Eric Greitens famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Yet the basic fact remains: we live in a world marked by violence, and if we want to protect others, we sometimes have to be willing to fight.
-- Eric Greitens

#Fighting #World #Want
Remember that deciding is not doing, and wanting is not choosing. Transformation will take place not because of what you decide you want, but because of what you choose to do.
-- Eric Greitens

#Want #Transformation #Remember
There were a number of definitions of courage, but now I was seeing it in its simplest form: you do what has to be done day after day, and you never quit.
-- Eric Greitens

#Numbers #Done #Definitions
A good peace, a solid peace, a peace in which communities can flourish, can only be built when we ask ourselves and each other to be more than just good, and better than just strong. And a good life, a meaningful life, a life in which we can enjoy the world and live with purpose, can only be built if we do more than live for ourselves.
-- Eric Greitens

#Meaningful #Strong #Good Life
As warriors, as humanitarians, they've taught me that without courage, compassion falters, and that without compassion, courage has no direction.
-- Eric Greitens

#Warrior #Compassion #Taught
If we want to change something, we must begin with understanding. But if we want to love something, we must begin with acceptance.
-- Eric Greitens

#Acceptance #Understanding #Want
...it's not enough to fight for a better world; we also have to live lives worth fighting for.
-- Eric Greitens

#Live Life #Fighting #World
Life is short. Life is uncertain. But we know that we have today. And we have each other. I believe that for each of us, there is a place on the frontlines.
-- Eric Greitens

#Short Life #Believe #Life Is Short
Alone, human beings can feel hunger. Alone, we can feel cold. Alone, we can feel pain. To feel poor, however, is something we do only in comparison to others.
-- Eric Greitens

#Pain #Cold #Hunger
I begin with humility, I act with humility, I end with humility. Humility leads to clarity. Humility leads to an open mind and a forgiving heart. With an open mind and a forgiving heart, I see every person as superior to me in some way; with every person as my teacher, I grow in wisdom. As I grow in wisdom, humility becomes ever more my guide. I begin with humility, I act with humility, I end with humility.
-- Eric Greitens

#Teacher #Heart #Humility
The best definition I have ever heard of a vocation is that it's the place where your great joy meets the world's great need. We need all of you to find your vocation. To develop your joys, your passions, and to match them to the world's great needs.
-- Eric Greitens

#Passion #Joy #Needs
FEARLESS is a vivid account of one man's journey from all-American boy to all-American hero. Blehm's writing takes you beyond the battlefield and right to the heart of the personal battles, sacrifices, and triumphs of one of America's elite warriors. Anyone looking for an inspiring story of inner strength and courage will be richly rewarded by this book.
-- Eric Greitens

#Book #Hero #Writing
Viktor Frankl, a Holocaust survivor and the author of Man's Search for Meaning, wrote that human beings create meaning in three ways: thought their work, though their relationships, and by how they choose to meet unavoidable suffering. Every life brings hardship and trial, and every life also offers deep possibilities for meaningful work and love... I've learned that courage and compassion are two sides of the same coin.
-- Eric Greitens

#Meaningful #Men #Compassion
I was worried that all the corners of the earth had been explored, all the great battles fought. The famous people on TV were athletes and actresses and singers. What did they stand for? I wondered: Had the time for heroes passed?
-- Eric Greitens

#Hero #Athlete #People
If people can live through genocide and retain compassion, if they can take strength in pain, if they are able, still, to laugh, then certainly we can learn something from them.
-- Eric Greitens

#Pain #Compassion #People
I've learned that courage and compassion are two sides of the same coin, and that every warrior, every humanitarian, every citizen is built to live with both. In fact, to win a war, to create peace, to save a life, or just to live a good life requires of us - of every one of us - that we be both good and strong.
-- Eric Greitens

#Strong #Good Life #War

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