Dragonatrix

"When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield." ~ Quintilian

"When you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing which seemed very Thingish inside you is quite different when it gets out into the open and has other people looking at it." ~ A.A. Milne

"I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy." ~ Samuel Butler

"Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self-confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labor is immense." ~ Arnold Bennett

"Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win." ~ Sun-Tzu

"Nothing is less sincere than our mode of asking and giving advice. He who asks seems to have a deference for the opinion of his friend, while he only aims to get approval of his own and make his friend responsible for his action. And he who gives advice repays the confidence supposed to be placed in him by a seemingly disinterested zeal, while he seldom means anything by his advice but his own interest or reputation." ~ Francois de La Rochefoucauld

"The only thing to do with good advice is pass it on. It is never any use to oneself." ~ Oscar Wilde

"Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go much further than people with vastly superior talent." ~ Sophia Loren