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Rise of the Morningstar quotes about self
Everything can be achieved through gradual steps – one small step at a time: overcoming fears, fulfilling dreams… anything you wish to be different from the way it is.
— A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
Sometimes it feels like you have nothing, or aren’t going anywhere, but while you’re waiting for fortune to deliver you, there is always something you can do to help yourself, or teach yourself to better your situation.
— A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
If you think you know what your purpose is, but can never seem to gain satisfaction from it, then it’s probably not the purpose you’re destined for.
— A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
Sometimes you just need to know when a fight is best saved for another day when the odds are more in your favour.
— A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
Seek counsel; though we are all skilled and experienced in many ways, no one can experience all that life has to offer in the limited time we are given in this world.
— A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
Time doesn’t always heal all wounds.
— A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
Even the tallest trees always begin as a seed.
— A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
We are but cells living in a much larger organism, however, this does not make our existence less significant – for an organism without cells is no organism at all. We define it; we make it what it is. We are responsible for its health, its functionality, and above all, its purpose. A lone cell can restore the others, or a lone cell can spread a plague.
— 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
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
Emotional states change like the wind, and to indulge them only gives them more power over a person.
— A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
What seems like a flaw is merely our higher consciousness telling us we’re not looking at it in the right light yet.
— 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
Gaining satisfaction through accomplishments is and will always be a slippery slope, because there will come a time when you realize you have accomplished all that is within your power to accomplish in the realm of good, and will have nowhere else to turn but to the realms of greed and powerlust to find the satisfaction you crave.
— 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
Perspective alone can make an experience positive or negative, but regardless of which you let it become, it can only have as much power over your outlook on life as you give 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
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
Our lives consist of a series of internal battles, deep within us, where weapons don’t exist and technology is unable to create devices that better the best of yesterday. Our knowledge is our only defense; caution, our only friend.
— A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
Let your fear drive you to evolve into greatness.
— 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
The lion does not need the whole world to fear him, only those nearest where he roams.
— A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
Our knees get dusty from time to time, but when they touch the ground, we must never allow the dust to convince us that our submission in that moment is the acceptance of our defeat for an entire lifetime.
— A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
Sometimes the heart can hear what the ears do not.
— 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
You must always focus on and pursue the good, but when that darkness surges up from within, you need to know how to handle it, use it, and release it wisely, not just deny its presence or acceptability as you suppress it within you.
— 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
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
Change isn’t always comfortable, but it always teaches us something of utmost importance – usually about ourselves – and we become better people for it.
— 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.
— A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
Once you start settling, and letting others control your life, it can quickly become a habit, so it’s best to avoid such things altogether.
— A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
Far too many people allow broken egos and wounded prides to convince them to seek justice before they seek understanding.
— A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
What you withhold in this life will be withheld from you in the next.
— A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
There is stability in walking an uncertain path, because you never allow yourself to be misled by what you think you know.
— 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
The most inefficient and self-harming thing a person can do is go out looking for love. Let it find you when the time is right and you’re out doing what you love to do. Only then will you find it in its truest form.
— A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
Our emotions hold more power over us than blade or poison alike. To embrace freely the entire spectrum of our emotions is to allow a multitude of Trojan horses containing hidden emotional poisons to circumvent the walls of rationalization – walls we need to protect our trust, confidence, understanding, and self-control.
— A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
Greed robs you of more value than the price of what you’ve gained.
— A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
The values most important to us are always the most easily exploitable.
— A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
They say you can’t change the past despite the fact it never stops changing you – but that doesn’t mean we have to sit back and take it. It may change us, but we have ultimate control over how we let it.
— A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
Things happen, and nothing is for sure, but you just have to keep going, believing that one day, you’ll find something that is.
— A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
The more a mind thinks upon something, the deeper it will take root and affect all subsequent and related thought.
— A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
Some people are born to hold keys, while others are born to use them.
— A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
We are creatures of habit more than we are creatures of change.
— A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
Sometimes you can grow more in a shorter amount of time with the right company than years of soul-searching alone, or by living the same patterns you’ve lived for your entire life.
— 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
Some only follow the holy man while others only follow the warlord. But the truth is, both sides are within all of us, and if people could only see that, they wouldn’t have to wear masks, or pretend to be holy like a holy man, or pretend that nothing can hurt them like a warlord. They could just be themselves, unjudged.
— A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
Sometimes you just have to know when the battle you’re fighting is one best walked away from, than fought to the cold, bitter end.
— A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
What separates us into engineers and robots, puppeteers and puppets, kings and pawns, is not the status we hold at any given time among others – status is irrelevant; it is the level of ever-present awareness we have of a grey-matter tailor’s tools [of flattery, persuasion, and cunning.]
— A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
If your heart, mind, and actions are selfish, they will ultimately divide you, others, or entire [establishments]. When motivation is pure and selfless, it will result in helping bring others together.
— A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
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