“The way of the martial artist is the way of enduring, surviving and prevailing over all that would destroy him. More than delivering strikes and slashes, and deeper in significance than the simple outwitting of an enemy, Ninpô is the way of attaining that which we need while making the world a better place. The skill of the Ninja is the art of winning.” WorldWayNeedsArtArtistWinningSimpleEnemySkillsEndureDeeperStrikesMartial ArtsSignificanceBetter PlaceSurvivingDeliveringPrevailingNinjaMartial ArtistOutwitting Author:Toshitsugu Takamatsu
“An epic subject requires a writer of epic skill and scope, and we have a perfect pairing in Cleopatra and Stacy Schiff. Absorbing and illuminating, this new biography will endure.” PerfectSubjectsSkillsEndureEpicBiographiesScopeAbsorbingIlluminating Author:Jon Meacham
“Yogi's been an inspiration to me, not only because of his baseball skills, but of course for the enduring mark he left on the English language. Some in the press corps think he might even be my speechwriter.” ThinkingInspirationMightCoursesLeftLanguageSkillsBaseballMarkPressesEndureEnglish LanguageYogi Author:George H. W. Bush
“Will the things that are being lost - the wilderness, the plants and animals, the skills, and all the others - leave too vast a gap in the human spirit? This is the unanswerable question. In the meantime, we must live in our century and wait, enduring somehow the unavoidable sadness.” HumansSpiritLostWaitingAnimalSadnessCenturySkillsPlantEndureWildernessGapsHuman SpiritPlants And Animals Author:David Ehrenfeld
“The Western Idea of practice is to acquire a skill. It is very much related to your work ethic, which enjoins us to endure struggle or boredom now in return for future rewards. The Eastern idea of practice, on the other hand, is to create the person, or rather to actualize or reveal the complete person who is already there.... Not only is practice necessary to art, it is art.” PersonsArtIdeasHandsPracticeStruggleReturnSkillsEthicsRewardsWesternEndureRelatedBoredomAcquireWork EthicEastern Author:Stephen Nachmanovitch
“The ridicule you may endure from others when you speak up for animals can help you to hone your skills, enabling you to become better at articulating your message in an informed, compassionate, and communicative way.” WayMayHelpingSpeakAnimalSkillsMessagesEndureCompassionateRidiculeEnablingArticulating Author:Sharon Gannon