A man who trims himself to suit everybody will soon whittle himself away.

A man who trims himself to suit everybody will soon whittle himself away.

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before
you get tired.

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before
you get tired.

I train myself mentally with visualization. The morning of a tournament, before I put my feet on the floor, I read more

I train myself mentally with visualization. The morning of a tournament, before I put my feet on the floor, I visualize myself making perfect runs with emphasis on technique, all the way through to what my personal best is in practice.... The more you work with this type of visualization, especially when you do it on a day-to-day basis, you'll actually begin to feel your muscles contracting at the appropriate times.

To affirm is to make firm.

To affirm is to make firm.

Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage
unless you're scared.

Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage
unless you're scared.

If you shut up truth and bury it under the ground it will
but grow and gather to itself such read more

If you shut up truth and bury it under the ground it will
but grow and gather to itself such explosive power that the day it bursts
through it will blow up everything in its way.

Writing is thinking on paper.

Writing is thinking on paper.

Disability is a matter of perception. If you can do just one thing
well, you're needed by someone.

Disability is a matter of perception. If you can do just one thing
well, you're needed by someone.

Before the gates of excellence the high gods have placed sweat; long is the road thereto and rough and steep read more

Before the gates of excellence the high gods have placed sweat; long is the road thereto and rough and steep at first; but when the heights are reached, then there is ease, though grievously hard in the winning. - Works and Days.