Master Li And Number Ten Ox Quotes & Sayings

People are always expecting to get peace in heaven: but you know whatever peace they get there will be ready-made. Whatever making of peace they can be blest for, must be on the earth here. — John Ruskin

In my stubborn youth, I believed that I could stand alone, that I was strong enough to conquer my enemies with sword and with principles. Arrogance convinced me that by sheer determination, I could conquer helplessness itself. Stubborn and foolish youth, I
must admit, for when I look back on those years now, I see quite clearly that rarely did I stand alone and rarely did I have to stand alone. Always there were friends, true and dear, lending me support even when I believed I did not want it, and even when I did
not realize they were doing it. — R.A. Salvatore

People on the whole are very simple-minded, in whatever country one finds them. They are so simple as to take literally, more often than no, the things their leaders tell them. — Pearl S. Buck

Some friends leave footprints in your heart — Eleanor Roosevelt

What doesn't kill you, usually succeeds in the second attempt. — Mr. Krabs

Once the mass of the defending infantry become possessed of low moral, the battle is as good as lost. — Douglas Haig

To cherish perfection is to commit creative suicide, and every true artist knows that a masterpiece is an accident that should be burned. — Barry Hughart