A.J. Darkholme, Rise Of The Morningstar Quotes

People fear what they do not understand.

Anything you dream [can] be yours simply because you've focused on the steps you could take instead of the distance to get there.

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?

Let your fear drive you to evolve into greatness.

Greed robs you of more value than the price of what you've gained.

Sometimes you just need to know when a fight is best saved for another day when the odds are more in your favour.

Sometimes the heart can hear what the ears do not.

We are creatures of habit more than we are creatures of change.

Once you start settling, and letting others control your life, it can quickly become a habit, so it’s best to avoid such things altogether.

The values most important to us are always the most easily exploitable.

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

Never give up on the possibilities or accept what is when you can see it for what it could be.

If someone was going to kill someone dear to you, and you could stop that person by killing them instead, would you kill them, knowing it was an effective way to save your loved one?

Far too many people allow broken egos and wounded prides to convince them to seek justice before they seek understanding.

Change isn't always comfortable, but it always teaches us something of utmost importance – usually about ourselves – and we become better people for it.

Sometimes you just have to know when the battle you’re fighting is one best walked away from, than fought to the cold, bitter end.

To get to where you need to be, you have to go where you don't feel prepared to go.

Don’t let the fact you haven’t done something before convince you that you can’t do it, or that it cannot be done perfectly the first time you try your hand at it.

Greatness is not a gift that one can give to another, but rather is a thief's relic that we must take for ourselves.

Some people are born to hold keys, while others are born to use them.

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

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

If you choose to keep your true face secret, then the people who know you by one mask, must never meet those who know you by another.

Being an authority on paper does not immediately grant you authority over a group until it is earned by you and given by them.

People respond more to the authority of status, than the authority of truth.

We must always be careful never to make more enemies than we could handle if they were all to attack at once.

The questions we don’t ask become the puzzles we don’t solve.

Express [yourself] without worrying what everyone else will think. Those people are your limits. Ignore them.

People are more willing to change based on their perceived insecurities than by an attack on their beliefs.

A man shouldn't bite the hand that feeds him, even if another holds out a golden spoon to him as reward after his betrayal.

If we are to be truly free, that freedom will come through cooperation and tolerance with one another.

When you’re looking for a needle in a haystack, don’t afraid to burn the haystack to save yourself from spending half your life picking through strands of straw.

Never judge a woman by her age.

The older you get, the faster time passes in your mind, so use your time according to what is most important.

In the grand scheme of life, nobody grows old keeping their soul unblemished.

Don’t let realism keep you from doing what you feel you need to do, even if you think it’s hopeless.

Our unity will always be a greater force with mixed ideals than if we demand that others change for us, to what we believe.

Remain open-minded, even when you believe yourself to be a king among peasants. You never know what blessings can be gained or crises averted just by listening.

This day, you are free, because you have chosen to be free – and because of your choice, your days of insignificance are over.

Awareness is not a prerequisite for change.

Where excess lies, usually someone had to give something up for the other to get it.

The amount of gold someone has is never the issue, but rather the love of it and the want of more for personal gain that consumes the hearts of many good people.

There is stability in walking an uncertain path, because you never allow yourself to be misled by what you think you know.

Our destinations are Booleans – we reach them or we don’t – but our journeys are spectrums, because there are so many paths we can take to our destination that make getting there that much better.

Perspective alone can make an experience positive or negative, but regardless of which you let it become, it can only have as much power over your outlook on life as you give it.

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

Everything can be achieved through gradual steps – one small step at a time: overcoming fears, fulfilling dreams... anything you wish to be different from the way it is.

Sometimes you can grow more in a shorter amount of time with the right company than years of soul-searching alone, or by living the same patterns you've lived for your entire life.

Sometimes to submit is to know you have a life worth living for a higher purpose, worth seeing through.

Sic vis pacem para bellum - if you want peace, prepare for war.