"What we do battle with is so small, what battles us is so large..."

-- Rainer Maria Rilke

#Struggle Quotes #Battle Quotes

“I'm not going to run, I'm going to stand here and watch. Every blow will cut into my heart, and tell me who and what you are.”
“All the best artists have shown that the greatest achievement in the production of fine color is the concealment of pigments, and not the parade of them; and we may say the same of execution.”

Source : Linda S. Ferber, Asher Brown Durand (2007). “Kindred spirits: Asher B. Durand and the American landscape”, D Giles Ltd
“In mathematics we have long since drawn the rein, and given over a hopeless race.”

Source : Charles Babbage (1830). “Reflections on the Decline of Science in England: And on Some of Its Causes, by Charles Babbage (1830). To which is Added On the Alleged Decline of Science in England, by a Foreigner (Gerard Moll) with a Foreword by Michael Faraday (1831).”, p.8
“Spending time with the ones who are dear to you is like being in a dream, is it not?”
“I joke that if she [Debbie Wasserman Schultz] could find a 3 a.m. slot in the Home Shopping Network, she would grab that. So those emails only confirm what we knew.”

Source : Source: www.npr.org
“I turn children into killers.”
“I wore a pink Betsey Johnson dress to my prom, and I pretty much looked like a pink cupcake. I loved that dress!”

Source : "You're Gonna Love These Girls: Meet Mae Whitman, Santigold, Jane Levy, Sarah Gadon and the Cast of Damsels in Distress!", www.glamour.com. March 4, 2012.
“There are... two kinds of people: those who are changing and those who are setting themselves up to be victims of change. As the world continues to march on around us, if I am only maintaining the status quo - if I'm not growing - then I'm falling behind.”

Source : Jim Clemmer (1999). “Growing the Distance: Timeless Principles for Personal, Career, and Family Success”, p.14, Jim Clemmer

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