#take

I'm not afraid of death. It's the stake one puts up in order to play the game of life. ↗

— Jean Giraudoux

#death #game #i #life #order

It is not seen as insane when a fighter, under an attack that will inevitable lead to his death, chooses to take his own life first. In fact, this act has been encouraged for centuries, and is accepted even now as an honorable reason to do the deed. How is it any different when you are under attack by your own mind? ↗

— Emilie Autumn

#act #any #attack #been #centuries

All the times being like, 'Who rented this car and why are we going to this place?' You take the easy route and go, 'Oh, thanks for the champagne. I'll have another.' ↗

— Rosario Dawson

#being #car #champagne #easy #go

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

#add #away #left #more #nothing

How long it takes to write a book depends on its length. ↗

— Walter Jon Williams

#depends #how #length #long #takes

Don't undertake a project unless it is manifestly important and nearly impossible. ↗

— Edwin Land

#impossible #manifestly #nearly #project #undertake

By seeking and blundering we learn. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#experience #learning-from-mistakes #education

We do not learn from experience...we learn from reflecting on experience. ↗

— John Dewey

#learning-from-mistakes #life #experience

We learn from failure, not from success! ↗

— Bram Stoker

#experience #learning #mistakes #records #wisdom

No matter how loud the sirens or how numerous the hazard signs, we all touch the flames at least once to prove they're hot. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#failure #learning #mistakes #richelle #richelle-goodrich