Quotes by Eric Greitens

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.

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.

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

When things get really hard, people pray.

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

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

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.

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.

Success means eliminating Al Qaeda's ability to launch terrorist attacks against the United States and our allies.

As the Obama administration negotiates with the Karzai government and with Pakistan, we may be tempted to make commitments that, in the name of nation-building, restrict our ability to fight terrorists. If we must involve the Afghan government in every night raid, our operations will slow and targets will escape.