RE: Quotes for Grabs
10-13-2017, 07:27 PM (This post was last modified: 10-13-2017, 07:35 PM by SilverFang01.)
10-13-2017, 07:27 PM (This post was last modified: 10-13-2017, 07:35 PM by SilverFang01.)
Some quotes to share:
“Liken the soldier to a carpenter. The latter sharpens his tools with his own hands, prepares the various instruments of his trade, keeps them in his carpenter’s box, receives the master carpenter’s instructions, shapes the pillars and beams with his adze, shaves the alcove and shelving with his plane, is accurate in spacing and carving, ascertains correct measurements and performs his duties well, down to the smallest detail. Doing this, he will later become a master carpenter himself. It is essential that the carpenter’s aim be to carry equipment that will cut well and, when he has time, to sharpen that equipment. That he is an expert at taking that equipment and using it to make bookshelves, desks, and even lamps, and cutting boards and pot lids is the specialty of the carpenter. A man who is a soldier is like this. He should examine these similarities carefully. For a carpenter to achieve his aim, it is essential that his work not be uneven, that the corners fit perfectly, that the wood be well shaved with his plane, that he not polish or hone too far and that he produce work that will not twist or warp later on. If you think you would study this Way, you should be mindful of everything written here and you should examine it carefully.”
Musashi, Miyamoto; Wilson, William Scott. The Book of Five Rings (The Way of the Warrior Series) (Kindle Locations 355-363). Oxford University Press. Kindle Edition.
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“Frankly, our philosophy is that the best battles are those where the enemy gives up before any shots have to be fired at all.”
--Baron Soontir Fel, Star Wars: Survivor’s Quest by Timothy Zahn
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None of us gets to choose which talents and abilities we are born with. Our only choice is whether we take those gifts and use them to live and grow and serve, or whether we bury them in the ground and try to pretend they were never there.
--Jinzler, Star Wars: Survivor’s Quest by Timothy Zahn
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“Discipline is freedom, and the companion to imagination. Discipline makes it possible for you to become whatever you want to be.”
--On the Warrior’s Path, Daniele Bolelli
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“The Warrior is not afraid of being afraid. He accepts it, looks it in the eyes, and challenges it. Refusing to be a hostage in the hands of one’s fears is the act of a Warrior.”
--On the Warrior’s Path, Daniele Bolelli
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“In this life you’re often born one thing and die another. You don’t have to accept that what you are given when you come in is all you’ll have when you leave.”
--Old pilot to Anakin Skywalker, The Phantom Menace.
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“Greed can be a powerful ally, if it’s used properly.”
--Qui-Gon Jinn, The Phantom Menace
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“Until the possible becomes actual, it is only a distraction. Be mindful of what is, not what might be.”
--Obi-Wan Kenobi, Revenge of the Sith
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“First Jedi principle of combat: survive.”
--Anakin Sywalker, Revenge of the Sith
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“Of what use is power unstructured by discipline?
--Count Dooku, Revenge of the Sith
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The greatest danger from the darkness outside came when the Jedi fed it with the darkness within.
--Revenge of the Sith
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“The flaw of power is arrogance.”
--Obi-Wan Kenobi to Anakin Skywalker, Revenge of the Sith
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“The dark is generous, and it is patient, and it always wins—but in the heart of its strength lies weakness: one lone candle is enough to hold it back.
Love is more than a candle.
Love can ignite the stars.”
--Matthew Stover, Revenge of the Sith
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“Wizards and computers get along about as well as flamethrowers and libraries.”
--Harry Dresden, The Dresden Files
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“Thwart,” I said. “To prevent someone from accomplishing something by means of visiting gratuitous violence upon his smarmy person.”
--Harry Dresden, The Dresden Files
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“But they were not attacking a rabbit. They were attacking a wabbit. A wascally wabbit. A wascally wabbit with a Winchester.
