"Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds."

“As children, women are encouraged to be "little ladies." Little ladies don't scream as vociferously as little boys, and they are chastised more severely for throwing tantrums or showing temper: "high spirits" are expected and therefore tolerated in little boys; docility and resignation are the corresponding traits expected of little girls. Now, we tend to excuse a show of temper by a man where we would not excuse an identical tirade from a woman: women are allowed to fuss and complain, but only a man can bellow in rage.”

“Death is my lover and he wants to move in.”

“I can imagine nothing more tiresome than always to speak of people as if they were listening at the door.”

Source : Ethel Smyth (1922). “Streaks of life”

“My heart's been torn wide open, just like I feared it would be, and I have no willpower to close it back up.”

Source : Marie Lu (2013). “Champion: A Legend Novel”, p.138, Penguin

“Art opens the fishiest eye . . .”

“Nature reaches out to us with welcoming arms, and bids us enjoy her beauty; but we dread her silence and rush into the crowded cities, there to huddle like sheep fleeing from a ferocious wolf.”

“Training, a lot of the time, is just uncomfortable. But discipline is all about doing the thing that's uncomfortable.”

Source : Frank Shamrock, Charles Fleming, Mickey Rourke (2012). “Uncaged: My Life as a Champion MMA Fighter”, p.252, Chicago Review Press

“If you ask people to do things and they usually don't get around to them, stop asking yourself, "What's the matter with people these days?" Instead, ask yourself, "What's the matter with me? What am I doing or failing to do that causes people to give me empty promises?"”