"But you must be patient and careful; nor should you expect to become an accomplished archer without long and severe training."

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Source : Maurice Thompson “The Witchery of Archery”, Lulu.com

Maurice Thompson

#Archer Quotes #Long Quotes #Training Quotes

“I don't think of color, I think that anyone wants a master of their skill and be successful knows no color.”
“This intelligence must endure . . . . The glory and intelligence that God has prepared for the faithful, no man knoweth. Should not this fill every heart with peace and joy - that there is no end to the progress of knowledge?”
“Die mathematische Forschung besteht aus 10% Intuition und 90% Arbeit.”
“And if someone felt that his life had been an utter failure, and that he himself was only one among millions of wholly unimportant people who could be replaced as easily as broken windowpanes, he would go and pour out his heart to Momo. And, even as he spoke, he would come to realize by some mysterious means that he was absolutely wrong: that there was only one person like himself in the whole world, and that, consequently, he mattered to the world in his own particular way. Such was Momo's talent for listening.”
“Dance in the most perishable of the arts. Ballets are forgotten, ballerinas retire, choreographers die--and what remains of that glorious production which so excited us a decade ago, a year ago, or even last night?”
“A map says to you. Read me carefully, follow me closely, doubt me not... I am the earth in the palm of your hand.”

Source : Beryl Markham (2012). “West with the Night”, p.272, Open Road Media
“Words have very potent meanings and people read them and they react to them personally. They are very suggestive in terms of your life and things like that.”
“Life's a car ride...Sometimes it's cruise control down smooth highways. Other times it's potholes on rural roads.”

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