Quotes

Standing on the shoulders of giants

Quotes are a huge source of inspiration for me. Here are some favorites.

It is not the critic who counts...

— Teddy Roosevelt

Discipline equals freedom.

— Jocko Willink

Great is just good, but repeatable.

— Steph Smith

I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy.

— Marie Curie

Seek those who fan your flames. … Gratitude is the wine for the soul. Go on. Get drunk.

— Rumi

Courage charms us, because it indicates that a man loves an idea better than all things in the world, that he is thinking neither of his bed, nor his dinner, nor his money, but will venture all to put in act the invisible thought of his mind.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

— Napoleon Hill

If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that's a full day. That's a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you're going to have something special.

— Jim Valvano

Champions keep playing until they get it right.

— Billie Jean King

Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.

— John Wooden

Be water, my friend. … Running water never goes stale.

— Bruce Lee

There is one thing about dark places: if you have the courage to stand there long enough, your eyes adjust.

— David Goggins