John Smith Quotes

Emotions can’t be allowed to interfere with what is right.

A man is only ever as strong as the people around him: The community he serves and the family he is sworn to protect. Whatever strength he has, he draws from them. And for them, he must be prepared to give everything. His life for his blood, or else everything he has done, has been for nothing. He is nothing.

You must trust the woman in your life with your life.

What can I say, Mein Führer? You’re right. I never loved you. I never saw you as a father. I saw you as a petty little tyrant. You’re a mediocre man. A failed chicken farmer. The very thought that you see yourself in me… it sickens me.[to Himmler]

We’ve seen things, you and me. Other worlds. Other lives. We have that in common. It’s unbearable. To be able to look through that door and glimpse all the people you could have been. And to know that out of all of them, this is the one you became.[to Juliana]

The trouble with humans, Joe, is that we’re weak. A man sees a pretty face, he wants her. It’s natural. It’s animal.

The decadence ruined this country before the war.

The bigger the fish, the greater the patience to catch it.

Great success is built on failure.

You want to be a hero? You want to have your face painted on a mural? Maybe have a school named after you? You’d still be dead.[to Thomas]

No such thing as a free lunch, Joe.

I’ve seen it before. I know how it ends. And even if you don’t die, you’re gonna come back, you’re not gonna be the same. It’s all bulls***. It’s a f***ing lie. Medals, flags, anthems. Pledges of allegiance. Freedom. I look around me, I don’t see freedom. I don’t see order. I just see chaos. I don’t see anything worth giving my son’s life for.[to Thomas]