Some people think that meditation takes time away from physical
accomplishment. Taken to extremes, of course, that's true. Most people,
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Some people think that meditation takes time away from physical
accomplishment. Taken to extremes, of course, that's true. Most people,
however, find that meditation creates more time than it takes.

Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.

Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.

When nothing seems to help, I go look at a stonecutter hammering away at
his rock perhaps a hundred times read more

When nothing seems to help, I go look at a stonecutter hammering away at
his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it.
Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was
not that blow that did it, but all that had gone before.

All personal breakthroughs begin with a change in beliefs.

All personal breakthroughs begin with a change in beliefs.

The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is
acceptance.

The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is
acceptance.

The highest virtue found in the tropics is chastity, and in the colder regions, temperance.

The highest virtue found in the tropics is chastity, and in the colder regions, temperance.

When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we read more

When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.

A good plan violently executed right now is far better than a perfect
plan executed next week.

A good plan violently executed right now is far better than a perfect
plan executed next week.

Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be
happy.

Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be
happy.