Austin Atkinson

“You can't win an argument. You can't because if you lose it, you lose it; and if you win it, you lose it.”
― Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends & Influence People

“It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end… because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it’s only a passing thing… this shadow. Even darkness must pass.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers

“The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

“Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be and he will become as he can and should be.”
― Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change