#is

You can know a thing to death and be for all purposes completely ignorant of it. A man can know his father, or his son, and there might still be nothing between them but loyalty and love and mutual incomprehension. ↗

— Marilynne Robinson

#fathers #generations #knowledge #relationships #sons

A leader is always first in line during times of criticism and last in line during times of recognition. ↗

— Orrin Woodward

#leadership #recognition #leadership

El error más grande al caer es quedarnos en el piso. ↗

— Victor Manuel Rivera

#leadership #religion #leadership

All your words are but to say: you are a woman, and your part is in the house. But when the men have died in battle and honour, you have leave to be burned in the house, for the men will need it no more. But I am of the House of Erol and not a serving-woman. I can ride and wield blade, and I do not fear either pain or death. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#inspirational #death

Most things break, including hearts. The lessons of life amount not to wisdom, but to scar tissue and callus. ↗

— Wallace Stegner

#hurt #life-lessons #scars #wisdom #wounds

Its important to be comfortable with uncertainty. ↗

— Xiaolu Guo

#life #wisdom #life

Something that is yours forever is never precious ↗

— Chaim Potok

#love #my-name-is-asher-lev #value #life

A mistake isn’t a mistake unless it can’t be put right. ↗