"Drizzt Do'Urden had followed a line of precepts based upon discipline and ultimate optimism. He fought for a better world because he believed that a better world could and would be made. He had never held any illusions that he would change the world, of course, or even a substantial portion of it, but he always held strongly that fighting to better just his own little pocket of the world was a worthwhile cause."

-- R. A. Salvatore

#Fighting Quotes #Optimism Quotes #Discipline Quotes

“One of the greatest things you have in life is that no one has the authority to tell you what you want to be. You're the one who'll decide what you want to be. Respect yourself and respect the integrity of others as well. The greatest thing you have is your self image, a positive opinion of yourself. You must never let anyone take it from you.”
“Will you love me in December as you do in May, Will you love me in the good old fashioned way? When my hair has all turned gray, Will you kiss me then and say, That you love me in December as you do in May?”
“I also made it quite clear that Socialism means equality of income or nothing, and that under socialism you would not be allowed to be poor. You would be forcibly feed, clothed, lodged, taught, and employed whether you like it or not. If it were discovered that you had not character enough to be worth all this trouble, you might possibly be executed in a kindly manner; but whilst you were permitted to live you would have to live well.”
“Once, I was my mother's daughter. Now I am my daughter's mother.”
“The problem with learning the truth about things is that you lose the confidence that comes from being dumb.”
“A food truce, the picnic suspension of oedipal feeling that permits the generations to love each other at family reunions.”
“The credulous ... advance the authority of hearsay in place of reasons for possible success or facts that can be demonstrated.”
“Remember, it's very simple to have an oven tested professionally, and it only takes about five minutes.”

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