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Discussion in 'Non-Dama Drama' started by goenKendama, Apr 4, 2017.

  1. goenKendama

    goenKendama Administrator Staff Member

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    Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it.
    -Winston Churchill
     
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  2. Emil Apostol

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    "There is more than one path to the top of the mountain." -Miyamoto Musashi
     
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  3. Emil Apostol

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    "Fear not the man who knows a thousand kicks, but the man who practices one kick a thousand times." -Attributed to Bruce Lee
     
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  4. goenKendama

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    One-Punch Man
     
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    “Never explain―your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.”
    - elbert hubbard
     
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    Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.

    Peter Drucker
     
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    If it is important to you, you will find a way. If not, you'll find an excuse.
    -Ryan Blair
     
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  8. goenKendama

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    “Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see.”

    ― Arthur Schopenhauer
     
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  9. Emil Apostol

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    This is the title of one of the opening songs for the anime "Attack on Titan."

    心臓を捧げよ!

    roughly translates to:

    "Dedicate your heart!"
     
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    Subtlety may deceive you; integrity never will.

    Oliver Cromwell
     
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    There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.

    ― Willa Cather, The Song of the Lark


    learn best in calm and some in storm.jpg
     
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  12. Emil Apostol

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    Felt the need to share this, as this quote applies perfectly to our beautiful game. Not all of us will become super good at #kendama. Not all of us will become world champions or sponsored players.

    Still, this is nothing to be discouraged about. Play not to be the best per se, but to be the best you can be. Exceed your expectations. Everyone has the potential to become better than they think they can be. Carry that grinder's mentality into other aspects of your life, and it will work wonders.

    Credit to @dailystoic for this image.

    #kendama #KendamaPhilippines #goenkendama #cerealkendama #stoicism #stoic #dailystoic #philosophy
     
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    If you are not paying for it, you're not the customer; you're the product being sold.
    - Andrew Lewis, AKA blue_beetle
     
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    No rational argument will have a rational effect on a man who does not want to adopt a rational attitude.

    -Karl Popper
     
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    One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.

    Chinua Achebe
     
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  16. Emil Apostol

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    "Shoot for the moon, for if you fail, you will be amongst the stars."

    Not sure who originally said this, unfortunately, but it was a favorite saying of my old High School English teacher.
     
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    The measure of a man is what he does with power.
    -Plato
     
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    In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.
    -Dalai Lama
     
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    Know how to listen and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
    -Plutarch
     
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    Success is simply a matter of luck. Ask any failure.
    -Earl Wilson
     
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