Source : Shoshin Nagamine (2011). “Essence of Okinawan Karate-Do”, p.45, Tuttle Publishing
#Self Quotes #Discipline Quotes #Long Quotes
“I guess the main source of stress for me is the stress I put on myself.”
“My Rainforests Project ... has three main elements. Firstly, to determine how much funding the rainforest countries need to re-orientate their economies so that the trees are worth more alive than dead.”
“You threw everything away."I bring a hand up to touch her face,to wipe the rain from her eyelashes."Your entire life-your beliefs...Why would you do that for me?" June has never looked more beautiful than she does now,unadorned and honest,vulnerable yet invincible.When lightning streaks over the sky,her dark eyes shine like gold."Because you were right,"she whispers."About all of it.”
Source : Marie Lu (2013). “The Legend Trilogy Collection”, p.192, Penguin
“I don't want to have to earn love by giving up my ability to make decisions that determine how I live.”
“Sometimes I feel like the Tom Hanks character in Big. But my life is not a movie. I never have to go back to Coney Island to find the fortune-teller machine so I have to grow up again.”
“Now that I know that I am no wiser than anyone else, does this wisdom make me wiser?”
“I'm just a simple Jewish boy from the Bronx.”
“I've always been hopeful about Scotland's prospects. And I now believe more than ever that Scotland is within touching distance of achieving independence and equality.”
Anko Itosu
Gichin Funakoshi
Higa Yuchoku
Kenwa Mabuni
