"A wise man fights to win, but he is twice a fool who has no plan for possible defeat."

-- Louis L'Amour

#Wise Quotes #Wisdom Quotes #Fighting Quotes

“The premonition of death may for many be a stimulus to novelty of experience: the imminence of death serves to sweep away the inessential preoccupations for those who do not flee from the thought of death into triviality.”

Source : David Riesman (1955). “Selected essays from Individualism reconsidered”
“Wretched unfair, it is,â€ he remarked. â€œOf the three of us, Iâ€™m the one whoâ€™s always collected the rare and unusual, yet you two managed to snag the worldâ€™s most unusual women. First you, Crispin, with the only living half-breed, who then turned into an even more unusual vampire. And now you, Charles, have bagged a shape-shifter. Thought you were joking when you said Denise was the kitty. Iâ€™m simply green with jealousy”
“Whatever organisation we try to create, it always ends up looking like the Communist Party.”

Source : "Obituary". The Economist, (p. 107), November 6, 2010.
“Millennials want to find meaning in their work, and they want to make a difference. They want to be listened to. They want you to understand that they fuse life and work. They want to have a say about how they do their work. They want to be rewarded. They want to be recognized. They want a good relationship with their boss. They want to learn. But most of all, they want to succeed. They want to have fun!”

Source : Source: bobmorris.biz
“To me, reading through old letters and journals is like treasure hunting. Somewhere in those faded, handwritten lines there is a story that has been packed away in a dusty old box for years.”
“This is my first collaboration [with Mary Hamill] so I'm going to learn how it's going to work.”
“We fear the things we want the most.”
“My fans mean more to me than they will ever know. I call these people my friends and my confidence and if they are here to see me and they are here to support me, then that's all I need in life.”

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