Army Quote by Laurie Halse Anderson

“[Still apparent in him, the tiny boy, mewling in cold and hunger. It’s less delicious, this badness bred from survival.]”

— Lauren Groff

People know that fame and position are pleasant, but they do not know that the pleasure of anonymity is most real. People know that…

— Zicheng Hong

“Hardy had learned in a hard school, where the tests are given by savage Indians, by bitter cold, by hunger. These were tests where…

— Louis L'Amour

Journey over all the universe in a map, without the expense and fatigue of traveling, without suffering the inconveniences of heat, cold, hunger, and…

— Miguel de Cervantes

Cold and hunger seem more friendly to my nature than those methods which men have adopted and advise to ward them off.

— Henry David Thoreau

“I embarked on a campaign of honey and kindness, which, if you've never tried it, is very hard to do with someone who thinks…

— Laurie Halse Anderson

We are built for the valley, for the ordinary stuff we are in, and that is where we have to prove our mettle.

— Oswald Chambers

I'll listen to you, but you need to treat me with a little respect. Because it doesn't sound like I'm a pawn. Sounds like…

— Larissa Ione

“Some people’s self-esteem was secretly improved when they discovered that their then-lovers had killed themselves over them.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I think the biggest survival instinct that Midwesterners possess is self deprecation, it's almost a Buddha-like sense of humor in anything that is difficult…

— Amy Pietz

I find life itself provides ample and sufficient tests of my valor and mettle: illness; betrayal; fruitless searches for love; working for the abusive,…

— David Rakoff

Achievement is not last, disappointment is not deadly: It is the mettle to proceed with that matters.

— Winston Churchill