Doug Stanton Quotes

Dieter Dengler was an amazing man. Who knows what he would've been had he not ever been tested in this way? It's a question that I certainly have myself. What would I be able to do in certain situations? He came out, obviously, looking like a true hero, but he didn't go in looking like that. He was not your typical image of somebody that you would think would be the tough guy who was able to endure. His lighthearted attitude, this sort of dorkiness, and naivete; it ended up being the finest tool for his survival.

The best way to meet a woman is in an emergency situation - if you're in a shipwreck, or you find yourself behind enemy lines, or in a flood.

Life feels more vivid in a conflict zone. It is clear what matters, and who you can count on, for what.

I think human society for tens of thousands of years has sent young men out in small groups to do things that are necessary but very dangerous. And they've always gotten killed doing it. And they've always turned it into a matter of honor and a way of gaining acceptance back into society if they survived.

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

Traditional westerns typify some of the hardships men face: you have to be rugged, silent, stoic. It's a man against nature, against the world.

Losing a game is not a tragedy after experiencing border raids and having to eat beetles because you are out of rations.

The story of survival is a nice metaphor for our experience making this movie, finding your inner strength and powering through and getting to the endpoint alive.

I think survival, with agency intact, is heroic for anyone or anything.

The time during bombings was definitely difficult for everyone. My parents, they really protected me from it, and we came through together.

We were marooned in a frozen desert. There was not a sign of life on the horizon and a thousand signs of death... The marvel is we did not all die of cold.

Courage is soldiers fighting on the front line, or people living on the bread line.

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

Living through war has helped make me pretty strong.

I've been fighting since I was 15. I know what war is.

I have never had doubts about the courage of the young men and women we sent overseas wearing the uniform.

When you're the good guy in a horror film, you're usually suffering a lot throughout the entire thing.

If war teaches you anything, it is an appreciation of being alive.

I always felt that whatever I had to endure was nothing compared to what the average soldier, sailor or airman had to put up with.

Tough times don't last. Tough people do. I preach that, and I guess you have to live to it.

My father made many narrow escapes during his time in Vietnam.

One day the enemy will cross the Great Green. They will bring war and tragedy to these eastern lands. Such is the nature of vile men. Yet we cannot live in dread of them. We cannot hide behind these high walls, our hearts trembling. For that is not life. We must accept the needs and the duties of each day, and face them one at a time.

Necessity makes heroes of us all.

I declare that civil war is inevitable and is near at hand. When it comes the descendants of the heroes of Lexington and Bunker Hill will be found equal in patriotism, courage and heroic endurance with the descendants of the heroes of Cowpens and Yorktown. For this reason I predict the civil war which is now at hand will be stubborn and of long duration.