“I love waking up every single day and going to fencing practice in the morning and just working hard and setting those big goals one after another, and achieving them, and wanting to do it again and again and again. There's no reason for me to stop.” HardReasonBigsGoalPracticeMorningAchieveWake UpSettingSettingsNo ReasonWakingAgain And AgainFencing Author:Mariel Zagunis
“Fighting for one's freedom, struggling towards being free, is like struggling to be a poet or a good Christian or a good Jew or a good Muslim or good Zen Buddhist. You work all day long and achieve some kind of level of success by nightfall, go to sleep and wake up the next morning with the job still to be done. So you start all over again.” KindLongStillsDoneChristianJobsFightingNextSleepLevelsMorningStruggleAchievePoetWake UpJewBuddhistGoing To SleepBeing FreeGood ChristianNightfallZen Buddhist Author:Maya Angelou
“Always maintain the attitude of a student. If you think you've done learning, bitterness sets in, but if you have more to achieve every day, in any arena, that makes each morning's awakening full of potential and cheery portent.” IfsThinkingDoneAttitudeMorningAchieveStudentsAwakeningBitternessArenaPortents Author:Nick Offerman
“Nobody's busting into YOUR apartment at three in the morning, are they? Well, then don't worry about what they're doing in South Korea and places like that. It's like the standard of living. Are you content to achieve your higher standard of living at the expense of people all over the world who've got a lower standard of living? Most Americans would say yes. Now we ask the question, are you content to enjoy your political freedom at the expense of people who are less free? I think they would also say yes.” PeopleThinkingWorldWellsPoliticalThreeAsksEnjoyMorningWorryAchieveHigherStandardsSouthExpensesApartmentKoreaStandards Of LivingPolitical FreedomHigher StandardsSouth KoreaBusting Author:William S. Burroughs