“In war the chief incalculable is the human will, which manifests itself in resistance, which in turn lies in the province of tactics. Strategy has not to overcome resistance, except from nature. Its purpose is to diminish the possibility of resistance, and it seeks to fulfil this purpose by exploiting the elements of movement and surprise.” HumansWarLyingPurposeTurnsMilitaryMovementPossibilityElementsOvercomingStrategySurpriseResistanceChiefsDiminishTacticsProvincesHuman Will Author:B. H. Liddell Hart
“Can you go a whole day with joy in your heart? Joy and vitality are an inseparable combination. Joy is not concerned with having fun; it is an inner spiritual quality that overcomes despair, pain and defeat. You cannot turn on joy like an electric light, but you can prepare yourself to receive it.” HeartWholeLightPainSpiritualJoyTurnsFunQualityDespairConcernedOvercomingDefeatCombinationHaving FunElectricVitalityTurn-onInseparableElectric Light Book:The joy of living: inspiring and practical writings ... Source: The joy of living: inspiring and practical writings ...
“A good education would be devoted to encouraging and refining the love of the beautiful, but a pathologically misguided moralism instead turns such longing into a sin against the high goal of making everyone feel good, of overcoming nature in the name of equality. ... Love of the beautiful may be the last and finest sacrifice to radical egalitarianism.” FeelsMayWould BeLastsBeautifulTurnsNamesGoalSinSacrificeOvercomingLongingFeel GoodRadicalDevotedFinestMisguidedGood EducationRefiningEgalitarianismHigh GoalsMoralism Book:Love and Friendship Source: Love and Friendship
“A man may be buoyed up by the efflation of his wild desires to brave any imaginable peril; but he cannot calmly see one he loves braving the same peril; simply because he cannot feel within turn that which prompts another. He sees the danger, and feels not the power that is to overcome it.” MenFeelsMayDesireTurnsDangerOvercomingBraveSympathyPerilPrompts Author:George Henry Lewes
“You may wonder: how do I overcome the common 'Cute/Insane Conundrum,' as it occurs in men ... Yes, it's a fact - any man who seems cute, fabulous, and incredible to you will, of course, turn out to be insane.” MenMayFactsSeemsTurnsCoursesCommonWonderOvercomingDatingIncrediblesInsaneCuteFabulousConundrums Author:Marilyn Suzanne Miller