"The starting point for building great relationships is making wise decisions about who we allow close to us. We need people who will build us up and take us forward, and good friends will do just that."

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Source : Brian Houston (2013). “How To Maxmise Your Life”, p.51, Hillsong Music Australia

Brian Houston

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“There are three ways in which a ruler can bring misfortune on his army: By commanding the army to advance or to retreat, being ignorant of the fact that it cannot obey. This is called hobbling the army. By attempting to govern an army in the same way as he administers a kingdom, being ignorant of the conditions which obtain in an army. This causes restlessness in the soldier's minds. By employing the officers of his army without discrimination, through ignorance of the military principle of adaptation to circumstances. This shakes the confidence of the soldiers.”
“The program should know if someone is at the keyboard or joystick or if it is just sitting there idle. It should know if someone is proficient in its use or a novice.”
“There's nothing better for building confidence than learning you can do something you thought you couldn't.”

Source : Amy Chua (2011). “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother”, p.17, Bloomsbury Publishing
“You're afraid because you're thinking about the end, not about what you're doing.”
“War is a terrible trade. But when the cause is just, the smell of gunpowder is sweet.”
“the smell of lilacs crept poignantly into the room like a remembered spring.”

Source : Margaret Millar (2015). “Vanish in an Instant”, p.33, Soho Press
“How to use your leisure time is the biggest problem of a ballplayer.”
“Winter is the time of promise because there is so little to do - or because you can now and then permit yourself the luxury of thinking so.”

Source : Stanley Crawford (1992). “A Garlic Testament: Seasons on a Small New Mexico Farm”, p.55, UNM Press

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