"Paradoxically, the man who has failed and one who is at the peak of success are in exactly the same position. Each must decide what he will do next, choose the course that will lead him to the future."

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Source : "Kodokan Judo: The Essential Guide to Judo by Its Fouder Jigoro Kano". Book by Kano Jigoro, p. 23, 1994.

Kano Jigoro

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“The divine chemistry works in the subsoil.”
“There is so much darkness in Ember, Lina. It's not just outside, it's inside us, too. Everyone has some darkness inside. It's like a hungry creature. It wants and wants and wants with a terrible power. And the more you give it, the bigger and hungrier it gets.”

Source : Jeanne DuPrau (2012). “The Books of Ember Omnibus”, p.96, Random House Books for Young Readers
“Excellence is a choice, and you must make that choice over and over again until "doing your best" is all you know.”
“I must be like the princess who felt the pea through seven mattresses; each book is a pea.”
“And finally Winter, with its bitin', and whinin' wind, and all the land will be mantled with snow.”
“Having a child makes you realize the importance of life - narcissism goes out the window. Heaven on earth is looking at my little boy. The minute he was born, I knew if I never did anything other than being a mom, I'd be fine.”
“The corals do not look much worn, but still appear to have been dead. There are some delicate shells of molluscs from depths beyond 500 fathoms, where they were certainly living.”
“Growing up, my mom was very strict about how I dressed and how I behaved, and I said to myself that I wasn't going to be like that. But now I know I'm going to be exactly like my mom. I'm going to be worse!”

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