Robert S. Johnson - Nothing makes a man more aware of his capabilities and of his limitations t

Nothing makes a man more aware of his capabilities and of his limitations than those moments when he must push aside all the familiar defenses of ego and vanity, and accept reality by staring, with the fear that is normal to a man in combat, into the face of Death.

- Robert S. Johnson

source: Robert S. Johnson, Martin Caidin “Thunderbolt! The Extraordinary Story of a World War II Ace”, Lulu.com

topic: Reality, Men, Vanity