"What is defeat in life? It is not merely making a mistake; defeat means giving up on yourself in the midst of difficulty. What is true success in life? True success means winning in your battle with yourself. Those who persist in the pursuit of their dreams, no matter what the hurdles, are winners in life, for they have won over their weaknesses."

-- Daisaku Ikeda

#Dream Quotes #Giving Up Quotes #Mistake Quotes

“His golden locks Time hath to silver turned, O time too swift! O swiftness never ceasing! His youth 'gainst Time and Age hath ever spurned, But spurned in vain! Youth waneth by increasing.”

Source : 'Polyhymnia' (1590) ad fin. 'Sonnet'
“Nobody's seen all my work. No one. No one in the world has seen all my movies. Some things just never came out... some things may still come out.”
“Severe illness isolates those in close contact with it, because it inevitably narrows the focus of concern. To a certain extent this can lead to healing, but not if the circle of concern is so tight that it cannot be broken into, or out of.”
“Writing is a solitary occupation, and we like it that way.”
“I respect the older guys.”
“For some reason, our media are fascinated by stories that appear to harm American National interests.”
“I also hang the pictures low rather than high, and particularly in the case of the largest ones, often as close to the floor as is feasible, for that is the way they are painted.”
“I'll tell you something, Harpy," he said, his voice almost a whisper now. "It never even occurred to me that we wouldn't make it. And it never occurred to you that we would. You were just waiting for us to go down in flames. I thought we could get through anything.”

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