--Harry Dresden, The Dresden Files
“Liken the soldier to a carpenter. The latter sharpens his tools with his own hands, prepares the various instruments of his trade, keeps them in his carpenter’s box, receives the master carpenter’s instructions, shapes the pillars and beams with his adze, shaves the alcove and shelving with his plane, is accurate in spacing and carving, ascertains correct measurements and performs his duties well, down to the smallest detail. Doing this, he will later become a master carpenter himself. It is essential that the carpenter’s aim be to carry equipment that will cut well and, when he has time, to sharpen that equipment. That he is an expert at taking that equipment and using it to make bookshelves, desks, and even lamps, and cutting boards and pot lids is the specialty of the carpenter. A man who is a soldier is like this. He should examine these similarities carefully. For a carpenter to achieve his aim, it is essential that his work not be uneven, that the corners fit perfectly, that the wood be well shaved with his plane, that he not polish or hone too far and that he produce work that will not twist or warp later on. If you think you would study this Way, you should be mindful of everything written here and you should examine it carefully.”
Musashi, Miyamoto; Wilson, William Scott. The Book of Five Rings (The Way of the Warrior Series) (Kindle Locations 355-363). Oxford University Press. Kindle Edition.
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“Frankly, our philosophy is that the best battles are those where the enemy gives up before any shots have to be fired at all.”
--Baron Soontir Fel, Star Wars: Survivor’s Quest by Timothy Zahn
====================================
None of us gets to choose which talents and abilities we are born with. Our only choice is whether we take those gifts and use them to live and grow and serve, or whether we bury them in the ground and try to pretend they were never there.
--Jinzler, Star Wars: Survivor’s Quest by Timothy Zahn
====================================
“Discipline is freedom, and the companion to imagination. Discipline makes it possible for you to become whatever you want to be.”
--On the Warrior’s Path, Daniele Bolelli
====================================
“The Warrior is not afraid of being afraid. He accepts it, looks it in the eyes, and challenges it. Refusing to be a hostage in the hands of one’s fears is the act of a Warrior.”
--On the Warrior’s Path, Daniele Bolelli
====================================
“In this life you’re often born one thing and die another. You don’t have to accept that what you are given when you come in is all you’ll have when you leave.”
--Old pilot to Anakin Skywalker, The Phantom Menace.
====================================
“Greed can be a powerful ally, if it’s used properly.”
--Qui-Gon Jinn, The Phantom Menace
====================================
“Until the possible becomes actual, it is only a distraction. Be mindful of what is, not what might be.”
--Obi-Wan Kenobi, Revenge of the Sith
====================================
“First Jedi principle of combat: survive.”
--Anakin Sywalker, Revenge of the Sith
====================================
“Of what use is power unstructured by discipline?
--Count Dooku, Revenge of the Sith
====================================
The greatest danger from the darkness outside came when the Jedi fed it with the darkness within.
--Revenge of the Sith
====================================
“The flaw of power is arrogance.”
--Obi-Wan Kenobi to Anakin Skywalker, Revenge of the Sith
====================================
“The dark is generous, and it is patient, and it always wins—but in the heart of its strength lies weakness: one lone candle is enough to hold it back.
Love is more than a candle.
Love can ignite the stars.”
--Matthew Stover, Revenge of the Sith
===========================================
“Wizards and computers get along about as well as flamethrowers and libraries.”
--Harry Dresden, The Dresden Files
============================================
“Thwart,” I said. “To prevent someone from accomplishing something by means of visiting gratuitous violence upon his smarmy person.”
--Harry Dresden, The Dresden Files
============================================
“But they were not attacking a rabbit. They were attacking a wabbit. A wascally wabbit. A wascally wabbit with a Winchester.
--Harry Dresden, The Dresden Files
“We can never undo what we have done. We can never go back in time. We write history with our decisions and our actions. But we also write history with our responses to those actions. We can leave the pain and the damage in our wake, unattended, or we can do the work of acknowledging and fixing, to whatever extent possible, the harm that we have caused.”
— On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World by Danya Ruttenberg
— On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World by Danya Ruttenberg