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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.
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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.
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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
battles floor win
We wanted to win the battles all over the floor and that's what we did. Pat Merrill
battle beats extra games last left road sails supposed wind
We were better than the Marlins last year. We were supposed to battle them to the end, but we had no wind left in our sails because of our schedule. Twenty-two extra road games beats you down.
battle needed slow smart trying
We were trying to do that with Battle Mountain, and I think we needed to slow it down. We weren't being smart with our passes.
battle experience late tough tougher
We were tough at the end, tougher than we've been late in games. We've been through the struggles, and we feel we have the experience to battle through it now.
battle best credit gets ideas kansas protected state
We have protected the state of Kansas from her and her ideas as best we can. Now, there will be that battle of who's really done what and who gets credit for it.
battle billy club coming few game heat might next players rest trying
We have players we are trying to get rest over the next 11 games. But you get into the heat of the battle sometimes and you need a billy club to get them out of the game sometimes because they are so competitive. We might have a few tangles coming down the stretch. Flip Saunders
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The reality is they're not paying out enough anyway. There are all these companies that are sitting on top of cash hoards. The next big battle for corporate governance is for companies to start paying dividends again.
battle federal state
The real battle is not the federal level. It's going to be at the state level.
battles dad distilled necessary taking took war
If I took the 40 years of my dad talking to me about war and battles and taking me to battlefields and distilled it down into one question, it would probably be the idea of the necessary or unnecessary war. Suzanne Collins
half needed second stop until wait
We wanted to wait until the second half to do what we needed to do to stop him.
half month
We've still got little more than half a month to go, probably three-quarters of a month actually. We've got to keep winning. This thing ain't over yet. Josh Beckett
half linux firsts
I was Computer Shopper's linux columnist for more than half a decade, from the late 90s onwards. Yes, I know about Linux. (My first review of a Linux distro in the press was published in late 1996.) Charles Stross
half kids mean slower swim
When you get to state, half of the kids will swim slower than they did at districts, half are going to go faster. It doesn't mean a whole lot what you see on paper.
half hour meet turn
We used to turn up on the day of the match, meet for half an hour and then go and play,
half manic time
London's so busy, London's manic half the time. Tom Hopper
half safe matter
There are many different kinds of radioactive waste and each has its own half-life so, just to be on the safe side and to simplify matters, I base my calculations on the worst one and that's plutonium. David R. Brower
half people prices saying time turn
People are always saying that prices are too high. When they turn out to be right, we anoint them. When they turn out to be wrong, we ignore them. They are typically right and wrong about half the time. Eugene Fama
half dozen needs
A Mr. (save, perhaps, some half dozen in the nation,) always needs a note of explanation. Jane Austen