“Lucky he who has been educated to bear his fate, whatsoever it may be, by an early example of uprightness, and a childish training in honor.” MayHas BeensFateExampleBearsHonorLuckyTrainingEducatedUprightness Book:Pendennis Source: Pendennis
“No one really can have any idea if it's luck or happenstance or timing or fate or the universe or just smart choices that grant you a good life, a happy one. All we can do is decide to own our choices no matter what, to honor them and ourselves as best we can. That whatever is within our control (and there is plenty that is not) is ours. Mine. Responsibility. Conviction.” IfsIdeasMatterChoicesUniverseCan DoResponsibilityFateMinesHonorSmartNo Matter WhatLuckConvictionPlentyGrantsGood LifeTimingOur ChoicesHappenstanceSmart Choices Author:Allison Winn Scotch
“When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death - that is heroism.” DeathFateDutyHonorCompromiseHeroicHeroismScornGauntlet Book:Famous Speeches, Complete ... Source: Famous Speeches, Complete ...
“History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the past, trying to reconstruct its scenes, to revive its echoes, and kindle with pale gleams the passion of former days. What is the worth of all this? The only guide to a man is his conscience; the only shield to his memory is the rectitude and sincerity of his actions. It is very imprudent to walk through life without this shield, because we are so often mocked by the failure of our hopes and the upsetting of our calculations; but with this shield, however the fates may play, we march always in the ranks of honor.” MenTryingMayPlayActionPastPassionMemoriesWalksFateHonorSceneConscienceGuidesFormerUpsetMarchSincerityPaleEchoesTrailsLampsShieldsCalculationsKindlesReviveGleamRectitude Book:Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat: The Speeches of Winston Churchill Source: Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat: The Speeches of Winston Churchill
“The Violins waltzed. The Cellos and Basses provided accompaniment. The Violas mourned their fate, while the Concertmaster showed off. The Flutes did bird imitations…repeatedly, and the reed instruments had the good taste to admire my jacket. The Trumpets held a parade in honor of our great nation, while the French Horns waxed nostalgic about something or other. The Trombones had too much to drink. The Percussion beat the band, and the Tuba stayed home playing cards with his landlady, the Harp, taking sips of warm milk a blue little cup. “But the Composer is still dead.” LittlesStillsHomeNationsToo MuchFateHonorDrinkTasteBandBeatsBirdBlueInstrumentsWarmAdmireCardsCupsMilkComposerImitationHornsJacketsBassViolinTrumpetsNostalgicParadesGood TasteGreat NationsReedsHarpsFlutesViolaPlaying CardsPercussionTromboneTubasFrench Horn Author:Daniel Handler
“The stern hand of fate has scourged us to an elevation where we can see the great everlasting things which matter for a nation - the great peaks we had forgotten, of Honor, Duty, Patriotism, and clad in glittering white, the great pinnacle of Sacrifice pointing like a rugged finger to Heaven.” MatterHandsHeavenNationsWhiteFateSacrificeDutyHonorFingersForgottenEverlastingPointingElevationPinnacleRuggedAmerican PatrioticAmerican PatriotArmed Forces DayGreat Sacrifice Author:David Lloyd George
“A man convinced of his own merit will accept misfortune as an honor, for thus can he persuade others, as well as himself, that he is a worthy target for the arrows of fate.” MenWellsAcceptingFateHonorWorthyConvincedMeritTargetMisfortunesArrows Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld