#tori

He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot, will be victorious. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#fight #knows #victorious #who #will

Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#first #go #seek #then #victorious

Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory has been won, whereas he who is destined to defeat first fights and afterwards looks for victory. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#afterwards #battle #been #defeat #destined

One of Dickens' biggest influences was the growth of London as a Victorian city, and the extremes being created as it expanded. ↗

— Danny Boyle

#biggest #city #created #dickens #expanded

My stories run up and bite me on the leg - I respond by writing down everything that goes on during the bite. When I finish, the idea lets go and runs off. ↗

— Ray Bradbury

#down #during #everything #finish #go

Love is the answer to everything. It's the only reason to do anything. If you don't write stories you love, you'll never make it. If you don't write stories that other people love, you'll never make it. ↗

— Ray Bradbury

#anything #everything #love #love is #make

I think the reason my stories have been so successful is that I have a strong sense of metaphor. ↗

— Ray Bradbury

#i #i think #metaphor #reason #sense

Most of my short stories are fantasy. ↗

— Ray Bradbury

#most #short #short stories #stories

The first stories I wrote when I was 12 were about Mars and landing on Mars. ↗

— Ray Bradbury

#first #i #landing #mars #stories

When life is victorious, there is birth; when it is thwarted, there is death. A warrior is always engaged in a life-and-death struggle for Peace. ↗

— Morihei Ueshiba

#birth #death #engaged #life #peace