Leo Tolstoy on battle
“It’s all God’s will: you can die in your sleep, and God can spare you in battle.”
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Boredom: the desire for desires.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy If you love me as you say you do, she whispered, ‘make it so that I am at peace.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy Happiness consists of living each day as if it were the first day of your honeymoon and the last day of your vacation.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy Everything intelligent is so boring.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy Whatever our fate is or may be, we have made it and do not complain of it.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy If you look for perfection, you’ll never be content.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy My principal sin is doubt. I doubt everything, and am in doubt most of the time.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy Love alone is the only reasonable activity or pursuit of humankind.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy Love alone is the only reasonable activity or pursuit of humankind.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy Which is worse? the wolf who cries before eating the lamb or the wolf who does not.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy Which is worse? the wolf who cries before eating the lamb or the wolf who does not.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy Kings are the slaves of history.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy A battle is won by him who is firmly resolved to win it.
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Amanda KarchAmanda Karch I did everything I could to make it work I was casting nets into the ocean and all they were doing was returning back empty.
Carmen AmadosCarmen Amados We flew to heaven, and we touched the sun.
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Steven PressfieldSteven Pressfield If you’re seeking progress, all presidents are the opposition. You’re just fighting different kinds of battles.
Sam SmithSam Smith The man who is prepared has his battle half fought.
Miguel de CervantesMiguel de Cervantes The Good News means we can stop lying to ourselves. The sweet sound of amazing grace saves us from the necessity of self-deception. It keeps us from denying that though Christ was victorious, the battle with lust, greed, and pride still rages within us.
Brennan ManningBrennan Manning We win half the battle when we make up our minds to take the world as we find it including the thorns.
Orison Swett MardenOrison Swett Marden This earthly life is a battle,’ said Ma. ‘If it isn’t one thing to contend with, it’s another. It always has been so, and it always will be. The sooner you make up your mind to that, the better off you are, and more thankful for your pleasures.
Laura Ingalls WilderLaura Ingalls Wilder Live not for Battles Won. Live not for The-End-of-the-Song. Live in the along.
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