"Throughout life, one does not miss any chance to hold onto the things that are really precious, if one is truly wise."

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Source : Ed Greenwood (2011). “Crown of Fire: Shandril's Saga”, p.164, Wizards of the Coast

Ed Greenwood

#Wise Quotes #Missing Quotes #Doe Quotes

“New ideas are not born in a conforming environment.”
“It's not about market share. If you have a successful company, you will get your market share. But to get a successful company, what do you have to have? The same metrics of success that your customer does.”
“On a specific day marked on the earth's calendar, and in a specific place on the earth's map, the Son of God came to the planet. It was love.”
“We have to put in our time every day to try and achieve and learn so that we can develop our talents and each of you, thank goodness, have special talents; each of you are special persons.”
“I would willingly stand at street corners, hat in hand, begging passerby to drop their unused minutes into it.”
“We are not wise enough, pure enough, or strong enough to aim and sustain such a single motive over a lifetime. That way lies fanaticism or failure. But if the single motive is the master motivation of God's calling, the answer is yes. In any and all situations, both today and tomorrow's tomorrow, God's call to us is the unchanging and ultimate whence, what, why, and whither of our lives. Calling is a 'yes' to God that carries a 'no' to the chaos of modern demands. Calling is the key to tracing the story line of our lives and unriddling the meaning of our existence in a chaotic world.”
“Only people who have been allowed to practise freedom can have the grown-up look in their eyes.”
“He who cannot obey cannot command.”

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