Aug 09, 2006 18:32
Pain is your friend, your ally, it will tell you when you are seriously injured, it will keep you awake and angry, and remind you to finish the job and get the hell home. But you know the best thing about pain?
It lets you know you're not dead yet! - From the movie "G.I. Jane"
Pain is Inevitable - Misery is Optional
Excellence is the result of dreaming more than others think is practical and expecting more than others think is possible.
Progress has little to do with speed, but much to do with direction.
The only person you should be better than in the future is yourself now
Those who say they can, and those who say they can't, are both right.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. Never give it.
When people keep telling you that you can't do a thing, you kind of like to try it.
Live your own life because you will die your own death
To do is to be ~ Socrates
If your not living life on the edge... you're taking up too much space
The pain of discipline is never as bad as the pain of regret"
Know your limits, not so that you can honour them, but so that you can smash them to pieces and reach for magnificence. C Carter-Scott
Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead. L.M.Alcott
Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail. Emerson
One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. A. Gide
This above all: to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man. Shakespeare, Hamlet
Knowing others is wisdom; knowing the self is enlightenment.
Mastering others requires force; mastering the self requires strength.
He who knows he has enough is rich.
Perserverance is a sign of will power.
He who stays where he is endures.
To die but not to perish is to be eternally present.
Lao Tzu
A dream is an answer to a question we haven't yet learnt how to ask.
You were born with wings - Why crawl through life?
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.
If you try, you risk failure.
If you don't try, you ensure failure.
Challenges are what makes life interesting.
Overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
He who angers you, conquers you.
Life is like a grindstone - whether it grinds you down or polishes you up depends on what you are made of.
Never let yesterday use up too much of today.
What other people think of you is none of your business
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation. Your character is who you are while your reputation is merely what others think of you!
If you don't like it, change it. If you don't change it, it can't be that bad
You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there
Happiness is a state of mind and as such is something that you decide upon. Decide to be happy each and every morning, regardless of what may come your way and you will be happy. Once you decide that nothing and noone can take away your happiness, life takes on a different look. -Unknown.
Remember people will judge you by your actions not your intentions - you may have a heart of gold but so does a hard boiled egg"
The strongest oak of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. It's the one that stands in the open where it is compelled to struggle for existence against the winds and rains and the scorching sun.
Never blame a day in your life.
Good days give you Happiness.
Bad days give you Experience.
Both are essential in life
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes. - Oscar Wilde
Only the open heart receives love, only the open mind receives wisdom.
To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. - Bertrand Russell
Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives. - William James
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. - Abraham Lincoln
Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. - Helen Keller
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet. - James Oppenheim
If you want to box - train.
If you want to win - train harder than you ever have before. - unknown