"The important thing in life is not victory but combat; it is not to have vanquished but to have fought well."

-- Pierre de Coubertin

#Victory Quotes #Important Quotes #Life Is Quotes

“It may be that the night will close over us in the end, but I believe that morning will come again. Morning always grows out of the darkness, though maybe not for the people who saw the sun go down. We are the Lantern Bearers, my friend; for us to keep something burning, to carry what light we can forward into the darkness and the wind.”

Source : Rosemary Sutcliff (2011). “The Lantern Bearers”, p.217, Macmillan
“Now that it looks like things are headed on the right path, I'm ready to go back and play football.”

Source : "Bengals re-sign Devon Still" by Coley Harvey, abcnews.go.com. March 19, 2015.
“So far Im still standing on Sons of Anarchy but all the rest of the people on the show have me in their crosshairs so Im waiting for the bullet in the head.”
“Television is the third parent.”
“I lay around and wonder why you were always there for me.”
“I believe the ability to think is blessed. If you can think about a situation, you can deal with it. The big struggle is to keep your head clear enough to think.”
“Bitter is wine, but it sweetens all bitterness.”

Source : Moses Ibn Ezra (1945). “‏מחברת משירי משה בן יעקב אבן עזרא /‏”
“At times the whole sky was ringed in shooting points and puckers of light gathering and falling, pulsing, fading, rhythmical as breathing. All of a piece. As if the sky were a pattern of nerves and our thought and memories traveled across it. As if the sky were one gigantic memory for us all.”

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