"To surprise the enemy is to defeat him."

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Source : "As Military Adviser in China". Book by Aleksandr Cherepanov, p. 245, 1982.

Alexander Suvorov

#Enemy Quotes #Defeat Quotes #Surprise Quotes

“When I forget that the stars shine in air-- When I forget that beauty is in stars-- When I forget that love with beauty is-- Will I forget thee: till then all things else.”
“Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.”
“It doesn't happen all the time, but when I'm playing well it's as if my eyes change. I can feel it. I just feel like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde-a transformation happens, I'm a totally different human being. I don't hear anybody, I don't see anybody, nothing bothers me, nothing is going to interfere with what I'm about to do.”
“The messages our kids receive from teachers, coaches--and even, with the best intentions, from us - can push them toward pride or despair...toward self-righteousness or self-hatred.”

Source : Phil Vischer (2012). “Sidney and Norman: A Tale of Two Pigs”, p.46, Thomas Nelson Inc
“Hide our ignorance as we will, an evening of wine soon reveals it.”
“Let us agree that we are marrying so we can go on quarrelling in the greatest possible comfort and convenience.”

Source : Patrice Kindl (2012). “Keeping The Castle”, p.125, Penguin
“I was raised a right-wing Republican and was about eighteen when I had to admit to myself that in regards to the great domestic crucible of the day, civil rights and racial justice, conservatives were on the wrong side historically and morally, and that it took too much intellectual and psychological jujitsu to pretend otherwise. I didn't want to pretend anymore; I wanted to be on the right side.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“I do know one thing: I wish people were doing more dangerous musicals, more courageous musicals and not just falling into the trap of trying to figure out what the public wants, because you find out that the public very often wants what's good.”

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