First Blood

"I understand tactics. I understand people less."

"Some bonds are forged in the harshest conditions."

"I've learned that survival isn't living."

"Strength without wisdom is just destruction."

"I never asked for these abilities."

"The truth is sometimes harder than any enemy."

"I've learned to respect what I once feared."

"A man who's seen combat carries it forever."

"Leadership means being willing to sacrifice."

"I understand pain better than happiness."

"The war taught me that nothing is fair."

"I've been given gifts that feel like curses."

"Some lessons are written in blood and survival."

"I never wanted to hurt anyone. I just wanted peace."

"A man's word is all he truly owns."

"Trust is something I've had to learn to give."

"I've learned that killing solves nothing."

"The real battle is accepting who you are."

"Sometimes walking away takes more guts than fighting."

"I understand the language of survival."

"Money means nothing when you've got nothing to lose."

"The strongest men are often the loneliest."

"I've seen what hate does to people."

"A man's past shapes his future whether he likes it or not."

"Patience is a weapon I learned too late."

"I never wanted to be a hero. I just wanted to live."

"Some of us are tools. The question is who holds us."

"Courage isn't the absence of fear. It's action despite it."

"I've learned more from silence than from words."

"The forest doesn't judge. It just is."