Quotes from Fortitude — Dan Crenshaw
born 1984 Scotland
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Details matter. Ignoring them can be the difference between success and failure.
Fortitude (2020)
I recognize my corpsman's voice, as he works on my wounds.
I say, "Dude, don't get blown up. It sucks."
He laughs and tells me to shut up.
Fortitude (2020)
It is quite the challenge to examine your own attributes, your failings, and then attempt to extract the lessons from your past that make you who you are today. This book is largely a product of that journey.
Fortitude (2020)
Writing this book was the first time I thought deeply about the lessons I'd derived from the SEAL teams, and life in general. It is quite the challenge to examine your own attributes, your failings, and then attempt to extract the lessons from your past that make you who you are today. This book is largely a product of that journey.
Fortitude (2020)
In combat, attention to detail is the barrier between life and death. We generally don't like death, so we pay attention to details. We also don't like failure. We don't like failing in our mission and we don't like failing the people who are relying on us. Ignoring the small stuff leads to both of those unenviable failures.
Fortitude (2020)
A little perspective can be the difference between spiraling into dark despair and clawing your way back to the light. A brave young woman fought through despair twenty years before, which meant I could do it now, suffering in darkness in a sterile hospital room in Germany. So when the doctors told me I had virtually no chance of seeing ever again, I just heard one thing: Virtually.
Fortitude (2020)