#y

When ambitious desires arise in thy heart, recall the days of extremity thou has passed through. ↗

— Ieyasu Tokugawa

#arise #days #desires #extremity #heart

A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid. ↗

— J. R. R. Tolkien

#golden #hid #hinges #inside #key

Go not to the elves for counsel, for they will say both yes and no. ↗

— J. R. R. Tolkien

#counsel #elves #go #say #will

Come to think of it, Pasadena's as good a place to die as any. ↗

— Michael Tolkin

#come #die #good #pasadena #place

Gradually I became aware of details: a company of French soldiers was marching through the streets of the town. They broke formation, and went in single file along the communication trench leading to the front line. Another group followed them. ↗

— Ernst Toller

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How happy I am to go to the front at last. To do my bit. To prove with my life what I think I feel. ↗

— Ernst Toller

#bit #feel #front #go #happy

In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves... self-discipline with all of them came first. ↗

— Harry S. Truman

#first #found #great #great men #i

I have enough energy to insist on saying what I think. ↗

— Tatyana Tolstaya

#enough #i #i think #insist #saying

If there existed no external means for dimming their consciences, one-half of the men would at once shoot themselves, because to live contrary to one's reason is a most intolerable state, and all men of our time are in such a state. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#consciences #contrary #existed #external #intolerable

There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#greatness #simplicity #truth #where