Alpha Four > Quotes

“Books are magical keys to open up worlds and change perspectives.”
― AAAA

“Sometimes fighting against evil is not a choice, but an imperative.”
― AAAA

“A glimmer of hope, even a small one lingering tantalizingly far in the future, can help you face the trials in between.”
― AAAA

“For me, it's too late,
Don't suffer my fate.
I once walked the earth
Inert to life's worth.
Routine, my shield,
I loathed foreign field.
Too late did I wake up
To drink from life's cup.
Be bold in life,
Do not shun strife.
Soon you will be here
And lost, all you hold dear.”
― AAAA

“Not much changes if sleep is where you live out your dreams. Start living your dreams out in the day and sleep becomes a time of rest from living rather than an escape from life.”
― AAAA

“Move through life as if every one of your actions will echo forever.”
― AAAA

“The bells of defeat strike the unprepared.”
― AAAA

“I cannot see the future, but I can tell you that opportunities, good and bad, don't ask permission before opening the door and hauling us through.”
― AAAA

“Words spoken from spite corrode hearts, especially for the one talking.”
― AAAA

“The sacrifice of victory occurs years before the war begins. Once the battle starts it is too late.”
― AAAA

“Each precious here and now moment is your life. What you do every day, in the present, that is the story and substance of your life.”
― AAAA

“Jealousy has a way of clouding logic.”
― Alpha Four, Far Forest Scrolls Na Cearcaill

“War always costs more than you expect. Hostility takes over every facet of your accustomed life. It worms and digs its way into each tiny crevice, spreading, ripping, and shredding everything that is familiar. Eventually, fighting congeals and reforms itself into a living, breathing reality that consumes everything you knew.”
― AAAA

“Abandon the feeble perception of yourself you currently espouse and wake up your true self lying neglected deep within.”
― AAAA

“Adaptability and innovation are the root of victory. Chaos and fear are the birth of defeat.”
― AAAA

“Of his body the most vulnerable, and the easiest to attack, is the mind. Defeat your enemy's mind and you conquer their will to fight.”
― AAAA

“The significance of each change of season is easily buried in the smallest of life’s mundanities and trivialities. Yet, the true consequence of time’s passage is there, blaring within the subtle disguise of a whisper for all who would listen.”
― Alpha Four, Far Forest Scrolls Na Cearcaill

“Understanding how fragile the human experience is, and grasping your inevitable demise, if you allow it, will guide your life decisions and inspire you to a greater existence.”
― AAAA

“Power is only respected if it is not used, otherwise it is simply fear.”
― AAAA

“A man's perspective is limited by the brevity of his existence. Even living deliberately, how far up can he reach? Standing on his minuscule patch of time, how far into the future can he see? How much of the past can one person truly understand?”
― AAAA

“No amount of insult can change the height or grandeur of the mountain, nor the length of time required to climb it.”
― AAAA

“You must practice until you see everything about the entire conflict: the location of the fight, your opponents mind, body and spirit.”
― Alpha Four, Far Forest Scrolls Na Cearcaill

“A man’s perspective is limited by the brevity of his existence.
Even living deliberately, how far up can we reach?
Standing on our miniscule patch of time, how far into the future can we see? How much of the past can one truly understand?

Yet, only a recreant spends their precious drops of sand before dropping back
into the abyss lounging in indulgence, not striving for understanding, knowledge,
answers that those of us
scourged/consecrated with consciousness
should seek with unconquerable passion.”
― Alpha Four, Far Forest Scrolls Na Cearcaill

“If you cross the desert midday and call the sand cool, it will still burn your feet. To my thinking, the one who should feel foolish is the one who called the sand cool, not the sand itself. The sand will keep doing what it should be doing.”
― AAAA

“Your experience drives your perception and your perception drives your experience.”
― AAAA

“Once metal hits metal and battle begins no one wishes they had practiced less!”
― Alpha Four, Far Forest Scrolls Na Cearcaill

“Only a fool would call a desert a lake, and expect it to change the amount of water.”
― Alpha Four, Far Forest Scrolls Na Cearcaill

“Take responsibility for the problems in the world. Try to fix them. See life’s challenges as opportunities to be tackled with gratitude.”
― Alpha Four, Earth on Fire Ocean of Blood

“At the end of the day, even those of us who have never fought in a war have battle scars, visible and invisible, repressed and haunting, external and internal, public and confidential. Regrets can cling to our souls like invasive dew. A spirit dropped by adversity, if encouraged by hope and driven by resolve, can be reborn. For when we stand up after each failing, molded by the courage to endeavor again, a new version of ourselves does rise.”
― Alpha Four, Earth on Fire Ocean of Blood

“Your foe’s weapons and armor are strong, but the least important aspects of the fight. The weakest part of any enemy is the flesh and blood wearing and wielding the cold, hard steel.”
― Alpha Four, Far Forest Scrolls Na Cearcaill