There Is Nothing Romantic About Sacrifices.

(Sacrifices sounds honorable but what are not painful are not sacrifices. There is nothing romantic abour sacrifices.)

Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.

- Norman Vincent Peale

When we retreat, we sacrifice our pride.

- Ghostwise

~~~~~~~~~~"

Life does not require us to be consistent, cruel, patient, helpful, angry, rational, thoughtless, loving, rash, open-minded, neurotic, careful, rigid, tolerant, wasteful, rich, downtrodden, gentle, sick, considerate, funny, stupid, healthy, greedy, beautiful, lazy, responsive, foolish, sharing, pressured, intimate, hedonistic, industrious, manipulative, insightful, capricious, wise, selfish, kind or sacrificed. Life does, however, require us to live with the consequences of our choices.

- Richard David Bach


Life doesn't even guarantee us that a 'good' choice will have 'good' consequence.

- Ghostwise

Victory Is Sweetest When Least Expected.

(What a victory! No one in the country believes we could achieve such a victory. Yet each of us on the brink of desperation cast our vote not expecting much, just doing what we have to and hoping for a miracle. We did not expect millions of our fellow countrymen to have that precise sentiment. This is a defining moment in our country's history. At last, there is hope.)

What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

It is easy to fight when one is assure of victory. I salute the underdog who fights with every bit of its strength staring in the face of defeat.

- Ghostwise

~~~~~~~~~~"

Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with keener fangs than freedom never endangered.

- Marcus Tullius Cicero


We lost our fangs when we treasure our safety more than our freedom.

- Ghostwise