No, no, no, no. I'm not talking about self-loathing. I'm talking about not accepting failure. I'm talking about Captain Kirk and the Kobayashi Maru.
And Pliss, I don't think pride is always bad. Pride can be a good thing.
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Moderator: Fist and Faith
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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Well, that's the trick, isn't it? The same type of shame that is employed to keep the bodies of little girls appropriately covered is self-loathing. The feeling that one has when one actually gives up is self-loathing. To continue to struggle, to continue to reach for an ideal is the basis of honor, whether that ideal be modesty - or indeed, any of the virtues - or good grades.
It's the focus that's so important: the Joy of Honor, or the Fear of Failure. The same goals can be reached, no matter which is focused upon - but the journey is only worthwhile when focused on one.
It's the focus that's so important: the Joy of Honor, or the Fear of Failure. The same goals can be reached, no matter which is focused upon - but the journey is only worthwhile when focused on one.
“If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.”
-- James Madison
"If you're going to tell people the truth, you'd better make them laugh. Otherwise they'll kill you." - George Bernard Shaw
-- James Madison
"If you're going to tell people the truth, you'd better make them laugh. Otherwise they'll kill you." - George Bernard Shaw