â he liked to fight a lot. He liked...
ARMY SGT.

lives that this nation might live.
ARMY SGT.

We owe the American people and our soldiers a complete product, not a rushed product,
ARMY SGT.

was like a sledgehammer in the chest.
ARMY SGT.

You can see it in their eyes; they are grateful. They will always remember the moment when the Ameri...
ARMY SGT.

The Army will follow normal investigative procedures to pursue all leads in a thorough but timely ma...
ARMY SGT.

He's exceedingly intelligent, very sharp, and he's got a great deal of humanity. I'm sure he will no...
ARMY ARCHERD

I have so many contacts all over the world.
ARMY ARCHERD

I once asked him, 'Who does the best imitation of you? And he said, 'Sammy Davis.'
ARMY ARCHERD

It's not the kind of publishing we want to do. Further, we are supporters of the president.
ARMY ARCHERD

[HOLLYWOOD, California (Variety) -- Nicolas Cage, who played twins in] Adaptation ... It's time for ...
ARMY ARCHERD

Rally for Relief: Oriental's Response to the Victims of Hurricane Katrina
SALVATION ARMY

I salute his bravery.
ARMY SGT.

Go on the streets of New Orleans - it's secure, ... Have you been to New Orleans? Did anybody accost...
SALVATION ARMY

They are just getting on transportation and taken some place they have never lived before, ... That ...
SALVATION ARMY

We ask anyone interested to come on a Sunday morning, not to come to church but to meet the bandmast...
SALVATION ARMY

He was a typical little brother he liked to fight a lot. He liked to do stupid things, run around...
ARMY SGT.

He'll never be here for me to grow old with. He was my life. He was my love. He was my heart and sou...
ARMY SGT.

page after page of (allegations of) misconduct by the Army investigators, but because it didn't dire...
ARMY SGT.

The Army understands that a retired sergeant major made a complaint against the current Sergeant Maj...
ARMY SGT.

He was a typical little brother — he liked to fight a lot. He liked to do stupid things, run aroun...
ARMY SGT.

On the road it?s tough to fall behind two goals early. We want to be the aggressor wherever we play....
TIM ARMY

We?re just trying to play faster. From what I saw with some of the kids we have I thought we could t...
TIM ARMY

As if often happens in overtime, a harmless situation can be disastrous. The wrong guy ended up with...
TIM ARMY

As we got going in the third period we sort of raised our game, our speed. I like the fact that we e...
TIM ARMY

He just refused to go until he knew he had a welcoming place,
ARMY SGT.

If this fantasy that somehow we're a military organization bent on the overthrow of Russia -- if tha...
SALVATION ARMY

If we end up with cash, we can actually help the local economy finding the needs and helping the peo...
SALVATION ARMY

They know what a red kettle means to people, ... People know that a Salvation Army kettle is a prett...
SALVATION ARMY

We are thrilled with the generosity of the Bakersfield community, ... We are grateful to the Condors...
SALVATION ARMY

Other religious groups have been granted registration, some without anything like the worldwide repu...
SALVATION ARMY

The Salvation Army was there from day-one, ... They were providing shelter before the storm hit. The...
SALVATION ARMY

We're hoping and praying that money will be available, ... Our concern is that everyone has been kin...
SALVATION ARMY

The best thing to do is donate funds, ... The problem that exists is there's no where to store any d...
SALVATION ARMY

People are being generous and I want them to but every penny that comes in here marked disaster goes...
SALVATION ARMY

We've taken nearly all of our resources out of ... Florida and are sending them to be deployed from ...
SALVATION ARMY

In Omnia Paratus
BRITISH ARMY

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CHEM MASTER

He who attacks must vanquish. He who defends must merely survive.
MASTER KAHN

We need to be very, very clear here that state workers have made enormous sacrifices in this contrac...
BOB MASTER

Closing Brisbane instead of improving it is a mistake. There is still time to change course and to d...
BOB MASTER

The trends are all the same here, that no matter how profitable these companies get, they still are ...
BOB MASTER

The issue for us is job security for our members.
BOB MASTER

This isn't the 1930s. There are some differences on organizing strategies, but it doesn't add up to ...
BOB MASTER

We don't believe that fulfilling 65 percent of a pledge to fund the pensions fully meets the commitm...
BOB MASTER

Television is not like making records. I wanna tell all you kids, do not try this at home, 'caus...
MASTER P

He who attacks must vanquish. He who defends must merely survive.
MASTER KAHN

All words are part true and part false.
MASTER KAHN

The three sailors died. One Sea Tiger cadre was injured.
DAYA MASTER

Every year the conference is somewhat of a Boulder reunion - not only is it the green-building confe...
KIM MASTER

We have asked Norway to announce a fresh date for the talks because we are going to have a central c...
DAYA MASTER

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CHEM MASTER

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CHEM MASTER

If you keep on doing what you do, you will never be more than who you are right now.
MASTER SHIFU

It will affect the atmosphere of the peace process.
DAYA MASTER

The ... Tigers were not involved in any activity that breaches the ceasefire agreement.
DAYA MASTER

