Fighting
Quotes - Take a shower
“What
has mood to do with it? You fight when the necessity arises—no matter the mood!
Mood's a thing for cattle or making love or playing the baliset. It's not for
fighting.”
―
Frank Herbert, Dune
“You
must tell Lady Alanna that sometime. I'd do it from a distance.”
―
Tamora Pierce, Emperor Mage
“Take
a shower. Wash away every trace of yesterday. Of smells. Of weary skin. Get
dressed. Make coffee, windows open, the sun shining through. Hold the cup with
two hands and notice that you feel the feeling of warmth. You still feel
warmth. Now sit down and get to work. Keep your mind sharp, head on, eyes on
the page and if small thoughts of worries fight their ways into your
consciousness: threw them off like fires in the night and keep your eyes on the
track. Nothing but the task in front of you.
Get
off your chair in the middle of the day. Put on your shoes and take a long walk
on open streets around people. Notice how they’re all walking, in a hurry, or
slowly. Smiling, laughing, or eyes straight forward, hurried to get to wherever
they’re going. And notice how you’re just one of them. Not more, not less. Find
comfort in the way you’re just one in the crowd. Your worries: no more, no
less.
Go
back home. Take the long way just to not pass the liquor store. Don’t buy the
cigarettes. Go straight home. Take off your shoes. Wash your hands. Your face.
Notice the silence. Notice your heart. It’s still beating. Still fighting. Now
get back to work. Work with your mind sharp and eyes focused and if any
thoughts of worries or hate or sadness creep their ways around, shake them off
like a runner in the night for you own your mind, and you need to tame it.
Focus. Keep it sharp on track, nothing but the task in front of you.
Work
until your eyes are tired and head is heavy, and keep working even after that.
Then
take a shower, wash off the day. Drink a glass of water. Make the room dark.
Lie down and close your eyes. Notice the silence. Notice your heart. Still
beating. Still fighting. You made it, after all. You made it, another day. And
you can make it one more. You’re
doing just fine. You’re doing fine.
I’m
doing just fine.”
―
Charlotte Eriksson, You're Doing Just Fine
“Take
a shower, wash off the day. Drink a glass of water. Make the room dark. Lie
down and close your eyes.
Notice
the silence. Notice your heart. Still beating. Still fighting. You made it,
after all. You made it, another day. And you can make it one more.
You’re
doing just fine.”
―
Charlotte Eriksson, You're Doing Just Fine
“He
who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.”
―
Confucius
“The
nation that will insist on drawing a broad line of demarcation between the
fighting man and the thinking man is liable to find its fighting done by fools
and its thinking done by cowards.”
―
William Francis Butler, Charles George Gordon
“Nosoi?”
Percy planted his feet in a fighting stance. “You know, I keep thinking, I have
now killed every single thing in Greek mythology. But the list never seems to
end.”
“You
haven’t killed me yet,” I noted.
“Don’t
tempt me.”
―
Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle
“Promise
me,” Yasmine said softly, “that if you die, you will die fighting to return to
me.”
―
Hafsah Faizal, We Hunt the Flame
“Anything
worth having is worth fighting for.”
―
Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Heaven, Texas
“Confidence
is like a dragon where, for every head cut off, two more heads grow back.”
―
Criss Jami, Venus in Arms
“In
a way fighting was just like using magic. You said the words, and they altered
the universe. By merely speaking you could create damage and pain, cause tears
to fall, drive people away, make yourself feel better, make your life worse.”
―
Lev Grossman, The Magicians
“And
now, born from the ashes, she’s a warrior in bloodied black.”
―
Amie Kaufman, Gemina
“The
silence is the worst part of any fight, because it's made up of all the things
we wish we could say, if only we had the guts.”
―
Pete Wentz, Gray
“this
is the 21st century and we need to redefine r/evolution. this planet needs a
people’s r/evolution. a humanist r/evolution. r/evolution is not about
bloodshed or about going to the mountains and fighting. we will fight if we are
forced to but the fundamental goal of r/evolution must be peace.
we
need a r/evolution of the mind. we need a r/evolution of the heart. we need a
r/evolution of the spirit. the power of the people is stronger than any weapon.
a people’s r/evolution can’t be stopped. we need to be weapons of mass
construction. weapons of mass love. it’s not enough just to change the system.
we need to change ourselves. we have got to make this world user friendly. user
friendly.
are
you ready to sacrifice to end world hunger. to sacrifice to end colonialism. to
end neo-colonialism. to end racism. to end sexism.
r/evolution
means the end of exploitation. r/evolution means respecting people from other
cultures. r/evolution is creative.
r/evolution
means treating your mate as a friend and an equal. r/evolution is sexy.
r/evolution
means respecting and learning from your children. r/evolution is beautiful.
r/evolution
means protecting the people. the plants. the animals. the air. the water.
r/evolution means saving this planet.
r/evolution
is love.”
―
Assata Shakur
“You
will never be entirely comfortable. This is the truth behind the champion - he
is always fighting something. To do otherwise is to settle.”
―
Julien Smith, The Flinch
“When
the person you love can't see your love for them beneath the painful things you
say when they reject you, remember this: Love is blind.”
―
Shannon L. Alder
