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The truth is, if you asked me to choose between winning the TdF and cancer, I would choose cancer. Odd read more
The truth is, if you asked me to choose between winning the TdF and cancer, I would choose cancer. Odd as it sounds, I would rather have the title of cancer survivor than winner of the Tour, because of what it has done for me as a human being, a man, a husband, a son and a father. -Lance Armstrong.
Who would not, finding way, break loose from hell,
. . . .
And boldly venture to read more
Who would not, finding way, break loose from hell,
. . . .
And boldly venture to whatever place
Farthest from pain?
Better to sink beneath the shock
Than moulder piecemeal on the rock!
Better to sink beneath the shock
Than moulder piecemeal on the rock!
Rather than be less
Car'd not to be at all.
Rather than be less
Car'd not to be at all.
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. -Thomas Alva Edison.
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. -Thomas Alva Edison.
Between two stools one sits on the ground.
[Fr., S'asseoir entre deux selles le cul a terre.]
Between two stools one sits on the ground.
[Fr., S'asseoir entre deux selles le cul a terre.]
There are always two choices. Two paths to take. One is easy. And its only reward is that it's easy.
There are always two choices. Two paths to take. One is easy. And its only reward is that it's easy.
Where passion leads or prudence points the way.
Where passion leads or prudence points the way.
Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.
Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.
