“Work every day. No matter what has happened the day or night before, get up and bite on the nail.”
Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American author and journalist
“Above all, the Way of the Samurai should be in being aware that you do not know what is going to happen next, and in querying every item day and night. Victory and defeat are matters of the temporary force of circumstances.”
— Tsunetomo Yamamoto, book Hagakure
Hagakure (c. 1716)
Context: Although all things are not to be judged in this manner, I mention it in the investigation of the Way of the Samurai. When the time comes, there is no moment for reasoning. And if you have not done your inquiring beforehand, there is most often shame. Reading books and listening to people's talk are for the purpose of prior resolution.
Above all, the Way of the Samurai should be in being aware that you do not know what is going to happen next, and in querying every item day and night. Victory and defeat are matters of the temporary force of circumstances.
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Tsunetomo Yamamoto book Hagakure
As translated by William Scott Wilson
Hagakure (c. 1716)
Context: Although it stands to reason that a samurai should be mindful of the Way of the Samurai, it would seem that we are all negligent. Consequently, if someone were to ask, "What is the true meaning of the Way of the Samurai?" the person who would be able to answer promptly is rare. This is because it has not been established in one's mind beforehand. From this, one's unmindfulness of the Way can be known.
Negligence is an extreme thing.
Brené Brown (1965) US writer and professor
Source: Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
“What is destined to happen will happen. Victory and defeat are like light and darkness.”
N. T. Rama Rao (1923–1996) Indian actor and Andhra Pradesh former chief minister
His own family toppled him, quoted in Obituary: N. T. Rama Rao, 19 January 1996, 8 January 2014, Independent http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-n-t-rama-rao-1324748.html,
Kieran Scott (1974) American writer
Source: She's So Dead to Us
“… no matter where you go or what you do, I'll love every day for the rest of my life.”
Lisa Kleypas (1964) American writer
Source: Smooth Talking Stranger
“Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.”
Marilyn vos Savant (1946) US American magazine columnist, author and lecturer
As quoted in Perfectionism : What's Bad About Being Too Good? (1987) by Miriam Adderholdt and Jan Goldberg, p. 85
