#ect

Armon stared into the wild darkness of his opponent and saw a reflection of his own fall. ↗

#darkness #defeat #fight #fighting #opponent

The true genius shudders at incompleteness — imperfection — and usually prefers silence to saying the something which is not everything that should be said. ↗

— Edgar Allan Poe

#imperfection #incompleteness #shudder #silence #silence

Look,” he said, “the point is there’s no way to be a hundred percent sure about anyone or anything. So you’re left with a choice. Either hope for the best, or just expect the worst.” If you expect the worst, you’re never disappointed,” I pointed out. Yeah, but who lives like that? ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#expect #hope #lock-and-key #negative #positive

There are still many more days of failure ahead, whole seasons of failure, things will go terribly wrong, you will have huge disappointments, but you have to prepare for that, you have to expect it and be resolute and follow your own path. ↗

— Anton Chekhov

#failure #rejection #writing #disappointment

Many who are self-taught far excel the doctors, masters, and bachelors of the most renowned universities. ↗

— Ludwig von Mises

#directional #hard-work #excellence

I object to that object that’s made of bronze and shaped like my clone. It should be made of gold, and shaped like me.  ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#clone #gold #object #shape #statue

Karma, simply put, is an action for an action ... good or bad. ↗

— Stephen Richards

#cause-and-effect #deed #elightenment #good-source #karma

When we don’t put the brakes on our self-absorption, we have nothing stopping us from total self-destruction. We become the fruits of our actions. ↗