Abraham Polonsky Quotes

You have to start living for something that's worth dying for.

Nothing in life is more exhilarating than fighting for something larger than you.

I want you to think about your grandfather's integrity and grit when you're staring at the ceiling of your barracks room, but I also want you to think a little deeper.

True leaders are born when you find something to die for

To hold on, you have to find something you’re willing to die for.

Mandela was true to himself, to his people and his principles. He sacrificed everything because he was prepared to be true to his ideals. You can relate to him whether you come from Manchester or Soweto.

Let us go forward in this battle fortified by conviction that those who labour in the service of a great and good cause will never fail.

For a season, a gifted speaker can inspire with his words, but for a lifetime John McCain has inspired with his deeds.

I want no presidency; I want to do my duty. No denunciations here, or out of this House, can deflect me a single inch from going directly at what I aim, and that is, the good of the country. I have always acted upon it, and I will always act upon it.

Amongst the qualities a hero should have, I would include determination, loyalty, courage, perseverance, patience, focus, intrepidity and selflessness.

The same characters that keep reappearing, bigger than life, find their own integrity in doing what they do the way they do it, even if it causes their own deaths.

You're not really ready to live unless you know what you're willing to die for.

I can't spare this man—he fights.

We believe in our destiny. We do not shrink from any sacrifice.

He who defends his money is a martyr, and who defends his religion is a martyr, and he who defends his honor is a martyr.

I would rather have a man that knows and loves what he fights for... than a man which you call a "gentleman".

If I end up disgraced in a ditch somewhere, but it helps the country, it will still be worth it.

Soldiers, I intend to stay here, not only as long as a man remains, but as long as a piece of a man is left.

My faith makes me willing to do things that may look like there's going to be a lot of physical difficulty. And you just go ahead and do it because you truly believe it's the right thing to do.

We all have to find a cause we believe in and pursue it. Sometimes it may cost you your job, your personal life, your love life, etc.

I fought with integrity and heart and determination like no fighter has ever done.

Lady Bird was very, very shy and yet she would go out and speak publicly on behalf of her husband and on issues that mattered to her. Someone asked her once how she did it, and she said you have to "get so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid." And I have found that that absolutely captures those moments when I fought for something I cared about. I get so caught up in fighting for things that are important to me that it pushes me through fear and doubt.

A man with nothing to die for has even less for which to live.

Some missionaries bound for Africa were laughed at by the boat captain. 'You'll only die over there,' he said. But a missionary replied, 'Captain, we died before we started.'

There are some things in life that are worth fighting for to the end.