“I soon realised I was making a fool of myself...things like that happen when you are in love with the wrong person. Worse things. things you never forgive yourself for...
...I'll blame myself for as long as I live. It's you I love and always will.”
Source: I Capture The Castle
“Sport can teach us how to set and achieve goals, solve problems, cope with stress, manage our emotions, refocus after mistakes, and build self-confidence.”
Source: Strong Minds: How to Unlock the Power of Elite Sports Psychology to Accomplish Anything
“But there are times when the sharpest suffering is not to suffer and the worse affliction not to be afflicted.”
“If there is a pathway into the minds of human beings that bypasses consciousness and absorbs the emotions of others; and if this pathway can be activated by the sight of a bloody uniform, a hair-raising tribal dance, or just a deep stare; and if these displays can propel a team to run faster, jump higher, hit
harder, and push through pain and exhaustion, then these captains must have been masters of the art.”
Source: The Captain Class: The Hidden Force that Creates the World's Greatest Teams
“For it is so with time and memory: the seed of our deepest feeling is buried under the rush of a momentary and violent one, there is in all feeling a quality of deception and evasion, and the meanings of the spirit become evident only in the light of a dispassionate distance,”
Source: The Good Child's River
“This taught me a lot. I needed to stay relaxed, even when I felt nervous. I had to control my emotions. To keep the horse calm, I had to calm my body and slow my breath.”
Source: Why We Climb: The World's Most Inspiring Climbers
“But if happiness is a skill, then sadness is, too.”
Source: Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
“The girl fell in love with a dress. A dress. A fucking piece of fabric with glitter.”
Carter Hills”
Source: Pink and Country
“Sometimes all you really need is somewhere to cry without anyone ever knowing.”
Source: The Boy at the Back of the Class
“You want to have some professional boundaries. Especially at work, you need to spend more time with the less sensitive, who can be a great balance to you, and you to them. Develop outside of work the more intense sorts of relationships that offer you the emotional depth you seek.”
Source: The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You