“They ex­pect­ed to lose. And there­fore, they lost. [..] Peo­ple who start think­ing deep dark thoughts in the mid­dle of a war start ex­pect­ing to lose.”

“The minute you start talking about what you’re going to do if you lose, you have lost.”

“No one starts a war warning that those involved will lose their innocence - that children will definitely die and be forever lost as a result of the conflict; that the war will not end for generations and generations, even after cease-fires have been declared and peace treaties have been signed. No one starts a war that way, but they should. It would at least be fair warning and an honest admission: even a good war - if there is such a thing - will kill anyone old enough to die.”

“A Private who loses his rifle suffers greater consequences than a General who loses a war.”

“The moment I start losing friends is the moment I start living the positive way and leave the negativity behind.”

“The fastest way to lose weight is to find religion and start fasting.”