I hit him for every single thing that was wrong in my life and kicked him in a fierce fury of madness as he sobbed and covered his face and screamed. I hit him because Walter hit me and I hit him because I hated my life and I hit him because I just wanted to go home and I hit him because I didn’t know where home was. John William Tuohy
Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love.
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Mahatma Gandhi
First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you. And then they attack you and want to burn you. And then they build monuments to you.
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Nicholas Klein
Confidence is like a dragon where, for every head cut off, two more heads grow back.
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Criss Jami
He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.
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Confucius
We give up on life so easily. It's time we stopped and started fighting for it!
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Anthony T. Hincks
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