"It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle."

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Source : Norman Schwarzkopf (2010). “It Doesn't Take a Hero: The Autobiography of General Norman Schwarzkopf”, p.13, Bantam

Norman Schwarzkopf

#Inspiring Quotes #Courage Quotes #Veterans Day Quotes

“A people so individual in its genius, so tenacious in love or hate, so captivating in its nobler moods.”
“Touching his hair, she leaned hesitantly forward, and he folded his arms around her, sinking into sensation again as they kissed--the slight weight of her on his lap, the smell of her. He glided his hands up the warm dip of her spine, felt her shiver and press closer. He could never get enough of this. Never.”
“If he could only see how small a vacancy his death would leave, the proud man would think less of the place he occupies in his lifetime.”
“I'm sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody.”

Source : j.d. salinger (1961). “franny and zooey”
“To believe Christ's cross to be a friend, as he himself is a friend, is also a special act of faith”
“I'm a very passionate believer in the unity of knowledge. There is one world of reality - one world of our experience that we're seeking to describe.”
“I tasted too what was called the sweet of revenge - but it was transient, it expired even with the object, that provoked it.”
“Love burdens itself with the wants and woes and losses and even the wrongs of others.”

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