Our team has zero; has he got Close Air Support, drones, anything?
On the field of the Self stand a knight and a dragon. You are the knight. Resistance is the dragon.
Nikad nisam u bici,ni igdje drugdje ,ni ja ni itko od ljudi prisutnih ispod hrastova,vidio da Dijaneku popuste uzde samokontrole kojima je tako čvrsto i suzdržano upravljao iz srca.Sada se moglo vidje...
It was an era when history butted up against mythology,
It is that peculiar soldiers’ humor which springs from the experience of shared misery and often translates poorly to those not on the spot and enduring the same hardship.
Here's another test. Of any activity you do, aks yourself: If I were the last person on earth, would I still do it?
He is prepared, each day, to confront his own self-sabotage.
Every virtue that reaches the exaggeration, is becoming a defect
As all born teachers, he was primarily a student.
Long-term, we must begin to build our internal strengths. It isn't just skills like computer technology. It's the old-fashioned basics of self-reliance, self-motivation, self-reinforcement, self-disci...
Problem with friends and family is that they know us as we are. They are invested in maintaining us as we are.
Habits and qualities that the professional possesses that the amateur doesn't: 1. The professional shows up every day 2. The professional stays on the job all day 3. The professional is committed over...
You imagined we had entered unknown country, my friend, when we voyaged across the sea to Amazonia. Yet that was nothing beside the frontier I cross each evening with this woman who is my equal. Each...
Who profits from a king’s fidelity save generations a thousand years unborn, and which of his works will they recall at that remove, or care?
Turning pro is like kicking a drug habit or stopping drinking. It's a decision, a decision to which we must re-commit every day.
The will to victory may be demonstrated in places other than actual battle.
The professional tackles the project that will make him stretch. He takes on the assignment that will bear him into uncharted waters, compel him to explore unconscious parts of himself.
The professional loves it so much he dedicates his life to it. He commits full-time. That's what I mean when I say turning pro. Resistance hates it when we turn pro.
The professional loves her work. She is invested in it wholeheartedly. But she does not forget that the work is not her.
The professional keeps his eye on the doughnut and not on the hole. He reminds himself it's better to be in the arena, getting stomped by the bull, than to be up in the stands or out in the parking lo...