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When a warrior fights not for himself, but for his brothers, when his most passionately sought goal is neither glory nor his own life's preservation,…

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Don't cheat the world of your contribution. Give it what you've got.
The essence of professionalism is the focus upon the work and its demands, while we are doing it, to the exclusion of…
The professional does not permit himself to become hidebound within one incarnation, however comfortable or successful. Like a transmigrating soul, he shucks…
The Spartans say that any army may win while it still has legs under it; the real test comes when all strength…
On the field of The Self stand a knight and a dragon. You are the knight. Resistance is the dragon.
The more scared we are of a work or calling, the more sure we can be that we have to do it.
The Kabbalah describes angels as bundles of light, meaning intelligence, consciousness. Kabbalists believe that above every blade of grass is an angel…
If you were meant to cure cancer or write a symphony or crack cold fusion and you don't do it, you not…
Playing the game for money produces the proper professional attitude. It inculcates the lunch-pail state of mind that shows up for work…
F@*# self-doubt. I despise it. I hold it in contempt, along with the hell-spawned ooze-pit of Resistance from which it crawled. I…
The artist committing himself to his calling has volunteered for hell, whether he knows it or not. He will be dining for…
The only intercourse possible between the knight and the dragon is battle.

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The true warrior understands and seizes that moment by giving an effort so intense and so intuitive that it could only be… — Pat Riley
THE TOTALLY AWAKENED warrior can freely utilize all elements contained in heaven and earth. The true warrior learns how to correctly perceive… — Morihei Ueshiba
The true warrior isn't immune to fear. She fights in spite of it. — Francesca Lia Block
In every contest, there comes a moment that separates winning from losing. The true warrior understands and seizes that moment. — Pat Riley
True warriors are fierce because their training is fierce. — Miyamoto Musashi
A true warrior can only serve others, not himself...When you become a mercenary, you're just a bully with a gun. — Evan Wright
There are no contests in the Art of Peace. A true warrior is invincible because he or she contests with nothing. Defeat… — Morihei Ueshiba
Defeat exists but not suffering. A true warrior knows that when he loses a battle, he is improving the skill with which… — Paulo Coelho
Luck?" Drizzt replied. "Perhaps. But more often, I dare to say, luck is simply the advantage a true warrior gains in excuting… — R A Salvatore
Weapons may be carried by creatures who are evil, dishonest, violent or lazy. The true warrior is good, gentle and honest. His… — Brian Jacques
When a warrior fights not for himself, but for his brothers, when his most passionately sought goal is neither glory nor his… — Steven Pressfield
A true poet is more than just a man who can write a poem with a pen. A true poet writes poetry… — Eric Ludy

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