nothing more than moments in time. To achieve greatness, you have to give up those moments. You have to give your life to your goal.”
 
   
      “The hardship of the exercises is intended less to strengthen the back than to toughen the mind. The Spartans say that any army may win while it still has its legs under it; the real test comes when all strength is fled and the men must produce victory on will alone.”
    
― Gates of Fire
  ― Gates of Fire
 
      “Truly, nothing is better than to crush your competition, to drive down their profit margins, to hear the lamentations of their sales representatives.”
    
― Son of a Liche
  ― Son of a Liche
 
      “And as for the wheel you speak of,’ my master finished, ‘like every other, it turns both ways.”
    
― Gates Of Fire
  ― Gates Of Fire
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