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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
dull would-be mystery
Without mysteries, life would be very dull indeed. What would be left to strive for if everything were known? Charles de Lint
dull influence authorship
There are both dull correctness and piquant carelessness; it is needless to say which will command the most readers and have the most influence. Charles Caleb Colton
dull want littles
If you want a little fear and terror because your life is dull, get a future. Terrifying! Byron Katie
dull would-be world
There are always some lunatics about. It would be a dull world without them. Arthur Conan Doyle
dull grown land learning project
This project has just grown and grown. First the land and then the house. There's never a dull moment, we're always learning something new. Davy Cowie
dull significant
The significant, life-forming times are the dull, in-between times. Jan Karon
dull cost one-thing
One thing must be avoided at all costs: narrow-mindedness, pedantry, dull pettiness. Bruno Schulz
dull information way
Now, scholars can be very useful and necessary, in their own dull and unamusing way. They provide a lot of information. It's just that there is Something More, and that Something More is what life is really all about. Benjamin Hoff
dull mostly newspapers
American newspapers are dying mostly because they were so dull for so long, a whole generation gave up on them. Tina Brown
firsts film amazing-experiences
And my first film was Carnal Knowledge, another amazing experience, largely because of Mike Nichols, who would tell me you can't do anything wrong because you're doing everything right. Carol Kane
firsts ancient goddess
At first the ancient images of the Goddess did not interest me. Carol P. Christ
firsts elements investment
We are not making a capital investment into GM as the first element or condition. Carlos Ghosn
firsts speak goodness
Goodness is, so to speak, itself; badness is only spoiled goodness. And there must be something good first before it can be spoiled. C. S. Lewis
firsts events week
For the first week of the Sian events I was a first aid worker in the streets of Sian. Agnes Smedley
firsts counseling offense
If it is a first offense, you ground them and have a talk. The second offense would call for counseling. Alan Thicke
firsts way thirds
First is first. That's the way I was brought up. Second or third are nowhere. Alan Shearer
firsts tvs program
Ed Sullivan brought me to TV first in 1952, then Garry Moore's program gave me a lot of confidence and freedom. Alan King
firsts language programming
The most disastrous thing that you can ever learn is your first programming language. Alan Kay