--- title: "2 Mark Donaldson Quotes - Famous Political candidate (Believe!)" description: "Mark Gregor Strang Donaldson is an Australian soldier and a recipient of the Victoria Cross for Australia, the highest award in the Australian honours s..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-mark-donaldson-64137.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Mark Donaldson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-mark-donaldson-64137.jpg) # Mark Donaldson Political Candidate **2** quotes in **14** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Mark Donaldson is a political candidate, best known for *Believe!*. ## Quick Facts About Mark Donaldson Profession Political Candidate Notable works Believe! ## About Mark Donaldson Mark Gregor Strang Donaldson is an Australian soldier and a recipient of the Victoria Cross for Australia, the highest award in the Australian honours system. Then Trooper Donaldson was a member of the Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) when he exposed himself to enemy fire to protect injured troops and then rescued an interpreter under heavy enemy fire in the Battle of Khaz Oruzgan during Operation Slipper, the Australian contribution to the War in Afghanistan. He was presented with the decoration by the Governor-General of Australia, Quentin Bryce, in a ceremony in Canberra on 16 January 2009. On 25 January 2010, Donaldson was named the 2010 Young Australian of the Year. He was promoted to corporal in June 2010. ## Quotes by Mark Donaldson > [Any day alive in this world is a charmed life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-donaldson/any-day-alive-in-this-world-is-a-charmed-life/) [Mark Donaldson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-donaldson/) [Alive](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alive/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b8/mark-donaldson-98191_alive_any-day-alive-in-this-world-is-a-charmed_511451.jpg) > [The best things in life are often the ones hardest to get. Yet they are also the ones that are the easiest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-donaldson/the-best-things-in-life-are-often-the-ones-hardest-to-get-yet-they/) [Mark Donaldson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-donaldson/) [Best things](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/best-things/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9df/mark-donaldson-98191_best-things_the-best-things-in-life-are-often-the-on_2412258.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-donaldson/#itemlist", "name": "Mark Donaldson Quotes", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Any day alive in this world is a charmed life.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mark Donaldson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-donaldson/any-day-alive-in-this-world-is-a-charmed-life/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b8/mark-donaldson-98191_alive_any-day-alive-in-this-world-is-a-charmed_511451.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b8/mark-donaldson-98191_alive_any-day-alive-in-this-world-is-a-charmed_511451.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b8/mark-donaldson-98191_alive_any-day-alive-in-this-world-is-a-charmed_511451.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Any day alive in this world is a charmed life.” — Mark Donaldson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The best things in life are often the ones hardest to get. 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