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Rise of the Morningstar quotes about war
Awareness is not a prerequisite for change.
— A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
In times of war, skepticism can be just cause for execution.
— 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
Time doesn’t always heal all wounds.
— 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
Every choice in life sets us on a different path and carries its own set of “what ifs” and consequences that we could worry about, but what’s the use? Rather than plaguing our thoughts with the unknown, we should focus on and accept only what we do know – and all we know is the path we’re currently on.
— 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
The world is changeable, and its ability to change is so fragile that a single person can be responsible for 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
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
The amount of gold someone has is never the issue, but rather the love of it and the want of more for personal gain that consumes the hearts of many good people.
— 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
Where excess lies, usually someone had to give something up for the other to get 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
A man shouldn’t bite the hand that feeds him, even if another holds out a golden spoon to him as reward after his betrayal.
— 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
Though there is much we still want, there is much we already have, and that means we have much to lose as well. It’s that potential loss that can keep us bound so tightly that we never reach our biggest dreams, because the biggest dreams require the most risk.
— A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
Despite our human intelligence, we are very much like our friends in the wild; the world we live in is a survival of the fittest. But to this I say, let the fittest survive! Survival is overrated. We’re alive; we die. How long we survive for is of little significance. Our true significance lies not in the endless comparing of ourselves to one another, trying to see who is the fittest, using scales of evaluation and meaning that differ in the heart and mind of every individual; no – it lies in our deeds alone with the time we have.
— 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
Trust is not a gasoline-soaked blanket that succumbs to the matches of betrayal, never able to be used for its warmth again; it’s a tapestry that wears thin in places, but can be patched over if you have the right materials, circumstances, and patience to repair it. If you don’t, you’re always the one who feels the coldest when winter comes.
— 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
Always think at least two steps ahead [in everything, with everyone].
— 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
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
The mind thinks upon, processes, and remembers what the senses forget.
— A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
Trust is always a risk, but when placed in the right people after a trial period where they prove themselves worthy of it, it is a reward transcendent of all the emotional mire that bogs down a person’s potential.
— 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
If you plan for failure, then you are expecting to fail. If you plan for success, you’ll be successful. Once you start making a ‘Plan B’, you distract from ‘Plan A’, and the moment you start believing there are other options, you start settling for less.
— 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
Every man walks his own path, and every path has its fair share of locked doors. You never know who holds the key to a door you’ll need to open one day, so you best treat people as if they are all keyholders.
— 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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