Related Quotes
courage regret mistake
When a man has fulfilled all four of these requisites-to be wide awake, to have fear, respect, and absolute assurance-there are no mistakes for which he will have to account; under such conditions his actions lose the blundering quality of the acts of a fool. If such a man fails, or suffers a defeat, he will have lost only a battle, and there will be no pitiful regrets over that. Carlos Castaneda
courage warrior perfect
If his spirit is distorted he should simply fix it-purge it, make it perfect-because there is no other task in our entire lives which is more worthwhile...To seek the perfection of the warrior's spirit is the only task worthy of our temporariness, our manhood.
courage struggle warrior
To be a warrior is not a simple matter of wishing to be one. It is rather an endless struggle that will go on to the very last moment of our lives. Nobody is born a warrior, in exactly the same way that nobody is born an average man. We make ourselves into one or the other.
courage warrior hands
Personal history must be constantly renewed by telling parents, relatives, and friends everything one does. On the other hand, for the warrior who has no personal history, no explanations are needed; nobody is angry or disillusioned with his acts. And above all, no one pins him down with their thoughts and their expectations.
courage warrior years
There are lots of things a warrior can do at a certain time which he couldn't do years before. Those things themselves did not change; what changed was his idea of himself.
courage warrior decision
A rule of thumb for a warrior is that he makes his decisions so carefully that nothing that may happen as a result of them can surprise him, much less drain his power.
courage humble eye
The self-confidence of the warrior is not the self-confidence of the average man. The average man seeks certainty in the eyes of the onlooker and calls that self-confidence. The warrior seeks impeccability in his own eyes and calls that humbleness. The average man is hooked to his fellow men, while the warrior is hooked only to infinity.
courage editors finally friend novelist reply talking
When finally I mustered the courage to tell a novelist friend that I was talking to editors about a biography, her reply was, 'Oh, that's okay. That's not a real book.' Stacy Schiff
courage failure humility
Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself. Charlie Chaplin
greatness
There is greatness in everyone.
greatness quality individual
The true greatness of nations is in those qualities which constitute the greatness of the individual. Charles Sumner
greatness
Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown. Charles de Gaulle
greatness france
France cannot be France without greatness.
greatness men mind
Great men, like comets, are eccentric in their courses, and formed to do extensive good by modes unintelligible to vulgar minds. Charles Caleb Colton
greatness deserving-it mind
Great minds had rather deserve contemporaneous applause without obtaining it, than obtain without deserving it. If it follow them it is well, but they will not deviate to follow it.
greatness men
In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good, but very few men that are both great and good.
greatness men too-much
Speaking generally, no man appears great to his contemporaries, for the same reason that no man is great to his servants--both know too much of him.
greatness excellence littles
True greatness consists in being great in little things. Charles Simmons
endurance none pass physical volunteers
There ain't none of us that can pass the physical or the exam, well we could pass the exam, I'm just saying, it's endurance, it's like an endurance test, we're volunteers we're all out of shape. Larry Harris
endurance ruins depravity
What is a ruin but time easing itself of endurance? Djuna Barnes
endurance crowds inequality
You get yourself up for it somehow, and your endurance and the crowd gets you up, too. Janet Jackson
endurance bears dare
More can I bear than you dare execute. William Shakespeare
endurance fading limits
Love knows no limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of its hope; it can outlast anything. Love still stands when all else has fallen. Blaise Pascal
endurance jim owe
We're going to endure, I guess. I think we owe that to Jim to be there.
endurance firsts events
The first need of being is endurance; to endure with gladness if we can, with fortitude in any event. Bliss Carman
endurance great knew lots mound taking
She (Ronk) had lots of endurance tonight. I think she's a great leader. I think she knew she was going to get it done. There was no way I was taking her off the mound tonight.
endurance indecision form
Endurance is frequently a form of indecision. Elizabeth Bibesco