"Let your fear drive you to evolve into greatness."

"The power to give everything or take it all away is the inborn power contained in every confident woman's grasp " the only way for a man to regain that power, is to keep her happy enough that she forgets she even has it."

"Express [yourself] without worrying what everyone else will think. Those people are your limits. Ignore them."

"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."

"Anything you don't want to deal with can always be written off as being "in the past and ignored, but in doing so, you sweep it under a rug where it doesn't go away with time " it becomes time itself, and takes on the illusion of life as we think we know it."

"Like waking up in our home one night to find ourselves in a blazing fire, we must be arsonists of emotion, forcing ourselves to grab only what is truly important to us before our life-rafters collapse in on us and we can no longer escape alive."

"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."

"Sic vis pacem para bellum - if you want peace, prepare for war."

"It is unwise to waste in thought what could be earned and secured in action."

"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."

"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."

"Emotional states change like the wind, and to indulge them only gives them more power over a person."

"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."

"The world is changeable, and its ability to change is so fragile that a single person can be responsible for it."

"Emperors are not made from cowards, they are made from those who take great risk where there stands to be even greater gain."

"The most fulfilling adventures happen when you start your journey without knowing where you're going, because only then are you free to experience the unexpected detours you're meant to take."

"Where excess lies, usually someone had to give something up for the other to get it."

"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."

"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."

"We are creatures of habit more than we are creatures of change."

"If we are to be truly free, that freedom will come through cooperation and tolerance with one another."

"What seems like a flaw is merely our higher consciousness telling us we're not looking at it in the right light yet."

"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."

"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."

"Change isn't always comfortable, but it always teaches us something of utmost importance " usually about ourselves " and we become better people for it."

"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 man is no more than breath until his breath fashions the words that others cannot forget."

"People fear what they do not understand."

"It is the crimson tongue that paints the world others think they see."

"We must always be careful never to make more enemies than we could handle if they were all to attack at once."

"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."

"The strong will always rule the weak."

"We all need to humble ourselves from time to time and expose ourselves to new perspectives and ideas, even those of the non-experts, or else our growth potential gets weighed down with the ignorance of ego and habit."

"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."

"If you give into your emotional illusions, and you will find yourself lost in a maze with no exits, nor entrances, but winding paths that lead you in circles so many times that you grow familiar and comfortable with the very place you shouldn't be in."

"You believe stealing is wrong, but if your family was starving and could not afford bread, wouldn't you say it's okay to steal a loaf to feed them?"

"The only way we succeed as a group is not simply following directions, but in keeping each other accountable for our actions."

"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."

"Anything you dream [can] be yours simply because you've focused on the steps you could take instead of the distance to get there."

"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."

"People are more willing to change based on their perceived insecurities than by an attack on their beliefs."

"Being a leader is not about finding ways to get others to serve you, but knowing how to serve your followers."

"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."

"Power and influence: things that should be obtained not for means of greed, nor pride, nor ego, but rather to ensure that in the right moment, when your wisdom and benevolence are required to keep humanity strong and united, you can deliver and orchestrate others toward the greater good."

"Where there is desire, the means to fulfill it are endless."

"In times of war, skepticism can be just cause for execution."