Art Of War Preparation Quotes

#1. And the prince who has relied solely on their words, without making other preparations, is ruined, for the friendship which is gained by purchase and not through grandeur and nobility of spirit is merited but is not secured, and at times is not to be had.

Niccolo Machiavelli

#2. Watch your thoughts as you watch the street traffic. People come and go; you register without response. It may not be easy in the beginning, but with some practice you will find that your mind can function on many levels at the same time and you can be aware of them all.

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

#3. It is sad that people need alcohol to make them happy.

Habeeb Akande

#4. The mistakes you make now count. Not for everything, and not forever. But they do matter, and they shape you.

Sarah Dessen

#5. The first step to finding your path to success is not to alter your dreams to fit reality, but to alter your reality to fit your dreams.

Tiffany L. Jackson

#6. It is impossible for you to go on as you were before, so you must go on as you never have.

Cheryl Strayed

#7. Kids still can be said to live in their own little world. Even if their parents are helicoptering around them, assigning play dates and so forth, I think they're still living in some sense of their own little perceptual worlds.

Jerry Spinelli

#8. I love leather and I love lace, but not necessarily together. I'm probably happiest in a long black velvet dress, black suede boots, and some kind of really beautiful wrap than I am in anything else. I don't even own a pair of jeans.

Stevie Nicks

#9. There is an art, it says, or rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. ... Clearly, it is this second part, the missing, which presents the difficulties.

Douglas Adams

#10. A man who sells his conscience for his interest will sell it for his pleasure. A man who will betray his country will betray his friend.

Maria Edgeworth

#11. If you can get a spiritual connection without going to church, why go to church?.

Brian Kenny

#12. [A] lawyer without books would be like a workman without tools.

Thomas Jefferson

#13. I love a bit of passion.

Marianne Jean-Baptiste

#14. The mere change of custom, even though it may be of advantage in some respects, unsettles men by reason of the novelty: therefore, if it brings no advantage, it does much harm by unprofitably disturbing the Church.

Saint Augustine

#15. She looked up and ran her eyes over me,
slowly, while I stood and wondered why. Had she forgotten what I looked like? But she finished with a big smile. She really did like me, the idiot.

Jeff Lindsay

#16. The sunlight claps the earth, and the moonbeams kiss the sea: what are all these kissings worth, if thou kiss not me?

Percy Bysshe Shelley