The two main problems remain the peace talks venue and how to implement the cease-fire.
DAYA MASTER

No such thing has happened.
DAYA MASTER

We deny all the allegations. The government wants to hurt us internationally.
DAYA MASTER

Whoever wins the presidential election will have no choice but to meet us to discuss the peace proce...
DAYA MASTER

The meeting was about starting peace talks and stopping the violence.
DAYA MASTER

There is no connection whatsoever between us and this attack. The Liberation Tigers were not involve...
DAYA MASTER

We are not involved. We are not going to break the cease-fire agreement.
DAYA MASTER

If I can go through what I've been through and do a television show with my son and then be a bo...
MASTER P

It would have compromised the safety of the visiting dignitaries.
IBRAHIM MASTER

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ROB MASTER

The only easy day was yesterday.
US NAVY SEALS

Long ago we stated the reason for labour organizations. We said that union was essential to give lab...
US SUPREME COURT

This and many others only confirmed me in the opinion, planted when I saw the sale of Martha Ann, an...
JOHN SERGEANT WISE

The attack of John Brown upon Harper's Ferry came upon Virginia like a clap of thunder out of a ...
JOHN SERGEANT WISE

Father had notions about manhood suffrage, public schools, the education and the elevation of the ma...
JOHN SERGEANT WISE

In all her history, from the formation of the federal government until the hour of secession, no yea...
JOHN SERGEANT WISE

And let me tell you, you boys of America, that there is no higher inspiration to any man to be a goo...
JOHN SERGEANT WISE

John Brown was tried for treason, murder, and inciting slaves to insurrection.
JOHN SERGEANT WISE

In those days, slavery was not looked upon, even in Quaker Philadelphia, with the shudder and abhorr...
JOHN SERGEANT WISE

Virginians were no more angels or philanthropists than people to the north or to the south of them. ...
JOHN SERGEANT WISE

I was a tried seaman when, for the first time, I set foot upon the soil of my country, and took up m...
JOHN SERGEANT WISE

Even if my mother had no qualms of conscience concerning ownership of negroes, her sense of duty car...
JOHN SERGEANT WISE

The autumn of 1850 brought an event freighted with deep significance to me. My mother died.
JOHN SERGEANT WISE

It is true, there was no public-school system, and the reason for it was very plain. The wealth of t...
JOHN SERGEANT WISE

First thing was to give my wife a big hug.
SERGEANT DANIEL HALEMANO

There has been a drastic change. Although we can't say with certainty why, detainees on hunger strik...
ARMY LTCOLJEREMY MARTIN

There's been a significant increase in the number that have been added to the hunger strike, Because...
ARMY LTCOLJEREMY MARTIN

They see in the population’s hostility towards the left only the hostility towards the left, not t...
RED ARMY FACTION

Following this logic, to bomb BASF in Ludwigshafen would be to mock the people who bombed BASF in Br...
RED ARMY FACTION

They see in the political apathy of the proletariat only the apathy, not the protest against a syste...
RED ARMY FACTION

We’re not feeling edgy; the system is feeling nervous.
RED ARMY FACTION

Make sure to save for the future and keep making money!
JAM MASTER JAY

The technology is just so far gone. It's just like back in the day you needed a suitcase just to...
JAM MASTER JAY

Back in the day, if someone said that hip hop and rap was a fad, that was a joke to me because they ...
JAM MASTER JAY

In the circle of life, Respect and gratitude are due by juniors to seniors and vice-versa at any gi...
MASTER JIN KWON

Relationships are like sparring; within the appropriate space, action and reaction naturally flow.
MASTER JIN KWON

We seek excellence, by constant trial and error.
MASTER JIN KWON

Seek a sanctuary, Respect it, as it is holy, Walk into it with a bare mind, bare feet and plain clo...
MASTER JIN KWON

Become a champion in life, By conquering the enemy within.
MASTER JIN KWON

One piece of log creates a small fire, adequate to warm you up, add just a few more pieces to blast ...
MASTER JIN KWON

Relationships flourish, when individuality,freedom and growth are respected.
MASTER JIN KWON

Then I just moved into being a DJ when that turned into the hottest thing.
JAM MASTER JAY

The key to a good life is to keep it simple, yet creating simplicity is such a complex issue.
MASTER JIN KWON

At the moment when you feel like you have reached the point of absolute exhaustion, inspire yoursel...
MASTER JIN KWON

In the process of trial and error, Our failed attempts are meant to destroy arrogance and provoke hu...
MASTER JIN KWON

It is the giving wolf, who is also the killing wolf....
MASTER CHIEF 117

As a nation, a society, a family and an individual, we must be grateful to our great ancestors who d...
MASTER JIN KWON

If you take a bus, you should know when to get off!".
MASTER IAIN ARMSTRONG

The Chinese words ‘kung fu’ translate more or less as ‘a man hard at work over a long time’....
MASTER IAIN ARMSTRONG

I can show you the path but I can not walk it for you.
MASTER IAIN ARMSTRONG

This is all about keeping drivers minds on driving.
MASTER SGTRICK HECTOR

That's to protect the lives of our young people. Unfortunately, teenagers are more likely to die in ...
MASTER SGTRICK HECTOR

