#sad

As far as Saddam Hussein being a great military strategist, he is neither a strategist, nor is he schooled in the operational arts, nor is he a tactician, nor is he a general, nor is he a soldier. Other than that, he's a great military man, I want you to know that. ↗

— Norman Schwarzkopf

#as far as #being #far #general #great

They're indifference should not be the cause of your non-existence. ↗

— Flor Hernandez

#sadness #inspirational

He had never smoked but then had he ever loved? Life made him love and love made him smoke. ↗

— Faraaz Kazi

#sad #life

Watching my sister glowing I wonder why, if the sun is so warm, it doesn't dry her tears. Sunlight is supposed to do that, I think, sunlight should dry all the rain. ↗

— Jillian Madoff

#inspirational #sadness #inspirational

Isso é bem outra coisa", replicou Alberto, "porque um homem que se deixa arrastar por uma paixão violenta perde a faculdade de refletir e deve ser considerado como um ébrio, como um demente. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#romance #sadness #inspirational

The world,' he said, 'is not a wish-granting factory. ↗

— John Green

#john-green #sad #the-fault-in-our-stars #inspirational

Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting. ↗

— George Orwell

#bound #disregard #fair #fair play #hatred

Any man who has ever led an army, an expedition, or a group of Boy Scouts has sadism in his bones. ↗

— Tahir Shah

#leadership #sadism #leadership

When you've suffered a great deal in life, each additional pain is both unbearable and trifling. ↗

— Yann Martel

#suffering #life

Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from the depths of some devine despair Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes, In looking on the happy autumn fields, And thinking of the days that are no more. ↗

— Alfred Tennyson

#memories #poetry #sadness #life