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All posts tagged with “Today's Encouragement.”
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08/11/24 at 03:00 AMThe trouble with steeling yourself against the harshness of reality is that the same steel that secures your life against being destroyed secures your life also against being opened up and transformed. ~Frederick Buechner, The Sacred Journey
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08/10/24 at 03:00 AMSometimes I look back on my life and I am seriously impressed I am still alive.
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08/09/24 at 03:00 AMPassion is a huge prerequisite to winning. It makes you willing to jump through hoops, go through all the ups and downs and everything in between to reach your goal. ~Kerri Walsh, American beach volleyball player and three-time gold medalist
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08/08/24 at 03:00 AMAre you going to stand or are you going to crumble? In the face of everything, stand still. ~Gabby Douglas, American gymnast and three-time gold medalist
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08/07/24 at 03:00 AMWithout passion, you won’t do something 100%. That’s the bottom line. ~Apolo Ohno, American speed skater and eight-time medalist
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08/06/24 at 03:00 AMWinning doesn’t always mean being first. Winning means you’re doing better than you’ve ever done before. ~Bonnie Blair, American speed skater and five-time gold medalist
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08/05/24 at 03:00 AMPickleball is a lot like life. The one who serves the most usually wins...
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08/04/24 at 03:00 AMNever rob your character to enrich your pocket. ~James Lendall Basford, Seven Seventy Seven Sensations, 1897
Today's Encouragement: If you want to be the best ...
08/02/24 at 03:00 AMIf you want to be the best you have to do things that other people aren't willing to do. ~ Michael Phelps, Olympic swimmer 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, the most decorated Olympian of all time with a total of 28 medals. Click here for his post-Olympic Foundation, with its vision "to save lives and help build healthier families."
Today's Encouragement: When you first get a hill in sight ...
08/01/24 at 03:00 AMWhen you first get a hill in sight, look at the top of it only once. Then imagine yourself at the bottom of the other side. ~ Florence Griffeth Joyner, also known as Flo-Jo, Olympic runner 1984 and 1988, in Time's 2020 list of the most influential women of the past century.
Today's Encouragement: I'd rather regret the risks ...
07/31/24 at 03:00 AMI'd rather regret the risks that didn't work out than the chances I didn't take at all. ~ Simone Biles, Olympic medalist, gymnastics, 2016, 2021, 2024
Today's Encouragement: from Celine Dion
07/30/24 at 03:00 AMLife imposes things on you that you can't control, but you still have the choice of how you're going to live through this. ~ Céline Dion, returned to the world stage Friday at the 2024 Paris Olympics' opening ceremony, and the gravity of the moment was not lost on her.
Today's Encouragement: Passion is a huge prerequisite to winning ...
07/29/24 at 03:00 AMPassion is a huge prerequisite to winning. It makes you willing to jump through hoops, go through all the ups and downs and everything in between to reach your goal. ~ Kerri Walsh, American beach volleyball player and three-time gold medalist
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07/28/24 at 03:00 AMSomeday I hope you get the chance to live like you were dying. He said, “I was finally the husband, that most the time I wasn’t. And I became a friend a friend would like to have…” ~Tim McGraw, Live Like You Were Dying
Today's Encouragement: Each of us has a fire in our hearts ...
07/26/24 at 03:00 AMEach of us has a fire in our hearts for something. It's our goal in life to find it and keep it lit. ~ Mary Lou Retton, American gymnast and five-time Olympic medalist
Today's Encouragement: Nothing can substitute for ...
07/25/24 at 03:00 AMNothing can subsitute for just plain hard work. I had to put in the time to get back. And it was a grind. It meant training and sweating every day. But I was completely committed to working out to prove to myself that I still could do it. ~ Andre Agassi, USA Tennis, 1996 Olympic gold medalist
Today's Encouragement: I am building a fire ...
07/24/24 at 03:00 AMI am building a fire, and every day I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match. Mia Hamm, American soccer player and two-time gold medalist
Today's Encouragement: We all have dreams ...
07/23/24 at 03:00 AMWe all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline and effort. ~ Jesse Owens, 1936 American track and field athlete and nine-time gold medalist Editor's Note: As Olympians gather from all over the world for the 2024 Summer Games in Paris, we celebrate the "determination, dedication, self-discipline and effort" of each athlete!
Today's Encouragement: You don't need ...
07/22/24 at 03:00 AMYou don't need a New Year to make a change. You only need a Monday. ~ Anonymous
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07/21/24 at 03:00 AMLook at the sparrows; they do not know what they will do in the next moment. Let us literally live from moment to moment. ~Mahatma Gandhi
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07/20/24 at 03:00 AMThe difference between a successful person and others is not lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will. ~Vince Lombardi
Today's Encouragement: If you don't like the road you're walking ...
07/19/24 at 03:00 AMIf you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one. ~ Dolly Parton
Today's Encouragement: Deep summer ...
07/18/24 at 03:00 AMDeep summer is when laziness finds respectability. ~ Sam Keen