Ernest Hemingway Quotes

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.

This quote by Ernest Hemingway reminds us that in order to gain somebody's trust, we need to begin trusting them first. As long as you repeatedly prove your trustworthiness with your actions, you will gain their trust over time.

But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.

Hemingway had beautifully epitomized these two words Destroyed and Defeated in this statement which optimizes the radical courage of a man. It means that a man can fight to the end never relinquishing his honor or ideals. Even though he may be destroyed his ideas and values were never defeated.

There is no friend as loyal as a book.

Books are our best friends. The way in which a book can make us feel, the way in which it can open the door to new worlds and ways of seeing. A book has a knowledge power which is very important in our life. We can take our knowledge from books at any age they never leave us.

Courage is grace under pressure.

Hemingway meant that in a situation where there is a lot of pressure, a courageous person retains his sense of style and manner and he doesn't just respond haphazardly and carelessly. Under pressure conditions and in bad situations, a brave man can handle the affairs and duties without any shortage in his braveness and self-confidence.

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.

Everyone has their own truth, their own reality, just as every observer of a scene has their own interpretation. If you want to know whether a person is trustworthy or not, you must try trusting him. You can't make an opinion about someone without knowing him or her.

In modern war... you will die like a dog for no good reason.

Patriotism was considered most noble In the old days. The reasons we go to war these days have nothing to do with patriotism. Nowadays wars are fought not for ideals but for sheer greed. And those who die in these wars shed their blood for nothing.