"Honour, the spur that pricks the princely mind, To follow rule and climb the stately chair."

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Source : Robert Greene, George Peele (1861). “The Dramatic and Poetical Works of Robert Greene and George Peele: With Memoirs of the Authors and Notes”, p.421

George Peele

#Honor Quotes #Mind Quotes #Spurs Quotes

“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.”
“He that loses his conscience has nothing left that is worth keeping. Therefore be sure you look to that, and in the next place look to your health; and if you have it, praise God and value it next to a good conscience.”
“No real social change has ever been brought about without a revolution... revolution is but thought carried into action.”
“Sometimes we let our thoughts of tomorrow take up too much of today. Daydreaming of the past and longing for the future may provide comfort but will not take the place of living in the present. This is the day of our opportunity, and we must grasp it”
“These days I don't look to other people with the objective of trying to steal their licks, although I've got no objections to stealing them if that seems like a good idea. I'm sure that I'm still influenced by Mark Knopfler and Eddie Van Halen as well......I can't play like Eddie Van Halen. I wish I could. I sat down to try some of those ideas and can't do it. I don't know if I could ever get any of that stuff together. Sometimes I think I should work at the guitar more.”
“The man who succeeds above his fellows is the one who early in life clearly discerns his object, and towards that object habitually directs his powers.”
“Do what you can't and experience the beauty of the mistakes you make.”

Source : Daniel H. Pink (2006). “A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future”, p.133, Penguin
“Life changes fast. Life changes in the instant. You sit down to dinner and life as you know it ends.”

Source : Joan Didion (2009). “The Year of Magical Thinking: The Play”, p.4, Vintage

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