170 Quotes by Eric Greitens

Defeating a terrorist organization is like fighting a forest fire; there's never a clear moment of victory, and even after you've won, you have to watch carefully.

Since Bin Laden's death, many Americans have decided that our job in Afghanistan is done. They see a victory in the counterterrorism campaign, and are tired of the corruption, confusion and dysfunction of the nation-building campaign.

Those who do not have worthy struggles in their lives neve enjoy the pleasure of celebrating a hard-won victory.

You need resilience not just for the hard times. You need resilience if you're going to be happy.

When things get really hard, people pray.

Those who do not have worthy struggles in their lives never enjoy the pleasure of celebrating a hard-won victory.

No one escapes pain, fear, and suffering. Yet from pain can come wisdom, from fear can come courage, from suffering can come strength if we have the virtue of resilience.

We all have battles to fight. And it's often in those battles that we are most alive. It's on the frontlines of our lives that we earn wisdom, create joy, forge friendships, discover happiness, find love, and do purposeful work.