"VINCIT.QVI.SE.VINCIT"
~Old Latin Phrase

"And ye shall know the truth & the truth shall make you free."
~John 8:32

"For w/ what judgment ye judge, so to shall ye be judged:
& w/ what measure ye mete, so to shall it be measured upon you."
~Matthew 7:2

"If most of us remain ignorant of ourselves, it is because
self-knowledge is painful & we prefer the pleasures of illusion."
~Alduous Huxley

“I am a man who's long understood himself to be one whose heart is uncommonly affected by the pain of life & often found fearing that that pain will never end. But there is a light that shines on my heart, as a man who sees suffering & seeks to endure it & forge from it something meaningful."
~Abraham Lincoln

“What is the point of anything, of life itself,
without honor & loyalty & friendship & love?"
~R.A. Salvatore

"When I became a man I put away childish things,
including the fear of childishness & the desire to be very grown up."
~C.S. Lewis

"Victory is ever in your grasp, even if you fail to achieve it…"
~Unknown Samurai

“Those who do not punish evil command it to be done."
~Leonardo da Vinci

"The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him,
but because he loves what is behind him."
~G.K. Chesterton

"If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than
the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down & lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, & may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen." ~Samuel Adams

"Between two groups of people who want to make
inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see no remedy but force."
~Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

"To be strong you must first become gentle & appreciate weakness. Understanding violence is out of balance until you know mercy, love & grace.
The only healthy way of the universe is to find the dichotomy in the middle."
~Sgt. Roger Sparks

"What this fucked up world needs from all of us is to evolve into the very best versions of ourselves. And that's a moving target & it isn't a one-time task.
It's a life-long quest for more knowledge, more courage, more humility & more belief. Because when you summon the strength & discipline to live like that,
the only thing limiting your horizons is YOU!"
~CPO David Goggins

"I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself.
A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough,
Without ever having felt sorry for itself."
~D.H. Lawrence

“Do you wrestle with dreams? Do you contend with shadows?
Do you move in a kind of sleep? Time has slipped away. Your life is stolen.
You tarried with trifles, victim of your folly."
~Frank Herbert

"Brothers, what we do in life echoes in eternity."
~Maximus Decimus Meridius

"Never comply, never submit. Stay awake, stay free."
~Leo Hohmann