Later this week I will be competing in a 24 hour race that I began training for 6 months ago. In addition to the physical training, I’ve concentrated extensively on being ready mentally. Below are some of my favorite quotes for persevering in any aspect of life.
1. “If it comes easy, if it doesn’t require extraordinary effort, you’re not pushing hard enough. It’s supposed to hurt like Hell.” – Dean Karnazes
2. “Strength does not come from physical capacity, it comes from indomitable will.” – Ghandi
3. “The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.” – Ernest Hemingway
4. “You adapt, evolve, compete or die.” – Paul Tudor James
5. “There are only two options regarding commitment. You’re either IN or you’re OUT. There is no such thing as life in-between.” – Pat Riley
6. “Fall down 7 times, get up 8.” – Japanese proverb
7. “If you are not on the edge, you are taking up too much room” – Macho Man Randy Savage
8. “What counts in battle is what you do once the pain sets in.” – John Short
9. “Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one” – Bruce Lee
10. “There Are Two Ways to Do Something … the Right Way, and Again” – Navy SEAL saying
11. “Don’t let a win get to your head or a loss to your heart” – Public Enemy
12. “Whatever you have to do — just find an excuse to win. Keep going.” – from the movie Lone Survivor
13. “Always do what you’re afraid to do.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
14. “Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.” – Mark Twain
15. “If you’re going through Hell, keep going.” – Winston Churchill
16. “It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” – Vince Lombardi
17. “There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” – Beverly Sills
18. “Even if you fall on your face, you’re still moving forward.” – Victor Kiam
19. “Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.” – George Addair
20. “Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway.” – John Wayne
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