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• You have to be a warrior in order to become enlightened. If you think it's tough paying the bills, think about being everywhere all at once and doing everything in all the universes, simultaneously, past, present, and future.

  Frederick Lenz

  Past, Thinking, Order

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• In "Three Cups of Tea" I was fairly critical of the military. And I mentioned that they're laptop warriors and there's no boots on the ground. But I can say now that they've gone through a tremendous learning curve.

  Greg Mortenson

  Military, Curves, Tea

  "Bill Moyers Journal", www.pbs.org. January 15, 2010.

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• If you had been poor in your last life I would have asked you to be rich when you come again. But you were rich. If you had been a coward, I would have asked you to bring courage. But you were a fearless warrior. If you had died young, I would have asked you to get life. But you lived long. So I shall ask you to come again the way you came before.

  Chinua Achebe

  Long, Fearless, Coward

  Chinua Achebe (1996). “Things Fall Apart”, p.87, Heinemann

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• It takes heart to be a guerrilla warrior because you’re on your own. In conventional warfare you have tanks and a whole lot of other people with you to back you up - planes over your head and all that kind of stuff. But a guerrilla is on his own. All you have is a rifle, some sneakers and a bowl of rice, and that’s all you need - and a lot of heart.

  Malcolm X

  Heart, Sneakers, People

  "The Ballot or The Bullet (Cleveland Version)". Malcolm X's speech at Cory Methodist Church in Cleveland, Ohio (April 3, 1964) as quoted in "Malcolm X Speaks: Selected Speeches and Statements" edited by George Breitman (pp. 23-44), 1965.

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• True warriors are fierce because their training is fierce.

  Miyamoto Musashi

  Training, Fierce, True Warrior

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• Because there could not be peace, not while two tribes shared one land. One tribe must win. Even the nailed god cannot change that truth. And I was a warrior, and in a world at war the warrior must be cruel.

  Bernard Cornwell

  War, Winning, Land

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• Do not speak badly of yourself, for the warrior that is inside you hears your words and is lessened by them.

  David Gemmell

  Speak

  "Quest for Lost Heroes". Book by David Gemmell, "Drenai series", Ch. 3, 1990.

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• He came to give His life for the sins of mankind, not to take life. Mohammad on the contrary was a warrior and killed many innocent people. True followers of Christ emulate Christ-true followers of Mohammed emulate Mohammed.

  Franklin Graham

  People, Giving, Followers

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• Yara: Youre a great warrior. I saw the bodies above your gates. Which one gave you the tougher fight, the cripple or the six year old?

  Yara

  Fighting, Years, Six Year Olds

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• You will not find the warrior, the poet, the philosopher or the Christian by staring into his eyes as if he were your mistress: better fight beside him, read with him, argue with him, pray with him.

  C. S. Lewis

  Christian, Eye, Fighting

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• Let arms give place to the robe, and the laurel of the warriors yield to the tongue of the orator.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Yield, Giving, Arms

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• The children of warriors in our country learn the grace and caution that come from a permanent sense of estrangement.

  Pat Conroy

  Country, Children, Grace

  Pat Conroy (2016). “A Lowcountry Heart: Reflections on a Writing Life”, p.144, Nan A. Talese

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• Therefore the victories of good warriors are not noted for cleverness or bravery. Therefore their victories in battle are not flukes. Their victories are not flukes because they position themselves where they will surely win, prevailing over those wh.

  Sun Tzu

  Winning, Bravery, Victory

  Sun Tzu (2005). “The Art of War”, p.92, Shambhala Publications

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• Those public employee union bosses think they already control the legislators, they already control everyone up there in Sacramento, and now, because they have the money, they want to control all of you, .. They want to raise your taxes. It's all going in that direction -- raising your taxes. But I'm here as your warrior, remember that. I want to protect you.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Thinking, Boss, Unions

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• We can see unmistakeably that there is an inner relationship between Zen and the warrior's life.

  D.T. Suzuki

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• Late one afternoon when returning from town we were met by a few women and children who told us that Mexican troops from some other town had attacked our camp, killed all the warriors of the guard, captured all our ponies, secured our arms, destroyed our supplies, and killed many of our women and children.. when all were counted, I found that my aged mother, my young wife, and my three small children were among the slain.

  Geronimo

  Mother, Children, Wife

  Geronimo, S. M. Barrett (2016). “Geronimo's Story of His Life: As Told to S. M. Barrett”, p.32, Open Road Media

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• Love is the idler's occupation, the warrior's relaxation, and the sovereign's ruination.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Love, Relaxation, Idlers

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• I am no more proud of my career as an athlete than I am of the fact that I am a direct descendant of that noble warrior [Chief Black Hawk].

  Jim Thorpe

  Athlete, Careers, Black

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• From warriors ravens grew red And with their leader a host attacked.

  Taliesin

  Ravens, Leader, Red

  Taliesin, “The Battle Of Argoed Llwyfain”

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• This is going to sound weird, but when I was a kid my old man used to tell us that he was a Sioux Indian warrior in his former life. Native American culture was always big in my house - I don't know why.

  Marc Forgione

  Native American, Kids, Men

  "Marc Forgione: What It's Like to Be the Next Iron Chef". Interview with Eli Rosenberg, www.esquire.com. November 22, 2010.

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• Arjuna is a warrior of great renown, says he won't fight. He tells Krishna: I can't fight because I love these people. It's immoral. It's unjust. There's no winning.

  Frederick Lenz

  Karma, Yoga, Fighting

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• I don't ever look past anyone or think that they're not worthy. Of course they're worthy, they're warriors.

  Urijah Faber

  Past, Thinking, Mma

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• The warrior who's strength is not to fight.

  Bob Dylan

  Fighting, Expression

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• Anybody can be happy when things are going well, and I've learned that. But when things aren't going well it draws out the inner warrior in us to radiate that and bring whatever happiness we can to the situation.

  Dan Millman

  Mma, I've Learned, Situation

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• The warrior instinct comes in, the heart, determination, the will to win. Even though you're rocked you still have to fight hard, to come back.

  Timothy Bradley

  Determination, Heart, Fighting

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