A.j. Darkholme Quotes

We live our days in the microscopic, but something within us calls us to dream in the cosmic – every one of us. And within us exists those two worlds: the world as it is and the world as we think it ought to be.

~ A.j. Darkholme

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.

~ A.j. Darkholme

Your life is not a countdown to your death, but a stepping stone for the lives that will live after you. Squander today, and you will find yourself useless tomorrow.

~ A.j. Darkholme

Life is what you make it and legacy is what you leave it. Stop trying to be perfect, stop waiting for perfection to find you, and start making your environment a product of you instead of the other way around.

~ A.j. Darkholme

The world is changeable, and its ability to change is so fragile that a single person can be responsible for it.

~ A.j. Darkholme

We are but cells living in a much larger organism, however, this does not make our existence less significant – for an organism without cells is no organism at all. We define it; we make it what it is. We are responsible for its health, its functionality, and above all, its purpose. A lone cell can restore the others, or a lone cell can spread a plague.

~ A.j. Darkholme

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

~ A.j. Darkholme

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

~ A.j. Darkholme

We’re all blurry-eyed wanderers of time, and the unfortunance of it all is that we’d probably all go on to do great things if only we searched for what corrected and focused our vision instead of relying on our past – life’s grand kaleidoscope – to help us find our way forward.

~ A.j. Darkholme

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.

~ A.j. Darkholme

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

~ A.j. Darkholme

Emperors are not made from cowards, they are made from those who take great risk where there stands to be even greater gain.

~ A.j. Darkholme

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

~ A.j. Darkholme

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

~ A.j. Darkholme

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.

~ A.j. Darkholme

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

~ A.j. Darkholme

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.

~ A.j. Darkholme

If you plan for failure, then you are expecting to fail. If you plan for success, you’ll be successful. Once you start making a ‘Plan B’, you distract from ‘Plan A’, and the moment you start believing there are other options, you start settling for less.

~ A.j. Darkholme

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

~ A.j. Darkholme

You must always focus on and pursue the good, but when that darkness surges up from within, you need to know how to handle it, use it, and release it wisely, not just deny its presence or acceptability as you suppress it within you.

~ A.j. Darkholme

It’s amazing how just dressing differently can affect your influence; dress like a beggar and your assumed poverty gains you looks of contempt; dress in gold-lined robes and people are more willing to accommodate you; sport armour and you look strong, dutiful, and prepared.

~ A.j. Darkholme

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

~ A.j. Darkholme

People fear what they do not understand.

~ A.j. Darkholme

It’s not about being ready or feeling prepared all the time, sometimes you just have to do what you know you have to do. And when you do – you will always see that you’re more ready and more prepared than you realize. Never doubt yourself or you may never do anything of significance.

~ A.j. Darkholme

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

~ A.j. Darkholme

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

~ A.j. Darkholme

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

~ A.j. Darkholme

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

~ A.j. Darkholme

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.

~ A.j. Darkholme

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

~ A.j. Darkholme

Sometimes the heart can hear what the ears do not.

~ A.j. Darkholme

What separates us into engineers and robots, puppeteers and puppets, kings and pawns, is not the status we hold at any given time among others - status is irrelevant; it is the level of ever-present awareness we have of a grey-matter tailor's tools [of flattery, persuasion, and cunning.]

~ A.j. Darkholme

Our knees get dusty from time to time, but when they touch the ground, we must never allow the dust to convince us that our submission in that moment is the acceptance of our defeat for an entire lifetime.

~ A.j. Darkholme

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

~ A.j. Darkholme

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

~ A.j. Darkholme

Let your fear drive you to evolve into greatness.

~ A.j. Darkholme

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?

~ A.j. Darkholme

We stay the same as we've always been, keeping to the path we've walked our whole lives. Paths that carry so much importance and perceived stability that we are utterly convinced it is the only one to walk – that anyone not walking it with us is being misled.

~ A.j. Darkholme

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?

~ A.j. Darkholme

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.

~ A.j. Darkholme