A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
"We must humble ourselves before [others] so we may learn from what others have lived. It is only when we have added their expertise to our own that we can truly excel towards our most ambitious goals and reach our fullest potential."
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"We must humble ourselves before [others] so we may learn from what others have lived. It is only when we have added their expertise to our own that we can truly excel towards our most ambitious goals and reach our fullest potential."
A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
"No matter where you go, there’s always something to deal with; if it’s not greed, it’s lust, or envy, or pride, or something else. You just have to live your life so uncorrupted that it offsets the corruption as much as possible."
A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
"Love is not a purpose, it’s a paradox; it’s not an end-goal, it’s an auxiliary fuel source to help get there."
A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
"Some people experience a life-changing sensation that transforms how they see the world after a near-death experience, but the way I see it, we’re all dying – nay, we’re all dead – and it is up to us to be our own self-necromancers to find some form of life and spirit to reanimate the corpse of a life spent wanting."
A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
"My happiness with the future and the present depends on my ability to let the past go and make peace with it."
A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
"Sometimes it's best to trade an ideal for something more practical that you can guarantee."
A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
"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."
A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
"What we don't often realize is that the rebirth and collapse of grand things do not begin with grand things at all, like the things we see, but with the small, like the things we are - in the things we do - in the things we say."
A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
"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."
A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
"Sometimes to submit is to know you have a life worth living for a higher purpose, worth seeing through."
A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
"It’s true what they say, that words are the true weapons. Those who fight with steel are limited to the strength of their arm, the reach of their blade, and the timing of their strike; but those who fight with persuasion know no limits – not time, nor status, nor chance."
A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
"Even the tallest trees always begin as a seed."
A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
"Never overestimate the strength of the torchbearer's arm, for even the strongest arms grow weary."
A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
"You don’t have to keep living in a dystopia simply because you’re strong and noble enough to accept it."
A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
"Sic vis pacem para bellum - if you want peace, prepare for war."
A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
"Your biggest dreams can become reality, not by brute-forcing the end-goal, but breaking it down into smaller, more manageable parts. If your goal takes years, breaking it down into months and days will let you improve your lot little bits at a time."
A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
"Love is one of the most motivating and self-defining forces in our lives, whether we turn from it or allow ourselves to be drawn to it. If you allow romantic possibilities with others to consume all your time and energy, they will distract you from the things of interest that fill your life with passion and purpose."
A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
"Like tiny gods, all that we say and do holds a power so great that any one of us in any given moment can be responsible for the birth of a new civilization or the collapse of our own."
A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
"No army is comprised of all the same kinds of units or types of troops. There is power in diversity. If you always see only one choice, or use only one option, you will surely lose more than you win."
A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
"Why spend your life working on defense when no defense can be made truly impenetrable? Take the offensive – learn the vulnerabilities of the world around you and be the change you wish to see rather than living in constant fear of what may happen to you instead."
A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
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