Hugh Grant Quotes

Surviving is the only glory in war.

The biggest battles in human history can only ever be seen through the eyes of the bloke on the front line, and that's by definition a very focused view and one that will vary from individual to individual.

The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.

He who has mingled in the fray of duty that the brave endure, must have made foes. If you have none, small is the work that you have done.

No sir, anybody who went out and got into the front line trenches to fight for liberty was a goddamn fool and the guy who got him there was a liar.

Most men, I think, wonder about their courage. How would they act in combat? Under torture?

War made my everyday problems seem much smaller, and when it is hard sometimes, I just remember that it could be much worse.

In so many ways, World War II was one of the lowest lows imaginable, yet some of my most treasured memories come from that time. Communities came together, people displayed a wonderful generosity of spirit and I saw the bravery of our boys on the front line as they fought for our freedom.

War may make a fool of man, but it by no means degrades him; on the contrary, it tends to exalt him, and its net effects are much like those of motherhood on women.

So she doesn't call desertion, poverty, and hard work troubles? She's a brave little girl, and I shall be proud to know her.

Who would have known of Hector, if Troy had been happy? The road to valor is built by adversity.

War had the effect of encouraging people to try to stay alive. Poverty, too. Survival was simply too hard-won to be given up lightly.

The enduring realization that when a great challenge comes, the most ordinary people can show that they value something more than they value their own lives. When the last of the veterans had gone, and the sorrows and bitterness which the war created had at last worn away, this memory remained.

The truth is that life is hard and dangerous; that he who seeks his own happiness does not find it; that he who is weak must suffer; that he who demands love will be disappointed; that he who is greedy will not be fed; that he who seeks peace will find strife; that truth is only for the brave; that joy is only for him who does not fear to be alone; that life is only for the one who is not afraid to die.

Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity.

Young people are so brave when they go to fight.

I'm interested in wartime stories, as I think it's important to remember what the soldiers went through.

To be able to live and train in Iraq under these circumstances you need to be brave.

You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.

Behold a worthy sight, to which the God, turning his attention to his own work, may direct his gaze. Behold an equal thing, worthy of a God, a brave man matched in conflict with evil fortune.

I am sort of drawn toward places in the world where there is struggle and conflict.

I try to show that I have no fear. When you grow up hungry, you're not afraid of anything.

You don't grow up naive in Africa.

There's no better way to test a person than to put them in the middle of a war. That's clearly going to show what kind of a character you're telling a story about.

We have been the cowards lobbing cruise missiles from 2,000 miles away. That's cowardly. Staying in the airplane when it hits the building, say what you want about it, it's not cowardly.