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“Fire is catching! And if we burn, you burn with us!”
― Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay

“And bring me back that knife,” she added. “It’s my favorite one.”
Kell shook his head, and freed the blade from where it had lodged in the wood. “They’re all your favorite.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Conjuring of Light

“Never advantage yourself at the expense of your comrades.”
― Jim Mattis, Call Sign Chaos

“Wise leadership requires collaboration; otherwise it will lead to failure.”
― Jim Mattis, Call Sign Chaos

“In keeping with George Washington’s approach to leadership, I would listen, learn, and help, then lead.”
― Jim Mattis, Call Sign Chaos

“I learned then and I believe now that everyone needs a mentor or to be a mentor—and that no one needs a tyrant. At the same time, there’s no substitute for”
― Jim Mattis, Call Sign Chaos

“I may not have come up with many new ideas, but I’ve adopted or integrated a lot from others.”
― Jim Mattis, Call Sign Chaos

“Allowing bad processes to stump good people is intolerable.”
― Jim Mattis, Call Sign Chaos

“What do I know? Who needs to know? Have I told them?”
― Jim Mattis, Call Sign Chaos

“But doctrine is the last refuge of the unimaginative”
― Jim Mattis, Call Sign Chaos

“Note to all executives over the age of thirty: always keep close to you youngsters who are smarter than you.”
― Jim Mattis, Call Sign Chaos

“listen, learn, and help, then lead,”
― Jim Mattis, Call Sign Chaos

“Scars are not shameful, not unless you let them be. If you do not wear them, they will wear you.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Conjuring of Light

“On vis och," he told himself.

Dawn to dusk. A phrase that meant two things in his native tongue.

A fresh start. A good end.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Conjuring of Light