“The pleasure which is at once the most pure, the most elevating and the most intense, is derived, I maintain, from the contemplation of the beautiful.” – Edgar Allan Poe “I see now that the circumstances of one's birth are irrelevant. It is what you do with the gift of life that determines who you are.” – Mutu in Pokémon: The Movie 2000 “Only the bold get to the top.” – Publilius Syru “Much of the beauty that arises in art comes from the struggle an artist wages with his limited medium.” – Henri Matisse (from viewing Between the Folds documentary on Fri., 12.30.11 at D. Brown's in Biddeford, Maine)
I never saw a wild thing Sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself. – Self-Pity by D.H. Lawrence (1929) “The brave don't live forever, but the cautious don't live at all.” – Timothy Luce (from Sarah Burke tribute at the 2012 Winter X-Games) “Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear. Except a creature be part coward it is not a compliment to say it is brave.” – Mark Twain,Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar (1894) "And me? I still believe in paradise. But now at least I know it's not some place you can look for. Because it's not where you go. It's how you feel for a moment in your life when you're a part of something. And if you find that moment... It lasts forever." – Final line from The Beach (2000) “Discipline is doing what needs to be done, when it needs to be done, when we don't want to do it.” – Author Unknown
"A Special Forces soldier does what little boys dream of and what men wish they could do. . . An old Special Forces soldier remembers what it was like with every ache and pain in his body and would do it all again for love of country, but most importantly for the bond of brotherhood on an A-Team..." – Author Unknown "If one day you decide to know yourself...you'll have to choose the warrior path...You'll reach the darkness of your spirit.... Then, if you overcome your fears....You will know who you are." – Author Unknown “What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.” – Ralph Marston “Be kind, for everyone [you meet] is fighting a hard battle.” – Ian MacLaren (pseudonym of Rev. John Watson) “The secret to success: find something you love to do so much, you can’t wait for the sun to rise to do it all over again.” – Chris Gardner (the basis for the film The Pursuit of Happyness) “Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson “Tourism eventually destroys what it sets to seek out.” – Comment on a NY Times article about gentrification in Brooklyn, allegedly paraphrasing a famous quote. (Think: The Beach) “Chaos isn't a pit. Chaos is a ladder. Many who try to climb it fail, never get to try again; the fall breaks them. And some are given a chance to climb but they refuse. They cling to the realm, or the gods, or love – illusions. Only the ladder is real. The climb is all there is.” – Lord Petyr “Littlefinger” Baelish, Game of Thrones, Season 3 Episode 6 – “The Climb” (HBO 2013)
