Quotes from Eric Greitens

For too long, Missouri has been run by career politicians, owned by corrupt consultants, high-paid lobbyists and special interests.

I had a great time at Oxford, got a wonderful, wonderful education there.

Both Sheena and I are working parents, and we know how hard it is to balance work and parenting.

The people who believe in voter intimidation believe that the minute you make a political donation, that you immediately need to turn all your information over to the government.

The best way to honor the legacy of a person who's passed is to find a way to support the living.

Teach your children early not to pass the blame or make excuses, but to take responsibility for their actions.

Every generation of Americans who has fought, every generation of Americans who has served, has suffered.

If you care about people, then you're willing to act not just with compassion, but you're also willing to act with courage.

Resilience is distinct from mere survival, and more than mere endurance. Resilience is often endurance with direction.

The more I thought about myself, the weaker I got. The more I recognized that I was serving a purpose larger than myself, the stronger I got.

So Hell Week is considered to be the hardest week of the hardest military training in the world. It is a week of continuous military training during which most classes sleep for a total of two to five hours over the course of the entire week.

I came to see that it wasn't enough just to care about people. You also had to build systems in which you could ensure that there are results and accountability.

It's really important to have role models, and a lot of the ancients always talked about this. Seneca talked about this, Aristotle talked about this, and in fact, this was my boxing coach's philosophy in college, was that you have to have role models.

It certainly could be that there are prejudices around. I can only speak to what I have lived, and I have experienced that people have been incredibly welcoming to me as a Jewish Republican.

We are not going to use money from the people of the state of Missouri for what I believe is corporate welfare. We've got far too many core priorities of government that have to be invested in.

I am a conservative Republican, but I didn't start out that way. I was raised as a Democrat.

My parents were both Democrats and I grew up as a Democrat. Basically I was told that the Democrats were the party that cared about people. I liked people and I cared about them, so I was a Democrat.

I became a conservative because I believe that caring for people means more than just spending taxpayer money; it means delivering results. It means respecting and challenging our citizens, telling them what they need to hear, not simply what they want to hear.

What matters is what you do. And this runs counter to what a lot of the culture teaches people about putting feelings first. By contrast, resilient people focus not on what they intend, but on what they achieve.

People know if you care about them. How do you show people that you care? By caring for them. By putting their needs first. By sacrificing for them. By serving them. Do that, and you'll build a great team.

...it's not enough to fight for a better world; we also have to live lives worth fighting for.

The fact is, Missouri's budget is broken. For decades, insiders, special interests, lobbyists and prior politicians have made a mess of our budget.

I'm very confident that God has a way of bringing good from difficulty.

In any leadership, whenever you're facing a tough challenge, find ways to bring people together and get them to serve together.