Eric Walters > Quotes

“Every Journey, no matter how far, starts with one step”
― Eric Walters, Walking Home

“No matter where you go, no matter how far you run, you can't run away from yourself.”
― Eric Walters, Shattered

“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together" - African Proverb”
― Walters Eric

“You'll have to be grateful for what we can do instead of angry about what we can't.”
― Eric Walters

“Crisis doesn't change people; it reveals them.”
― eric walters, The Rule of Three

“The problem with a liar is that he doesn't believe anybody else is capable of telling the truth.”
― Eric Walters, The Rule of Three

“I'd had some dates that crashed and burned, but not the way that could happen in a plane.”
― Eric Walters, The Rule of Three

“Nobody is asking you to forget," I said. "I'm asking you to remember those that you saved and to honour those you couldn't save. Giving up your life honours nobody, saves nobody. By living like this you're saying that life isn't precious. It is precious. Every life...including yours. Don't let Rwanda - don't let evil - claim one more victim. Don't let yourself be another casualty of Rwanda.”
― Eric Walters, Shattered

“How strange to think there was something worse than death.”
― Eric Walters, Fight for Power

“I've always found it's easier to be ignorant.”
― Eric Walters, Fight for Power

“Please remember that even when we stand apart, we still stand together.”
― Eric Walters, Don't Stand So Close to Me

“strangers were just people he hadn’t become friends with yet.”
― Eric Walters, Between Heaven and Earth

“Fun isn't what it used to be.”
― Eric Walters

“Just do what he says!" the youngest guy said.
Quickly they all started to undress until the five men were standing there, naked. They were being held at bay by an old guy and a kid, neither of whom was wearing a shirt. It was a pretty ridiculous scene, lika a game of strip poker that was going horribly wrong.”
― Eric Walters, The Rule of Three

“And in the meantime we have to be like a duck.” “A duck?” I asked. “Calm on the surface but paddling like crazy where nobody can see it.”
― Eric Walters, The Rule of Three

“The problem with liars is they don't believe anyone is capable of telling the truth.”
― Eric Walters, Fight for Power

“I've seen hell before," I said, thinking of Olde Burnham after the attack. "I've flown over it and landed in the middle.”
― Eric Walters, Fight for Power

“This neighborhood is a lifeboat in a storm we can't stop. Only so many people can be in our boat, no matter how many swimmers you see bobbing about in the ocean. If you try to pull in too many, you sink. You save nobody, including those who were in the boat. Our priority has to be those who are in the boat, because we can't save all of those who need to be in the boat. Our only exception has been when those on the outside can make our lifeboat stronger and more self-sustaining.”
― Eric Walters, The Rule of Three

“Any more questions before we head in?" he asked. There were lots of questions, but I didn't want any more answers. "I'm good.”
― Eric Walters

“There's one other thing," I said. "Your father was wrong."

"My father? Wrong about what?"

"You said to me that he once told you that nobody ever thanks a soldier." I paused. "I want to thank you...for what you tried to do and what you did do. Thank you.”
― Eric Walters

“Hoe pathetic is it that I'd rather risk death that face the dead?”
― Eric Walters, Fight for Power

“Isaac, could you please pay at least a little attention?” Jenna asked.
Isaac looked up from his phone. “Believe me, I’m paying as little attention as I can,” he said.”
― Eric Walters, Don't Stand So Close to Me

“The”
― Eric Walters, Fight for Power

“I don’t know how you do it,” I said.
“Do what?”
“You just seem so positive all the time.”
Isaac shrugged. “Maybe it’s because I’m not smart enough to be as worried as I should be.”
― Eric Walters, Don't Stand So Close to Me

“I remembered a joke I’d once heard, that if you play a country song backward, you get back your girlfriend, your dog is no longer dead, and your brother is released from prison.”
― Eric Walters, 90 Days of Different

“The difference between a brave man and a coward is not how he feels, but what he does despite those feelings.”
― Eric Walters

“Being smart and acting stupid are two different things.”
― Eric Walters

“Big Bang”
― Eric Walters, Houston, Is There A Problem?: Teen Astronauts #1

“My old granny always said, you have two ears and one mouth because you're listen twice as much as you talk.”
― Eric Walters, The Bully Boys