Thornton Wilder Quotes

Life has to be dangerous.

America is a country of fighters. People who fought their way in and then continued fighting.

In this life, to earn your place you have to fight for it.

Life has a certain flavor for those who have fought and risked all that the sheltered and protected can never experience.

You've got to keep fighting - you've got to risk your life every six months to stay alive.

Those who live are those who fight.

Never was anything great achieved without danger.

Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure.

When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph.

Life is trouble. Only death is not. To be alive is to unfasten your belt and look for a fight.

I'll fight anywhere.

Sooner or later even the fastest runners have to stand and fight.

He who fears dangers will not perish by them.

You've got to go out there and fight.

Courage in danger is half the battle.

You really have to act your pants off to stay alive. I thrive on that; I rise to the occasion of the circumstances.

The important thing in life is not to triumph but to compete.

To survive is to win.

I am climbing a difficult road; but the glory gives me strength.

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

He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps the wide gulf should prevail in his suit.

The work of many of the greatest men, inspired by duty, has been done amidst suffering and trial and difficulty. They have struggled against the tide, and reached the shore exhausted.

Good things do not come easy. The road is lined with pitfalls.

I should have died in ambushes a hundred times.

The rules of survival never change, whether you're in a desert or in an arena.