Sublime

Humble in our aspirations Gracious in our success Resilient in our failures

Here’s the truth: everyone wants to be a leader; few are willing to lead.

A king does not expend his substance to enslave men, but by his conduct and example makes them free.

Conner told his protégé: “In all military history, only one thing never changes—human nature. Terrain may change, weather may change, weapons may change … but never human nature.”

The Warrior Ethos is taught. On the football field in Topeka, in the mountains of the Hindu Kush, on the lion-infested plains of Kenya and Tanzania. Courage is modeled for the youth by fathers and older brothers, by mentors and elders. It is inculcated, in almost all cultures, by a regimen of training and discipline. This discipline frequently culm

Something stands in someone’s way. They stare it down, they aren’t intimidated. Leaning into their problem or weakness or issue, they give everything they have, mentally and physically. Even though they did not always overcome it in the way they intended or expected, each individual emerged better, stronger. What stood in the way became the way. Wh

The great Stoic Marcus Aurelius once admonished himself to be a “boxer, not a fencer.” A fencer, he said, has to bend down to pick up his weapon. A boxer’s weapon is a part of him—“all he has to do is clench his fist.”

As we look at this blessing, there are three commands God gives them, which are key to living a mythic life:

• Be fruitful and multiply. Within the context of marriage, release a healthy next generation into the world.

• Subdue the earth. Use your creative intellect to bring out the best in the part of the planet where you’ve been placed.

• Have domin