Emperors are not made from cowards; they are made from those who take great risk where there stands to be even greater gain.
The power to give everything or take it all away is the inborn power contained in every confident woman’s grasp – the only way for a man to regain that power, is to keep her happy enough that she forgets she even has it.
Sometimes it feels like you have nothing, or aren’t going anywhere, but while you’re waiting for fortune to deliver you, there is always something you can do to help yourself, or teach yourself to better your situation.
A man is no more than breath until his breath fashions the words that others cannot forget.
It is the crimson tongue that paints the world others think they see.
In times of war, skepticism can be just cause for execution.
Don’t let realism keep you from doing what you feel you need to do, even if you think it’s hopeless.
It’s amazing how just dressing differently can affect your influence; dress like a beggar and your assumed poverty gains you looks of contempt; dress in gold-lined robes and people are more willing to accommodate you; sport armour and you look strong, dutiful, and prepared.
Without purpose and meaning in our lives, we banish ourselves to wander this plane of existence with self-destructive tendencies until the bell tolls and our breath capsizes in our lungs, snatching our chance to redeem ourselves forever.
Emotional states change like the wind, and to indulge them only gives them more power over a person.
We must always be careful never to make more enemies than we could handle if they were all to attack at once.
If someone was going to kill someone dear to you, and you could stop that person by killing them instead, would you kill them, knowing it was an effective way to save your loved one?
Power and influence: things that should be obtained not for means of greed, nor pride, nor ego, but rather to ensure that in the right moment, when your wisdom and benevolence are required to keep humanity strong and united, you can deliver and orchestrate others toward the greater good.
Words give inspiration, nothing more. You want redemption? The very thing you seek inspiration for? Fight for it like your life depended on it, because it always does.
Gaining satisfaction through accomplishments is and will always be a slippery slope, because there will come a time when you realize you have accomplished all that is within your power to accomplish in the realm of good, and will have nowhere else to turn but to the realms of greed and powerlust to find the satisfaction you crave.
If we are to be truly free, that freedom will come through cooperation and tolerance with one another.
We are united by something greater and more valuable than our beliefs alone: the freedom to have those beliefs, and believe what we want without persecution – we must protect that at all costs.
When you give meaning to even the most meaningless of things around you, you will always stand to be taught something new, have what you already know reinforced, or be reminded of what you’ve forgotten.
A good leader must have the wisdom to know when a pursuit is no longer worthy of being pursued – a time when the losses of the present must be accepted – and cut – to preserve the gains and providence of the future.
No matter what, don’t live a life where you’re too scared to die for what you believe in. Always go at it with everything you’ve got, even if it doesn’t seem to be enough.
Greatness is not a gift that one can give to another, but rather is a thief’s relic that we must take for ourselves.