"An ordinary archer practices until he gets it……" — John Flanagan
"An ordinary archer practices until he gets it right. A ranger practices until he never gets it wrong."
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183 Quotes by John Flanagan
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...at the time, King Herbert felt that to remain safe, the kingdom needed an effective intelligence force." "An intelligent force?"…
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He smiled as Will handled the flask gingerly. 'there's a glass bottle inside,but it's padded with straw and protected by…
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Will looked up angrily, shaking his head in disbelief. Will you shut up? he said tautly. Horace shrugged in apology.…
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People will think what they want to," he said quietly. Never take too much notice of it.
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I'll think of something," he temporized, and Horace nodded wisely, satisfied that Halt would indeed think of something. In Horace's…
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It's the Kalkara. they're hunting.
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I'll be getting you for this,' Halt had told him as he dabbed the diguisting mixture on the worst of…
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I thought I'd stumbled on Sleeping Beauty and her ugly sister,' said another voice, 'waiting for the kiss of true…
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So I'm an ace?' Will grinned. 'I'm flattered Halt, flattered. I had no idea you regarded me so highly.' Halt…
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He didn't look back. He never did
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Don't worry, chief. We've got these Tualaghi surrounded - from the inside." "Exactly," Erak replied dryly.
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You surely can't be trying to blame us for Erak's habit of charging ashore waving an axe and grabbing everything…
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A prudent man... must behave like those archers who, if they are skillful, when the target seems too distant, know…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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If there is some end of the things we do, which we desire for its own sake, clearly this must…
— Aristotle
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Famous archer, Howard Hill won all of the 267 archery contests he entered. He could hit a bullseye at 50…
— Zig Ziglar
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The shot will go smoothly only when it takes the archer himself by surprise.
— Eugen Herrigel
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In archery we have something like the way of the superior man. When the archer misses the center of the…
— Confucius
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They tell us sometimes that if we had only kept quiet, all these desirable things would have come about of…
— Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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As irrigators lead water where they want, as archers make their arrows straight, as carpenters carve wood, the wise shape…
— Gautama Buddha
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As an irrigator guides water to his fields, as an archer aims an arrow, as a carpenter carves wood, the…
— Gautama Buddha
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Although extraordinary valor was displayed by the entire corps of Spartans and Thespians, yet bravest of all was declared the…
— Herodotus
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It concerns us to know the purposes we seek in life, for then, like archers aiming at a definite mark,…
— Aristotle
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Knights are cavalry, bishops are archers, rooks are cannons and queens are wizards.
— Unknown Author
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Bowmen bend their bows when they wish to shoot: unbrace them when the shooting is over. Were they kept always…
— Herodotus
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