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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 2350d5f | Richard grinned, very pleased with himself for having found a way to honor his mother, thwart his father, and serve God, while having a grand adventure at the same time. | Sharon Kay Penman | ||
| df5b5e3 | It is not easy to be stranded between two worlds, the sad truth is that we can never feel completely comfortable in either world | human-nature | Sharon Kay Penman | |
| 3ec2040 | as was his way, once he acknowledged the problem, he set about finding a means to resolve it | Sharon Kay Penman | ||
| 43a993d | He was too astute a politician, too ambitious a Prince, to confuse friendship with statecraft. | Sharon Kay Penman | ||
| 9897bf7 | But in all honesty, I do not find it so peculiar a notion, that a Welshman should rule Wales. | Sharon Kay Penman | ||
| 6f9741f | Simon said nothing, thinking of all the good men who'd died because this inept, faithless fool had been born a King's son. | Sharon Kay Penman | ||
| 3ec2b76 | You must try to understand, my dearest one. It was not treason, was but a dream bred before its time, that the King should not be accountable only to God. No mortal man ought to be entrusted with power such as that, for any king's son may be born a fool. | Sharon Kay Penman | ||
| 29b5a3e | for each age interprets the past in the light of its own biases. | Sharon Kay Penman | ||
| 7771178 | She found it ironic that, even after marrying twice and raising four sons to manhood, the workings of the male brain remained such a mystery to her. | Sharon Kay Penman | ||
| 0939ef5 | The day that he accused a reigning King of murder was the day he signed his own death warrant, and he knew it. | Sharon Kay Penman | ||
| 7db8664 | He supposed he'd always known he would not make old bones. Scriptures spoke plainly enough on that. For all they that take up the sword shall perish by the sword. | Sharon Kay Penman | ||
| 03b8c65 | I know you do not care much for such revelries, but trust me--this one you will enjoy, Harry. You and I will sit at the high table, eating porpoise and swan, whilst we watch my male kinfolk eating humble pie! | Sharon Kay Penman | ||
| 08258b4 | I am not going to let him win, Guillaume. Not this time. I could not keep him from making my mother pay the price for our failed rebellion. Fifteen years she has been his prisoner, fifteen years! And she is his prisoner, for all that she no longer wants for a queen's comforts. I have had to submit to his demands and subject myself to his whims and endure the indignity of having him brandish the crown before me as he would tease a dog with a.. | royal-family | Sharon Kay Penman | |
| e7fcad7 | John, watching in dismay, saw his great chance slipping through his fingers, and he swung around to demand of his father, "Papa, does this mean Richard has bested you and Aquitaine is lost?" Eleanor winced, Geoffrey rolled his eyes, and Henry gave his youngest a look John had never gotten from him before. "My life would have been much more peaceful if I'd had only daughters," he snapped. "As for Aquitaine, it is yours if you can take it." | Sharon Kay Penman | ||
| ff9e9ed | The last time Ranulf had run into Sulien, the older man had called him a misbegotten English Judas and spat onto the ground at his feet. Yet now that same man was approaching the bed with a jovial smile, so apparently pleased to see the Judas again that Ranulf half-expected him to announce that a fatted calf had been killed in his honor. | Sharon Kay Penman | ||
| e1bb665 | Ranulf had spent much of his life watching those he loved wrestle with the seductive, lethal lure of kingship. It had proved the ruination of his cousin Stephen, a good man who had not made a good king. For his sister Maude, it had been an unrequited love affair, a passion she could neither capture nor renounce. For Hywel, it had been an illusion, a golden glow ever shimmering along the horizon. He believed that his nephew had come the clos.. | Sharon Kay Penman | ||
| 999f8f6 | By devoting yourself to continuous improvement and excellence in minor ways each day, your life really can transform. To | Robin S. Sharma | ||
| 839feda | There can be no happiness if there is a giant gap between the person you were meant to be and the person that you currently are. To close this gap, do small things well each day. Develop your intellectual base a little bit more. Be more loving. Be more innovative. Take more risks. Develop deeper relationships. And dream even 1% more. | Robin S. Sharma | ||
