When torrential water tosses boulders, it is because of its momentum. When the strike of a hawk breaks the body of its prey, it is because of timing.
-
Sun Tzu
One need not destroy one's enemy. One need only destroy his willingness to engage.
-
Sun Tzu
If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.
-
Sun Tzu
No society can prosper if it aims at making things easier-instead it should aim at making people stronger.
_
Ashoka
The mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance.
-
Augustine of Hippo
Always remember you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think and twice as beautiful as you'd ever imagined. Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself
_
Rumi
Do not let your difficulties fill you with anxiety, after all it is only in the darkest nights that stars shine more brightly.
_
Ali ibn Abi Talib
one for you and one against you, so when it's for you don't be proud or reckless, and when it's against you be patient, for both days are test for you
_
Ali ibn Abi Talib