"Heroism is latent in every human soul - However humble or unknown, they (the veterans) have renounced what are accounted pleasures and cheerfully undertaken all the self-denials - privations, toils, dangers, sufferings, sicknesses, mutilations, life-long hurts and losses, death itself - for some great good, dimly seen but dearly held."

-- Joshua Chamberlain

#Courage Quotes #Hurt Quotes #Humble Quotes

“If they [Mexicans] touch the hair of the head of one of our citizens, tell him [Commodore Dallas] to batter down and destroy their town and exterminate the inhabitants from the face of the earth!”
“I like reading, writing, hiking, camping, free running, surfing, rock climbing, long boarding, and so much more.”
“Our only responsibility is to live our own life and take care of our own children.”
“Here's the good news. If I realize that I'm insane, then I'm okay with it. I'm not dangerous insane.”
“So is it just human nature to believe that things happen for a reason - to find some shred of meaning even in the worst experiences?”
“It is better to own 10% of an elephant than 100% of a rat.”
“A flame burns brightest just before it goes out.”

Source : Gene Tierney, Mickey Herskowitz (1979). “Self-portrait”, Peter Wyden
“Read obituaries. They are just like biographies, only shorter. They remind us that interesting, successful people rarely lead orderly, linear lives.”

Source : Charles Wheelan (2012). “10 1⁄2 Things No Commencement Speaker Has Ever Said”, p.67, W. W. Norton & Company

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