A.J. Darkholme

“Fear is for the powerless. Fear is for the alone. But as you stand together now, you are neither of those. Together, you amplify each other’s strengths; you nullify each other’s weaknesses.”

“Sometimes it's best to trade an ideal for something more practical that you can guarantee.”

“What you withhold in this life will be withheld from you in the next.”

“[If you] give into your [emotional] illusions, and you will find yourself lost in a maze with no exits, nor entrances, but winding paths that lead you in circles so many times that you grow familiar and comfortable with the very place you shouldn't be in.”

“If your heart, mind, and actions are selfish, they will ultimately divide you, others, or entire [establishments]. When motivation is pure and selfless, it will result in helping bring others together.”

“The mind thinks upon, processes, and remembers what the senses forget.”

“Emotional states change like the wind, and to indulge them only gives them more power over a person.”

“If something needs to be done, do it. If something needs to be said, say it.”

“When all seems hopeless and all has gone silent, that’s Destiny turning down the music so that all may hear our response to life’s great storms, giving our response the chance to echo throughout eternity with the level of greatness it deserves.”

“The only way we succeed as a group is not simply following directions, but in keeping each other accountable for our actions.”

“What seems like a flaw is merely our higher consciousness telling us we're not looking at it in the right light yet.”

“It is unwise to waste in thought what could be earned and secured in action.”

“You believe stealing is wrong, but if your family was starving and could not afford bread, wouldn't you say it’s okay to steal a loaf to feed them?”

“Seek counsel; though we are all skilled and experienced in many ways, no one can experience all that life has to offer in the limited time we are given in this world.”

“Sometimes we exist long enough to lead the next generation; other times, only to plant a seed and let its resonations of our time here on Earth ripple into new waves.”

“Sometimes the heart can hear what the ears do not.”

“What's the use in prolonging life if you don't do anything with it?”

“A good leader must have the wisdom to know when a pursuit is no longer worthy of being pursued - a time when the losses of the present must be accepted - and cut - to preserve the gains and providence of the future.”

“They say you can’t change the past despite the fact it never stops changing you – but that doesn't mean we have to sit back and take it. It may change us, but we have ultimate control over how we let it.”

“When you give people a choice, they believe they have power.”