#our

Defeat is for the valiant. Only they will know the honour of losing and the joy of winning I am not here to tell you that defeat is a part of life: we all know that. Only the defeated know Love. Because it is in the realm of love that we fight our first battles – and generally lose. I am here to tell you that there are people who have never been defeated. They are the ones who never fought. They managed to avoid scars, humiliations, feelings of helplessness, as well as those moments when even warriors doubt the existence of God.’’ Manuscript Found In Accra – Paulo Coelho ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#defeat #denial #doubt #god #helplessness

Be noble minded! Our own heart, and not other men's opinions of us, forms our true honor. ↗

— Friedrich Schiller

#heart #honor #men #minded #noble

Would you walk to the edge of the ocean Just to fill my jar with sand Just in case I get the notion To let it run through my hand ↗

— The Band Perrry

#love #the-band-perry #life

Actually, years mean nothing. It's what's inside them. ↗

— Simon Van Booy

#life-in-your-years #living #unlived-life #years #life

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. ↗

— Judy Garland

#else #first-rate #instead #second-rate #somebody

I alternate between thinking of the planet as home - dear and familiar stone hearth and garden - and as a hard land of exile in which we are all sojourners. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#life #sojourn #life

Just when you’ve squared up to the solemn realisation that life is a bitch, it turns round and does something nice, just to confuse you. - Emily Spitzer, The Better Mousetrap ↗

— Tom Holt

#life

In the end, those who demean others only disrespect themselves. ↗

— D.B. Harrop

#life-lessons #respecting-others #respecting-yourself #thoughts-on-life #life

If you don't remove your hands immediately, I will render you unable to biologically maintain life. ↗

— Kaede Kouchi

#threats #life

And that was all the part of it - the way you were obliged to live. You stifled a groan, you lied about your love, you deceived your legal wife, and all in the name of honour. That was the damned paradox of it - in order to behave well, you have to behave badly. ↗

— Julian Barnes

#life #paradox #life