"The idea that a war can be won by standing on the defensive and waiting for the enemy to attack is a dangerous fallacy, which owes its inception to the desire to evade the price of victory."

-- Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig

#War Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Waiting Quotes

“The bad stuff never stops happening: it lives in its own dimension, replaying itself over and over.”
“In the present age doubt has become immune to faith and faith has dissociated itself from doubt.”

Source : Gabriel Vahanian (2009). “The Death of God: The Culture of Our Post-Christian Era”, p.13, Wipf and Stock Publishers
“A lot of people tell me, once they get to know me, that they're surprised that I'm nothing like they think I'll be.”
“When things get bad enough, then something happens to correct the course. And it's for that reason that I speak about evolution as an error-making and an error-correcting process. And if we can be ever so much better - ever so much slightly better - at error correcting than at error making, then we'll make it.”
“Most traders believe that 'getting into the zone' happens when you have 'a hot streak.' I believe you can create the zone. The zone is a psychological state. It is when you are focused, disciplined, and fully engaged in the process at hand . . . trading in the zone will certainly increase your capacity to perform and succeed.”

Source : Ari Kiev (2004). “Trading in the Zone: Maximizing Performance with Focus and Discipline”, p.2, John Wiley & Sons
“If you expect a kick in the balls and you get a slap in the face, it's a victory.”
“Alfred: Hmf. I suppose you'll take up flying next, like that fellow in Metropolis.”
“Grant us brotherhood, not only for this day but for all our years - a brotherhood not of words but of acts and deeds.”

Source : Stephen Vincent Benet (2016). “A Child Is Born - A Modern Drama of the Nativity”, p.4, Read Books Ltd

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