Be satisfied and pleased with what thou art Act cheerfully and well thy allotted part Enjoy the present hour be thankful for the past And neither fear nor wish the approaches of the last (Martial)
I don’t think I am particularly funny. In fact, I know I’m not
I don’t think I am particularly funny. In fact, I know I’m not (Jeremy Clarkson)
In this world, people always find a way of doing what they want – Nikolai Gogol
In this world, people always find a way of doing what they want – Nikolai Gogol
A leader’s skills take him to people, but his character brings people to him
A leader’s skills take him to people, but his character brings people to him (Israelmore Ayivor)
The games we have become familiar, and striven to compete. Yet the subtlety of gaining position is harder to achieve. We can never fully embrace that moment of success…from the outset it is a male-dominated leaning we sadly fail to address. No matter how we try, we cannot assimilate. On principle we are not one of them
The games we have become familiar, and striven to compete. Yet the subtlety of gaining position is harder to achieve. We can never fully embrace that moment of success…from the outset it is a male-dominated leaning we sadly fail to address. No matter how we try, we cannot assimilate. On principle we are not one of them (Lotte Roy, Lotus-eating Japan: Who is this man I hardly know?)
Show no fear to your enemies. Only contempt. Never let anyone look down on you. You’re just as good as any of them. I don’t care who they are. Better in fact. In our world, Dagans are royalty and you, my son, are a prince
Show no fear to your enemies. Only contempt. Never let anyone look down on you. You’re just as good as any of them. I don’t care who they are. Better in fact. In our world, Dagans are royalty and you, my son, are a prince (Sherrilyn Kenyon, Born of Shadows)
Anger as soon as fed is dead ’tis starving makes it fat
Anger as soon as fed is dead ’tis starving makes it fat (Emily Dickinson)
Friends are relatives you make for yourself
Friends are relatives you make for yourself (Eustache Deschamps)
Jiu Jitsu gives me an ideal to strive toward. Technical mastery lies on an infinite continuum and completion of this skill is impossible. Every time I train I have something that I can improve upon, and this will hold true for each and every training session that lies between me and my grave
Jiu Jitsu gives me an ideal to strive toward. Technical mastery lies on an infinite continuum and completion of this skill is impossible. Every time I train I have something that I can improve upon, and this will hold true for each and every training session that lies between me and my grave (Chris Matakas)
The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell
The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell (Andrew Carnegie)