"Whatever your sex or position, life is a battle in which you are to show your pluck, and woe be to the coward. Whether passed on a bed of sickness or a tented field, it is ever the same fair play and admits no foolish distinction. Despair and postponement are cowardice and defeat. Men were born to succeed, not to fail."

-- Henry David Thoreau

#Courage Quotes #Sex Quotes #Men Quotes

“Dying well is easy,it only takes a moment of courage. Itâ€™s living well that I couldnâ€™t do. Whatâ€™s death compared to that.”
“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!”

Source : FaceBook post by Hunter S. Thompson from Nov 01, 2015
“Run my dear, From anything That may not strengthen Your precious budding wings.”
“Teaching and research are not to be confused with training for a profession. Their greatness and their misfortune is that they are a refuge or a mission.”

Source : Claude Levi-Strauss (2012). “Tristes Tropiques”, p.59, Penguin
“It is so easy to close down to risk, to protect ourselves against change and growth. But no baby bird emerges without first destroying the perfect egg sheltering it. We must risk being raw and fresh and awkward. For without such openness, life will not penetrate us anew. Unless we are open, we will not be filled.”

Source : Patricia Monaghan (1999). “The Goddess Companion: Daily Meditations on the Feminine Spirit”, p.109, Llewellyn Worldwide
“The Welsh are not like any other people in Britain, and they know how separate they are. They are the Celts, the tough little wine-dark race who were the original possessors of the island, who never mixed with the invaders coming later from the east, but were slowly driven into the western mountains.”

Source : Laurie Lee (2015). “I Can't Stay Long”, p.89, Penguin UK
“I have a thing: I will always put money in for any street musician anywhere in the country, anywhere in the world. It's like giving back the money I got.”

Source : Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com
“Truth is the lie you once told returning to haunt you”

Source : Dermot Healy (2016). “The Bend for Home”, p.64, Faber & Faber

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