Hawkeye Pierce

"I'll settle for peace, but I dream of justice."

"War is a disease, and medicine is the only cure."

"They say money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a martini, which is pretty close."

"War isn't hell. It's a lot worse because hell has an exit."

"The key to a good life is to laugh at the right things - and everything is the right thing."

"You can't change what's happening around you, but you can change how you react to it."

"Friendship is what keeps us human when everything else is trying to make us machines."

"The best medicine isn't always in a bottle - sometimes it's in a joke."

"Life is like a long operation - you never know what you're going to find once you open it up."

"Love is the only thing worth staying alive for."

"Courage isn't the absence of fear - it's doing what needs to be done despite it."

"You've got to have hope, otherwise why bother waking up in the morning?"

"Success is surviving another day and helping your friends survive it too."

"Family is what you make it, whether by blood or by choice."

"The truth might hurt, but a lie will destroy you."

"True freedom is the ability to choose who you want to be."

"Peace starts in your own mind before it can exist anywhere else."

"Nature reminds us that we're not in control - and that's actually comforting."

"Art is proof that human beings can create beauty even in the darkest places."

"Science explains how things work, but it can't explain why we care."

"Music is the universal language that doesn't require a translation."

"Faith is believing in something bigger than yourself and your suffering."

"A good leader doesn't command respect - he earns it by respecting others."

"Work is only meaningful when it serves a purpose beyond yourself."

"Dreams keep us human when reality tries to break us down."

"The best jokes are the ones that make you laugh and cry at the same time."

"Beauty exists everywhere if you take the time to look for it."

"Death is inevitable, but how you live is not."

"Perseverance is just refusing to accept that the battle is lost."

"Gratitude is the antidote to despair."