William Halsey Quotes

I like the tradition of ordinary men in extraordinary circumstances and how they react to events which force them to be heroic in a way that is not in their natures.

One of the rules I try to follow is that normal people are going to be involved even in heroic events.

One of the big draws of the show is here's a guy who is ordinary in a lot of ways but, due to his profession, he's placed in extraordinary situations that he has to make right with action and with thought. That's what is appealing about Jack - he takes charge.

I keep saying my books don't have superheroes. They have ordinary people in extraordinary situations.

The people who stood out in the Sandy Hook incident, the heroes, were the normal, ordinary people who went to save those children.

Exigencies create the necessary ability to meet and conquer them.

There are uses to adversity, and they don't reveal themselves until tested. Whether it's serious illness, financial hardship, or the simple constraint of parents who speak limited English, difficulty can tap unexpected strengths.

It's much more interesting to watch someone who is ill-equipped to solve their problem fight to solve their problem than wallow in the knowledge that they're ill-equipped to solve their problems.

Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

Sometimes when you're given hurdles, it makes you more creative in the end.

Great men lose somewhat of their greatness by being near us; ordinary men gain much.

Injury taught me I need to learn how to face challenges.

Constrained circumstances can bring the best out of you.

I'm somebody who finds adversity is almost as good as encouragement. It's almost like, you close the door, and I'll find ten ways to kick it in and go around it or dig under it or something.

It seems the brighter you are, the deeper the hole you get into.

There aren't any great men. There are just great challenges that ordinary men like you and me are forced by circumstances to meet.

Every challenge has its own unique problems.

In the apocalypse, I think those average, mediocre folks are the ones who are going to live.

I'm a plodder, one foot in front of the other. Life is all about understanding that anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. And it's your ability with how you deal with that adversity that ultimately affects your success.

I like stories where normal people are in abnormal situations, and that's what appeals to me about history.

Not to get too deep, but I think one of the reasons we embrace superheroes and this world is that these are just normal people that have incredible powers that are relatable in some ways - in that we don't have great super powers, but there's strength within us that we can utilize in our lives. Ultimately, they're just normal people with problems.

As one who has been in hard situations, I believe that I know how to deal with complicated and hard situations.

It's inevitable that tough situations will come up, but it's how you react that is the challenge.

The mark of the man is how he responds to situations. You're not going to avoid tough times. We're all over the barrel some of the time. What are you going to do about it?

It wouldn't be in the typical fashion of the Go-Go's that anything isn't a struggle.