#war

She didn't belong anywhere and she never really belonged to anyone. And everyone else belonged somewhere and to someone. People thought she was too wonderful. But she only wanted to belong to someone. People always thought she was too wonderful to belong to them or that something too wonderful would hurt too much to lose. And that's why she liked him-- because he just thought she was crazy. ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#belonging-to-someone #boy-meets-girl #craziness #crazy #heartwarming

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#independence #individuality #inspirational #self-assurance #self-awareness

You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word. It is victory, victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#war #inspirational

I am who I am; no more, no less. ↗

— Terry Goodkind

#self-awareness #self-realization #inspirational

Bless God, he went as soldiers, His musket on his breast— Grant God, he charge the bravest Of all the martial blest! Please God, might I behold him In epauletted white— I should not fear the foe then— I should not fear the fight! ↗

— Emily Dickinson

#inspirational #soldiers #war #inspirational

The best way to compete is to get defeat. ↗

— Santosh Kalwar

#defeat #fight #inspirational #warrior #inspirational

Being aware is being aware of one's own mind and the games it plays on itself. ↗

— Robin Macnaughton

#ego #inspirational #mind #wisdom #inspirational

Tolerance of intolerance is cowardice. ↗

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali

#inspirational #intolerance #tolerance #inspirational

Moments of splendor and moments of gloom – they help maintain life’s balance. One thought is key: they all pass... ↗

— Joan Marques

#consciousness #inspirational #inspirational

Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and a much more perfect purity of conscience. ↗

— Thomas Merton

#demands #difficult #fidelity #greater #heroic