“A first attempt to recover the right of self government may fail, so may a second, a third, etc. But as a younger and more instructed race comes on, the sentiment becomes more and more intuitive, and a fourth, a fifth, or some subsequent one of the ever renewed attempts will ultimately succeed... To attain all this, however, rivers of blood must yet flow, and years of desolation pass over; yet the object is worth rivers of blood and years of desolation. For what inheritance so valuable can man leave to his posterity?” MenYearsFirstsMaySelfGovernmentRaceFailingBloodObjectsSucceedFlowRiversThirdsValuableCivil RightsEtcSentimentsFourthIntuitiveFifthInheritancePosterityDesolationSelf-government Book:The Real Thomas Jefferson Source: The Real Thomas Jefferson
“If you're going to be a writer, the first essential is just to write. Do not wait for an idea. Start writing something and the ideas will come. You have to turn the faucet on before the water starts to flow.” IfsWritingFirstsIdeasTurnsWaitingWaterEssentialsFlow Author:Louis L'Amour
“Balance. It was all about balance. That had been one of the first things that she had learned: the centre of the seesaw has neither up nor down, but upness and downness flow through it while it remains unmoved. You had to be the centre of the seesaw so the pain flowed through you, not into you. It was very hard. But she could do it!” FirstsHardPainBalanceFlowRemainsCentreSeesaw Author:Terry Pratchett
“I like the hip writers: Fitzgerald, the guy who committed suicide, Hemingway, all those guys. Some of them were alcoholics and drug addicts but they had fun. They were real people. They formed the culture of American literature. Hemingway admired Tolstoy, Tolstoy admired Pushkin, and Mailer admired Hemingway. It all flows down. The greats are all connected. One day I'm gonna write a book myself. The first chapter will be about what a rough deal my momma got. She believed in you guys and your society.” PeopleWritingFirstsBookRealGuyCultureLiteratureFunDealsOne DayDrugFlowSuicideCommittedConnectedHipsRoughChaptersAddictAlcoholicsDrug AddictAmerican LiteratureMommaHad FunMy MommaPushkin Author:Mike Tyson
“The anguish of the neurotic individual is the same as that of the saint. The neurotic, the saint are engaged in the same battle. Their blood flows from similar wounds. But the first one gasps and the other one gives.” GivingFirstsIndividualBloodBattleFlowSaintWoundsEngagedAnguishNeuroticNeurosisBlood Flow Author:Georges Bataille
“Let your alignment (with Well-Being) be first and foremost, and let everything else be secondary. And not only will you have an eternally joyous journey, but everything you have ever imagined will flow effortlessly into your experience. There is nothing you cannot be or do or have—but your dominant intent is to be joyful. The doing and the having will come into alignment once you get that one down.” FirstsWellsHappinessJourneyFlowWell BeingJoyfulDominantJoyousAlignment Author:Esther Hicks
“Leadership is much less about what you do, and much more about who you are. If you view leadership as a bag of manipulative tricks or charismatic behaviors to advance your own personal interest, then people have every right to be cynical. But if your leadership flows first and foremost from inner character and integrity of ambition, then you can justly ask people to lend themselves to your organization and its mission.” PeopleIfsFirstsCharacterAsksInterestViewsIntegrityBehaviorAmbitionFlowOrganizationWho You AreMissionsTricksBagsCynicalCharismaticManipulativePersonal InterestIntegrity And Character Author:Frances Hesselbein