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[The prince] dare not let ethics keep him from doing whatever evil must be done to preserve himself and the state. ↗

— Jacques Barzun

#the-prince #life

One never stops climbing, Julie, unless he wants to stop and vegetate. There’s always something just ahead. ↗

— Irene Hunt

#journey #life #pursuit #striving #life

La vie n'est que la répétition interminable d'une représentation qui n'aura jamais lieu... ↗

— Jeunet Laurant

#life #life

If you have not been served personally by caring hands in your own life, do not be bitter, but instead, ask yourself who you can now serve. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#care #serving #life

When we realize the shortness of life, we begin to see the importance of making every moment count. ↗

— Dillon Burroughs

#make-every-moment-count #life

Don't ever think I fell for you, or fell over you. I didn't fall in love, I rose in it. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#love

Ever poised on that cusp between past and future, we tie memories to souvenirs like string to trees along life’s path, marking the trail in case we lose ourselves around a bend of tomorrow’s road. ↗

— Susan Lendroth

#memory #nostalgia #past #remembering #souvenir

The image that comes to mind is a boxing ring. There are times when...you just want that bell to ring, but you're the one who's losing. The one who's winning doesn't have that feeling. Do you have the energy and strength to face life? Life can ask more of you than you are willing to give. And then you say, 'Life is not something that should have been. I'm not going to play the game. I'm going to meditate. I'm going to call "out".' There are three positions possible. One is the up-to-it, and facing the game and playing through. The second is saying, Absolutely not. I don't want to stay in this dogfight. That's the absolute out. The third position is the one that says, This is mixed of good and evil. I'm on the side of the good. I accept the world with corrections. And may [the world] be the way I like it. And it's good for me and my friends. There are only the three positions. ↗

— Joseph Campbell

#life #strength #life

A man has to find a good woman, and when he finds her he has to win her love. then he has to earn her respect. then he has to cherish her trust. and then he has to, like, go on doing that for as long as they live. Until they both die. That's what it's all about. That's the most important thing in the world. That's what a man is, Yaar. A man is truly a man when he wins the love of a good woman, earns her respect, and keeps her trust. Until you do that, you're not a man. ↗

— Gregory David Roberts

#love

One day we'll get what we deserve, maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but one day. ↗

— Aly Galaviz

#life #life