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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
coward obscurity rust
I like the spirit of this great London which I feel around me. Who but a coward would pass his whole life in hamlets; and for ever abandon his faculties to the eating rust of obscurity? Charlotte Bronte
coward would-be poison
The truth was, Azoth hated Azoth. Azoth was a coward, passive, weak, afraid, disloyal. Azoth had hesitated. Master Blint didn’t know it, but the poisons on the needle had killed Azoth. He was Kylar now, and Kylar would be everything Azoth hadn’t dared to be. Brent Weeks
coward
Haters are cowards. When confronted they often back down. We must resist haters. Janet Reno
coward instinct
I was a coward on instinct. William Shakespeare
coward tongue cowardice
A coward's courage is in his tongue. Edmund Burke
coward chickens betting
When it comes to betting on yourself... you're a chicken-livered coward if you hesitate. B. C. Forbes
coward matter instinct
Instinct is a great matter. I was now a coward on instinct.
coward-and-cowardice either fight finish gets ground middle shot stay taking turning wants
There is no middle ground when taking the hill. You either stay in the foxhole or fight to the finish. Turning back just gets you shot in the back - and no one wants to finish as a coward. Daniel Waldschmidt
coward persons just-one
I'd like to see one person - just one - who would own up to having been a coward. Edith Piaf
rooms mouths rings
When I open my mouth, the room rings. David H. Murdock
rooms mixing paint
My 20s were spent in a room, alone, mixing paints and figuring it all out. Caio Fonseca
rooms band wrecks
Other bands wanted to wreck hotel rooms; Roxy Music wanted to redecorate them. Bryan Ferry
rooms speak disposition
We are each of an unsocial, taciturn disposition, unwilling to speak, unless we expect to say something that will amaze the whole room, and be handed down to posterity with all the eclat of a proverb. Jane Austen
rooms looks born
Look around the room a few times a day as if you had just been born into that room. Eckhart Tolle
rooms authority permit
What we must eliminate are systems of representation that carry with them the authority which has become repressive because it doesn't permit or make room for interventions on the part of those represented. Edward Said
rooms plenty
At 21, there's lots more room there, plenty of things to improve on as you get older. Brad Gilbert
rooms wanted
I have always tried to make room for anything that wanted to come to me from within. Carl Jung
rooms twelve experts
Twelve experts gathered in one room equal one big idiot.