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    Lloyd Alexander
    “Long ago I yearned to be a hero without knowing, in truth, what a hero was. Now, perhaps, I understand it a little better. A grower of turnips or a shaper of clay, a Commot farmer or a king--every man is a hero if he strives more for others than for himself alone.
    Once you told me that the seeking counts more than the finding. So, too, must the striving count more than the gain.”
    ― Lloyd Alexander, The High King
    tags: heroism
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    Lloyd Alexander
    “Child, child, do you not see? For each of us comes a time when we must be more than what we are.”
    ― Lloyd Alexander, The Black Cauldron
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    Lloyd Alexander
    “Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it.”
    ― Lloyd Alexander
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    Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious
    “Tell me, what is it you plan to do
    with your one wild and precious life?”
    ― Mary Oliver
    tags: poetry
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    A.W. Tozer
    “Let every man abide in the calling wherein he is called and his work will be as sacred as the work of the ministry. It is not what a man does that determines whether his work is sacred or secular, it is why he does it.”
    ― A.W. Tozer, The Pursuit of God: The Human Thirst for the Divine
    tags: god, ministry, work
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    Lao Tzu
    “Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.”
    ― Lao Tzu
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    Lao Tzu
    “A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live.”
    ― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
    tags: courage, death, inspirational, life, moral-courage, real-life
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    Lao Tzu
    “Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”
    ― Lao Tzu
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    Lao Tzu
    “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”
    ― Lao Tzu
    tags: courage, deeply-loved, love, strength, widely-misattributed
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    Lao Tzu
    “Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.”
    ― Lao Tzu
    tags: acceptance, change, life, reality, serenity
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    Lao Tzu
    “The best fighter is never angry.”
    ― Lao Tzu
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    Bohdi Sanders
    “Never respond to an angry person with a fiery comeback, even if he deserves it...Don't allow his anger to become your anger.”
    ― Bohdi Sanders, Warrior Wisdom: Ageless Wisdom for the Modern Warrior
    tags: anger, anger-management, ataraxy, bushido, inner-peace, inspirational, life, life-experience, life-lessons, martial-arts, motivational, self-control, serenity, warrior-ethos, warriors, warriorship, wisdom
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    Miyamoto Musashi
    “Do nothing that is of no use”
    ― Musashi Miyamoto, Book of Five Rings
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    Miyamoto Musashi
    “The ultimate aim of martial arts is not having to use them”
    ― Miyamoto Musashi, A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy
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    Miyamoto Musashi
    “Today is victory over yourself of yesterday; tomorrow is your victory over lesser men.”
    ― Miyamoto Musashi, A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy
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    Miyamoto Musashi
    “If you do not control the enemy, the enemy will control you”
    ― Miyamoto Musashi, A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy
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    Miyamoto Musashi
    “Whatever the Way, the master of strategy does not appear fast….Of course, slowness is bad. Really skillful people never get out of time, and are always deliberate, and never appear busy.”
    ― Miyamoto Musashi, A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy
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    Miyamoto Musashi
    “The important thing in strategy is to suppress the enemy's useful actions but allow his useless actions”
    ― Miyamoto Musashi, A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy
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    Miyamoto Musashi
    “The true science of martial arts means practicing them in such a way that they will be useful at any time, and to teach them in such a way that they will be useful in all things.”
    ― Miyamoto Musashi, The Book of Five Rings: Miyamoto Musashi
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    Lao Tzu
    “Time is a created thing. To say 'I don't have time,' is like saying, 'I don't want to.”
    ― Lao Tzu
    tags: time
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    Lao Tzu
    “Because one believes in oneself, one doesn't try to convince others. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn't need others' approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.”
    ― Lao Tzu
    tags: acceptance, contentment, perception, self-acceptance, self-assurance, self-confidence
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  • #23
    Lao Tzu
    “Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.”
    ― Lao-Tzu
    tags: kindness
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  • #24
    Lao Tzu
    “Act without expectation.”
    ― Lao Tzu
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    Lao Tzu
    “Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment”
    ― Lao Tzu
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  • #26
    Lao Tzu
    “Be content with what you have;
    rejoice in the way things are.
    When you realize there is nothing lacking,
    the whole world belongs to you.”
    ― Lao Tzu
    tags: contentment
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    Lao Tzu
    “I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second is frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men.”
    ― Lao Tzu
    tags: frugality, humility, leadership
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    Lao Tzu
    “Loss is not as bad as wanting more.”
    ― Lao Tzu
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  • #29
    Lao Tzu
    “There is no greater danger than underestimating your opponent.”
    ― Lao Tzu
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  • #30
    “A flower does not think of competing to the flower next to it. It just blooms.”
    ― Zen Shin
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  • #31
    Francis Chan
    “Our greatest fear as individuals and as a church should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter.”
    ― Francis Chan, Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God
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