Chris Kyle Quotes

There will always be good. There will always be evil. There comes a time when honest debate, serious diplomatic efforts, and logical arguments have been exhausted and only men and women willing to take up arms against evil will suffice to save the freedom of a nation or a continent.

If you can’t make sense of things, you start to look for some other way to deal with them. You laugh because you have to have some emotion, you have to express yourself somehow.

On top of all the shit they went through in Vietnam, they had to come home to a country that spat on them.

I'd put him in the spot where he got hit. It was my fault he got shot. A hundred kills? Two hundred? More? What did they mean if my brother was dead?

I believe the fact that I’ve accepted Jesus as my savior will be my salvation.

In the end, my story, in Iraq and afterward, is about more than just killing people or even fighting for my country. It’s about being a man. And it’s about love as well as hate.

I don’t care how much money you get,” my dad used to tell me. “It’s not worth it if you’re not happy.

I certainly found most of the Marines and soldiers I worked with to be top-notch. You had your exceptions — but then you have your exceptions in the Navy, too.

You miss them so much when they deploy, and you want them to be home, but then when they are, things aren’t perfect. And you feel as if they should be. Depending on the deployment and what I’d been through, I also had emotions ranging from sadness to anxiety to anger.

I hope the legend of Chris Kyle continues to grow and touch more and more people. I hope, too, that the movie will give people a small understanding of the massive sacrifice these guys make in going to war. It’s hard to comprehend the journey and hardship these servicemen and their families go through. There is tremendous patriotism behind it but beyond that there is a great sacrifice SEALs and all our military make. If this movie can offer a small window into that world, I’ll be very happy.

They naturally thought that anyone who was good should have a very high rank.

Yes, even SEALs use PowerPoint.

Some enemies aren’t worth fighting.

it’s better to ask for forgiveness than permission.

Getting through BUD/S and being a SEAL is more about mental toughness than anything else. Being stubborn and refusing to give in is the key to success.