"There's other ways to protect yourself and your family, Arlen. Wisdom. Prudence. Humility. It's not brave to fight a battle you can't win."

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Source : Peter V. Brett (2009). “The Warded Man: Book One of The Demon Cycle”, p.28, Del Rey

Peter V. Brett

#Humility Quotes #Fighting Quotes #Winning Quotes

“Tolerance grows only when faith loses certainty; certainty is murderous.”
“I'm just not interested in selling out to get on the charts and make people happy”
“I am pure performance, and Robert Wilson is pure theater.”
“To enter a theatre for a performance is to be inducted into a magical space, to be ushered into the sacred arena of the imagination.”
“One of the best feelings I had growing up was being completely exhausted at the end of the day after playing outside all day.”

Source : "Pharr Davis thrives on trail". Interview with Anna Katherine Clemmons, www.espn.com. July 2, 2013.
“To be audacious with tact, you have to know to what point you can go too far.”
“Never hope to conceal any shameful thing which you have done; for even if you do conceal it from others, your own heart will know. â€¦ Pursue the enjoyments which are of good repute; for pleasure attended by honor is the best thing in the world, but pleasure without honor is the worst.”

Source : Isocrates (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Isocrates (Illustrated)”, p.14, Delphi Classics
“But we have not used our waters well. Our major rivers are defiled by noxious debris. Pollutants from cities and industries kill the fish in our streams. Many waterways are covered with oil slicks and contain growths of algae that destroy productive life and make the water unfit for recreation. "Polluted Water-No Swimming" has become a familiar sign on too many beaches and rivers. A lake that has served many generations of men now can be destroyed by man in less than one generation.”

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