| 5f1c020 | The real risk lies in riskless living | Robin S. Sharma | ||
| d1703ce | Business is nothing more than a conversation: | Robin S. Sharma | ||
| 658f15b | Don't pick up the phone every time it rings. It is there for your convenience, not the convenience of others. | Robin S. Sharma | ||
| 853223e | Life favors the devoted. | Robin S. Sharma | ||
| 12ce45e | Within the covers of a single book are ideas that, if acted upon, have the power to rescript every part of your life. | Robin S. Sharma | ||
| eca156b | The things that get scheduled are the things that get done. | Robin S. Sharma | ||
| 80036f6 | there is great power in association and we do become deeply affected by the company we keep. | Robin S. Sharma | ||
| 55716af | The starting point of enlightenment, a goal that every person should strive for, is inner leadership. Leadership is far more than something businesspeople do at work. Leadership is all about personal responsibility, self-discovery, and creating value in the world by the people we become. Too many people spend their time blaming others for all that isn't working in their lives. We blame our spouses for our unhappy home lives; we blame our bo.. | Robin S. Sharma | ||
| cf8ccaa | The Great High Wire Walker "You can accomplish anything in life, provided that you do not mind who gets the credit." | Robin S. Sharma | ||
| a6288b6 | When things are said in anger, irritation or frustration, you can put a hole into someone just like you have put a hole into that fence. | Robin S. Sharma | ||
| d53ec03 | As you go through your workweek, reflect on the people that you work with and ask yourself whether you are showing up at your best with them and treating them as the magnificent people that they truly are. | Robin S. Sharma | ||
| c8e4408 | I am an artist at living -- my work of art is my life. | Robin S. Sharma | ||
| 631569a | Stop complaining about having no time for yourself and get up an hour earlier. You have the option, why not exercise it? Stop complaining about not being able to exercise given all that is on your plate these days. If you sleep seven hours a night and work eight hours every day, you still have more than sixty-three hours of free time every week to do all the things you want to do. This amounts to 252 hours every month and 3,024 hours every .. | Robin S. Sharma | ||
| 7641471 | All that truly counts is whether you grew into all you could have been and whether you showed leadership by using your potential to positively contribute to the lives of other human beings. And it all begins within. So your absolute best can shine. | Robin S. Sharma | ||
| 3087d23 | Within the covers of a single book are ideas that, if acted upon, have the power to rescript every part of your life. Few things are as smart as investing in becoming a better thinker and developing a stronger mind. Relentless learning is one of the main traits of an open and powerful person. | Robin S. Sharma | ||
| 5c08a43 | this world needs human beings behaving like leaders more than ever before. | Robin S. Sharma | ||
| 3a309c1 | leadership means taking personal responsibility for results. Leadership means you get things done. Leadership means you keep your promises. | Robin S. Sharma | ||
| 38cbdc4 | Leadership means you see the best in people and coach them to success. Leadership means you are the most positive person you know and an individual dedicated to building relationships. | Robin S. Sharma | ||
| 0da3524 | As long as we have faith in our own cause and an unconquerable will to win, victory will not be denied us. | Robin S. Sharma | ||
| 5e5f61f | Be more loving. Great teams are built by authentic leaders who are not afraid to speak truthfully and show kindness. This is not a sign of weakness, it is a sign of strength. | Robin S. Sharma | ||
| cf4bea3 | Your I can is more important than your I.Q. | Robin S. Sharma | ||
| 54d7d5d | Life's all about balance. And one of the most vital of all balance points is the one involving freedom and responsibility. | Robin S. Sharma | ||
| 524bbd4 | Nothing changes until you change. | Robin S. Sharma | ||
| 65313fa | The more value you create for others, the more your life will work. Commit yourself to doing good. To get more from life, you must give more to life. | Robin S. Sharma | ||
| 3a947f5 | Balance making it happen with letting it happen. | Robin S. Sharma | ||
| d6752b4 | Small Daily Acts of Greatness (SDAG). | Robin S. Sharma |