Hawkeye Pierce

"Family is the people you choose to be with when you don't have to."

"Hope is what keeps doctors and soldiers going when logic says you should quit."

"Courage is being terrified and doing it anyway."

"Change is inevitable - the only question is whether you'll change or be broken by it."

"Education is the one thing they can't take away from you."

"Knowledge is power, but power corrupts, so maybe ignorance is better."

"Time heals all wounds, but it also reveals all truths."

"The truth is that there is no truth - only different opinions."

"Freedom is worthless if you're not free to choose your own path."

"Peace is just the space between one war and the next."

"Nature doesn't care about your problems - it just keeps on going."

"Art is the only thing that outlasts war."

"Science can explain how a bomb works, but not why we built it."

"Music is the only language that doesn't need a dictionary."

"Faith is believing in something when all the evidence says you shouldn't."

"Leadership is getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to."

"Work is what defines us when we let it."

"Dreams are the only escape route from reality."

"Humor is how we survive things that shouldn't be survivable."

"Beauty is a temporary distraction from chaos."

"Death teaches us more about life than any philosophy ever could."

"Perseverance is just stubbornness that pays off."

"Gratitude turns pain into purpose."

"Creativity is rebellion against the way things are."

"Justice is a luxury in a war zone."

"Patience is a skill I wish I had."

"Kindness is the revolution the world needs."

"Strength is being vulnerable with the right people."

"Fear is just the price we pay for caring about something."

"Power is nothing if you're alone with it."