(Intoxicated motorists) are some of our most dangerous drivers that we share the road with. Hopefull...
MASTER SGTRICK HECTOR

Include a few moments of quite time into your daily schedule;<...
MASTER JIN KWON

Relationships flourish,
when individuality,freedom and growth are respected.
MASTER JIN KWON

Be fully present in the moment no matter what you are doing, MASTER JIN KWON

Be mindful of every little pleasure in life,
By living ev...
MASTER JIN KWON

Seek a sanctuary,
Respect it, as it is holy,
Walk into it with a bare mind, bare feet and...
MASTER JIN KWON

In the process of trial and error,
Our failed attempts are meant to destroy arrogance and provo...
MASTER JIN KWON

Become a champion in life,
By conquering the enemy within.
MASTER JIN KWON

One piece of log creates a small fire, adequate to warm you up,
add just a few more pieces to b...
MASTER JIN KWON

We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by the...
US DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

I wake up and put my head on a pillow every night looking for opportunity in the music and movie wor...
DAVID PORTER (US NAVY)

We decided that for this holiday season we should be involved in some type of offering. We know our ...
DAVID PORTER (US NAVY)

Litigation is the basic legal right that guarantees every corporation its decade in court
DAVID PORTER (US NAVY)

This is the most popular tour. For many it is an eye-opener, because they see an Islamic state that ...
ARMY CAPT. PERNITA DUGGAL

We've been as low as 150 and as high as 500.
ARMY CAPT. PERNITA DUGGAL

A word missing from the dictionary: Suffercating: When the heart, spirit, mind are in great sadness ...
ZEN GRAND MASTER ZEN

The simplest thing are the things a that appeal most to the heart. A simple hug, kiss and smile from...
ZEN GRAND MASTER ZEN

When I'm 80 and sagging all over, I can tell my grandkids, 'Look, when I was a lad, 'Peo...
GERARD BUTLER

Honestly, what can really be said about 'the Jewish people' as a whole? Is it not a lamentab...
JUDITH BUTLER

I never worked less than 16-hour days on South Beach.
YANCY BUTLER

I think seeing some of the past can be helpful, especially if you're into crime solving.
YANCY BUTLER

I'll try anything once.
YANCY BUTLER

I'm open to sci-fi, but I was never a diehard fan. I have no idea why it keeps following me. I&#...
YANCY BUTLER

I'm the oldest 26-year-old I know. A lot of experience has been crammed into a short amount of t...
YANCY BUTLER

I've spent a lot of time and money trying to keep my anger in control.
YANCY BUTLER

My grandfather was a cop in Long Island. I often try to draw on things that I've heard about him...
YANCY BUTLER

My mother's side of the family was in the production side of theatre. My grandfather, Jose Vega,...
YANCY BUTLER

Once you get into a part, and someone sees you, you get asked to do it again.
YANCY BUTLER

To say I'm the easiest person to live with would be a lie.
YANCY BUTLER

People are lucky and unlucky not according to what they get absolutely, but according to the ratio b...
SAMUEL BUTLER

Logic is like the sword - those who appeal to it, shall perish by it.
SAMUEL BUTLER

To live is like to love - all reason is against it, and all healthy instinct for it.
SAMUEL BUTLER

If I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at my own success.
SAMUEL BUTLER

The only living works are those which have drained much of the author's own life into them.
SAMUEL BUTLER

Self-preservation is the first law of nature.
SAMUEL BUTLER

A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.
SAMUEL BUTLER

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.
SAMUEL BUTLER

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.
SAMUEL BUTLER

The truest characters of ignorance are vanity and pride and arrogance.
SAMUEL BUTLER

Whether it goes to series or stands by itself, I'm proud of what we did with it, not only from t...
YANCY BUTLER

A comic can be aesthetically beautiful. I think they captured it beautifully and accurately.
YANCY BUTLER

Don't we all just really try to fake it well?
YANCY BUTLER

I love old movies. The '40s theatre pace is fantastic.
YANCY BUTLER

I'm just an actress. They try to give me as little information as possible.
YANCY BUTLER

I've always played strong women who are doing their own thing.
YANCY BUTLER

Yancy is actually a Native-American name, but I'm Irish. Go figure.
YANCY BUTLER

I grew up in Greenwich Village. Dad was friends with John Lennon and Yoko Ono.
YANCY BUTLER

My junior high was dreadful. I see a lot of my fellow alumni on America's Most Wanted.
YANCY BUTLER

Women have been kicking ass for centuries.
YANCY BUTLER

People just kind of associate me with kicking some ass.
YANCY BUTLER

Imagine if it happened to you: All of a sudden you find this thing on your wrist and people are tell...
YANCY BUTLER

My taste in music and entertainment is quite eclectic.
YANCY BUTLER

I am thankful for all blessings and lessons learned that have given me peace and solace which I try to share with great humility and humbleness.

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Donavan Nelson Butler, Master Sergeant US Army

I am thankful for all blessings and lessons learned that have given me peace and solace which I try to share with great humility and humbleness.

Donavan Nelson Butler, Master Sergeant US Army

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