2 Quotes by Gregory Boyington

If this story were to have a moral, then I would say: “Just name a hero and I’ll prove he’s a bum.

I have never been brave, but most of the things for which I had been given credit for bravery were nothing but daredevil stunts. I was trying to build up my own ego, trying to imitate the bravery of people I had read about or had been told about in the years gone by.