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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.]
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.
God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose.
God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose.
Demons wait at crossroads attempting to influence our decisions.
Demons wait at crossroads attempting to influence our decisions.
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.
When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.
When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.
If it be aught toward the general good,
Set honor in one eye and death i' th' other,
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If it be aught toward the general good,
Set honor in one eye and death i' th' other,
And I will look on both indifferently;
For let the gods so speed me as I love
The name of honor more than I fear death.
Every man builds his world in his own image. He has the power to choose, but no power to escape read more
Every man builds his world in his own image. He has the power to choose, but no power to escape the necessity of choice.
Preferment goes by letter and affection.
Preferment goes by letter and affection.