"I was too weak to walk. At least, I thought I was too weak. But in truth, I was too weak to try."

-- Jay Asher

#Trying Quotes #Weak Quotes #Walks Quotes

“Turtles have always been my sigil, I suppose. When I was a kid, growing up in Bayonne, NJ, I lived in a federal housing project, and we were not allowed to have a dog or cats. The only pets I could have were turtles. So, I had an entire toy castle filled with dime-store turtles. I gave them all names, and since they were living in a toy castle, I decided they were all knights and kingsand I made up stories about how they killed each other and betrayed each other and fought for the kingdom. So, Game of Thrones, actually began with turtles. I decided later to recast it with actual human beings.”
“The world is a dangerous place, full of people who don't trust each other. This is why I am staying up in this tree.”
“Return to the beginning. Enter by form. Clean your dojo. As you have every day, tie on the white belt and empty your cup. Pick up your guitar, tune, then play.”

Source : Philip Toshio Sudo (2013). “Zen Guitar”, p.177, Simon and Schuster
“What makes a child gifted and talented may not always be good grades in school, but a different way of looking at the world and learning.”
“If capitalism is fair then unionism must be. If men and women have a right to capitalize their ideas and the resources of their country, then that implies the right of men and women to capitalize their labor.”
“In many respects, my best friends were dogs.”

Source : "The New Canada". Book by Preston Manning, 1992.
“You sit down and you do it, and you do it, and you do it, until you have learned to do it.”
“It came as a surprise to find that a professional society and journal (Econometrica) were flourishing, and I entered this area of study with great enthusiasm.”

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