For every one of us, living in this world

means waiting for our end. Let whoever can

win glory before death.

beowulf, 1386-1388

Prepare your work outside; get everything ready for yourself in the field, and after that build your house.

prov. 24:27

What is desired in a man is steadfast love, and a poor man is better than a liar.

prov. 19:22

it seems to me that these two passages complement each other well in describing when a man is ready for marriage.

[The courageous man] does not run into trifling dangers, nor is he fond of danger, because he honors few things; but he will face great dangers, and when he is in danger he is unsparing of his life, knowing that there are conditions on which life is not worth having.

aristotle, nicomachean ethics

props to cs

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

robert anson heinlein

via 1001 rules for my unborn son

via ckck

It is no use saying, ‘We are doing our best.’ You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.

- Winston Churchill

via 1001 rules