Quotes Meme.
Athrun:
Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.
Baruch Spinoza (1632 - 1677)
Always remember others may hate you, but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.
Richard M. Nixon (1913 - 1994), in his White House farewell
Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.
Barry LePatner
I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.
Harper Lee (1926 - ), To Kill a Mockingbird, 1960
Free men cannot start a war, but once it is started, they can fight on in defeat. Herd men, followers of a leader, cannot do that, and so it is always the herd men who win battles and the free men who win wars.
John Steinbeck (1902 - 1968), The Moon is Down
Dearka:
First weigh the considerations, then take the risks.
Helmuth von Moltke (1800 - 1891)
Master your instrument, master the music, and then forget all that crap and just play.
Charlie Parker
I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.
Alan Watts
Live so that your friends can defend you but never have to.
Arnold H. Glasgow
A tactical retreat is not a bad response to a surprise assault, you know. First you survive. Then you choose your own ground. Then you counterattack.
Lois McMaster Bujold, A Civil Campaign, 1999
Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.
Baruch Spinoza (1632 - 1677)
Always remember others may hate you, but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.
Richard M. Nixon (1913 - 1994), in his White House farewell
Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.
Barry LePatner
I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.
Harper Lee (1926 - ), To Kill a Mockingbird, 1960
Free men cannot start a war, but once it is started, they can fight on in defeat. Herd men, followers of a leader, cannot do that, and so it is always the herd men who win battles and the free men who win wars.
John Steinbeck (1902 - 1968), The Moon is Down
Dearka:
First weigh the considerations, then take the risks.
Helmuth von Moltke (1800 - 1891)
Master your instrument, master the music, and then forget all that crap and just play.
Charlie Parker
I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.
Alan Watts
Live so that your friends can defend you but never have to.
Arnold H. Glasgow
A tactical retreat is not a bad response to a surprise assault, you know. First you survive. Then you choose your own ground. Then you counterattack.
Lois McMaster Bujold, A Civil Campaign, 1999