Haley Hofmann > Haley's Quotes

“When a warrior fights not for himself, but for his brothers, when his most passionately sought goal is neither glory nor his own life’s preservation, but to spend his substance for them, his comrades, not to abandon them, not to prove unworthy of them, then his heart truly has achieved contempt for death, and with that he transcends himself and his actions touch the sublime.”
― Steven Pressfield, Gates of Fire

“Happiness consists in getting enough sleep. Just that, nothing more.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers

“What we can do now,
is show her the sky,
marvel at its incomprehensible vastness.
Let's show her the beauty of new horizons,
and the value of perseverance.
We can show her that no matter how dark or
bleak or hopeless,
that her mind is her best tool,
her spirit is indomitable,
and challenge is an opportunity
to move, shift, pivot, and dance.
Let's teach her to be a sojourner,
moving through space with enough curiosity to
pick her up
and push her forward.
We can teach her to wonder,
to seek it, to love it, to challenge it.
And, honestly,
though it will not make the hard things easier,
let her overwhelming belief in herself
always motivate her.”
― Beatrice Drake, The Slow Turning of Wonderful Things

“Here is what you do, friends. Forget country. Forget king. Forget wife and children and freedom. Forget every concept, however noble, that you imagine you fight for here today. Act for this alone: for the man who stands at your shoulder. He is everything, and everything is contained within him. That is all I know. That is all I can tell you.

--Dienekes at Thermopylae”
― Steven Pressfield, Gates of Fire

“War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers

“Sweat the small stuff. Without letting anyone see you sweat.”
― Chris Hadfield, An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth

“But in the end it's only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

“I guess you could call it a "failure", but I prefer the term "learning experience".”
― Andy Weir, The Martian

“If you aim to be something you are not, you will always fail. Aim to be you. Aim to look and act and think like you. Aim to be the truest version of you. Embrace that you-ness. Endorse it. Love it. Work hard at it. And don't give a second thought when people mock it or ridicule it. Most gossip is envy in disguise.”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

“Many are the strange chances of the world,' said Mithrandir, 'and help oft shall come from the hands of the weak when the Wise falter.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion

“All have their worth and each contributes to the worth of the others.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion

“Early success is a terrible teacher. You're essentially being rewarded for a lack of preparation, so when you find yourself in a situation where you must prepare, you can't do it. You don't know how.”
― Chris Hadfield, An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth

“good leadership means leading the way, not hectoring other people to do things your way.”
― Chris Hadfield, An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth

“Books, she has found, are a way to live a thousand lives--or to find strength in a very long one.”
― V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

“Adventure works in any strand—it calls to those who care more for living than for their lives.”
― Amal El-Mohtar, This Is How You Lose the Time War

“How senseless is everything that can ever be written, done, or thought, when such things are possible. It must be all lies and of no account when the culture of a thousand years could not prevent this stream of blood being poured out, these torture-chambers in their hundreds of thousands. A hospital alone shows what war is.”
― Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front