"You won't rise to the occasion - you'll default to your level of training."

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Source : Barrett Tillman (1992). “The Sixth Battle”, Bantam

Barrett Tillman

#Training Quotes #Levels Quotes #Default Quotes

“When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.”
“Every teenager deals in his or her own sexuality and has to face it and figure out how it can coincide with the rest of their lives in a healthy manner. And try to navigate it in our modern society, which is wrought with stigma and taboo and repression, and sort of as a result, these inner monsters that some teenagers really struggle with.”
“Tolerance, a term which we sometimes use in place of the words respect, mercy, generosity, or forbearance, is the most essential element of moral systems; it is a very important source of spiritual discipline and a celestial virtue of perfected people.”

Source : M. Fethullah Gülen (2010). “Toward Global Civilization Love Tolerance”, p.56, Tughra Books
“For me, passion means whatever a person is willing to suffer for.'Apostolic passion,' therefore, is a deliberate, intentional choice to live for the worship of Jesus in the nations. It has to do with being committed to the point of death to spreading His glory. It's the quality of those who are on fire for Jesus, who dream of the whole earth being covered with the Glory of the Lord.”
“The grid system is an aid, not a guarantee. It permits a number of possible uses and each designer can look for a solution appropiate to his personal style. But one must learn how to use the grid; it is anÂ art that requires practice.”
“I cannot recall a more engaging passage in fiction, and I've been trying for almost eighteen seconds.”
“The Christian's life should be one of thankfulness to God.”
“Pressure comes when someone calls on you to perform a task for which you are unprepared.”

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