Desolation

~ Lord Byron, English poet, in Darkness

Hawkeye: War isn’t Hell. War is war, and Hell is Hell. And of the two, war is a lot worse.

Father Mulcahy: How do you figure, Hawkeye?

Hawkeye: Easy, Father. Tell me. Who goes to Hell?

Father Mulcahy: Sinners, I believe.

Hawkeye: Exactly. There are no innocent bystanders in Hell. War is chock full of them—little kids, cripples, old ladies. In fact, except for some of the brass, almost everybody is an innocent bystander.

~ Conversation between Hawkeye Pierce and Father Mulcahy on television series M*A*S*H

The third big war will begin when the big city is burning.

~ Nostradamus, French seer and philosopher

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest of souls.

The most massive characters are seared with scars.

~ Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese – American writer

Americans learn only from catastrophe and not from experience.

~ President Theodore Roosevelt

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day.

Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

~ Lao Tzu, Chinese Philosopher, founder of Taoism

The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.

~ Albert Einstein

Great leaders don’t set out to be a leader. They set out to make a difference.

It’s never about the role. It’s always about the goal.

~ Anonymous