31 Quotes by Peter Cosgrove

Our vision is to look through the eyes of our kids. We are a lucky, peaceful nation. We are an unselfish people. That’s one of our proudest national attributes.

We all of us have a reputation, something we are known for, and sometimes it may be different from what we would like to be known for. At the core of this is the simple but fragile heart – our integrity – which is always under challenge, under tests both trivial and profound every day of our lives.

I must say that part of our national wealth is not only the nation’s people but those people who lead them.

Oh, fatherhood has a very humanising effect on a bloke like me in the military. As a dad, you become absolutely aware of your own human frailty and a need to be nurturing and compassionate and fatherly.