Quotes of: Battling Keyword

I have been wandering to find him and my happiness is so great that it even weakens me like a wound. And this is the marvel of marvels, that he called me Beloved, me who am but as a dog.

The Last Battle

The battle had been as hideous as you might expect between one side who were simply not afraid to die and another who regarded death as merely a door to the eternal life.

The Last Four Things

I would be willing, yes glad, to see a battle every day during my life

My Life On The Plains: General George A. Custer

Everyone has their own ways of expression. I believe we all have a lot to say, but finding ways to say it is more than half the battle.

Salomé: In Every Inch In Every Mile

Say to them, say to the down-keepers, the sun-slappers, the self-soilers, the harmony-hushers, "Even if you are not ready for day it cannot always be night." You will be right. For that is the hard home-run. Live not for battles won. Live not for the...

Selected Poems

A man is never so vulnerable in a battle as when he flees," Lord Eddard has told Jon once. "A running man is like a wounded animal to a soldier. It gets his bloodlust up.

A Storm of Swords

Remorse has no place in a warrior's mind... A war is like a game of chess, Nicholaa. Every battle is like a well-thought-out move on the board. Once it begins, there shouldn't be any emotion involved whatsoever.

The Prize

What if evil doesn't really exist? What if evil is something dreamed up by man, and there is nothing to struggle against except out own limitations? The constant battle between our will, our desires, and our choices?

Rebel Angels

In a battle between  two ideas, the best one doesn't necessarily win. No, the idea that wins is the one with the most fearless heretic behind it.

Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us

There is a distinct feeling of contentment that engulfs your entire being after a day well lived, a battle well fought, and a purpose tirelessly pursued.

Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

In my head this cruel unspeakable truth: that we battled and we cursed and we spilled each other’s blood, we relished our taste of hell and strangled heaven’s love.

Visions of a Skylark Dressed in Black

No matter what I did, I was hurting someone. There was a constant battle of emotions going on inside my head, but even though I still cared about Tom all I wanted, all I needed, was Mika.

Virtually Conflicted

I always wondered why the makers leave housekeeping and cooking out of their tales. Isn't it what all the great wars and battles are fought for -- so that at day's end a family may eat together in a peaceful house?

Voices

Success is often followed by failure. Yesterday's victory doesn't win today's battle.

Why Great Men Fall: 15 Winning Strategies to Rise Above It All

The artist committing himself to his calling has volunteered for hell.

The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks & Win Your Inner Creative Battles

To labor in the arts for any reason other than love is prostitution.

The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles

Nothing is as empowering as real-world validation, even if it's for failure.

The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks & Win Your Inner Creative Battles

We feed it [Resistance] with power by our fear of it. Master that fear and we conquer Resistance.

The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks & Win Your Inner Creative Battles

Resistance cannot be seen, touched, heard, or smelled. But it can be felt.

The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks & Win Your Inner Creative Battles

Resistance will tell you anything to keep you from doing your work.

The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks & Win Your Inner Creative Battles

Somebody will beat both [contents and price] sooner or later because that is good old Free Enterprise, where the consumer benefits from battles between jolly green giants.

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