First ten years, very difficult. Next ten years, even more difficult.”

Act without doing;
work without effort.
Think of the small as large
and the few as many.
Confront the difficult
while it is still easy;
accomplish the great task
by a series of small acts.”

The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.”

To exercise at or near capacity is the best way I know of reaching a true introspective state. If you do it right, it can open all kinds of inner doors.”

The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough.”

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”

Those who think they have no time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness.”

Badness you can get easily, in quantity: the road is smooth, and it lies close by. But in front of excellence the immortal gods have put sweat, and long and steep is the way to it.”

The tragedy of life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goals to reach.”

Do not confuse motion and progress. A rocking horse keeps moving but does not make any progress.”