Hard words are for fools and cowards.

Every man has his excuses, and the more vile the man becomes, the more touching the story has to be. What is my story now, I wonder?

You don’t pick your family, you take what you’re given and you make the best of it.

Savor the little moments, son, that's my advice. They're what life is. All the little things that happen while you're waiting for something else.

Sometimes it doesn't matter too much what choice you make, as long as you make it quick and stick to it.

Rules are for children. This is war, and in war the only crime is to lose.

Only it’s just the same. In fact, do you know, because of all that pressure, and worry, and fear, it’s worse. There aren’t many men who think clearest when the stakes are highest. So people are even stupider in a war than the rest of the time. Thinking about how they’ll dodge the blame, or grab the glory, or save their skins, rather than about what will actually work There’s no job that forgives stupidity more than soldiering. No job that encourages it more.