Silken Laumann famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

It's important to know that at the end of the day it's not the medals you remember. What you remember is the process -- what you learn about yourself by challenging yourself, the experiences you share with other people, the honesty the training demands -- those are things nobody can take away from you whether you finish twelfth or you're an Olympic Champion.
-- Silken Laumann

#Running #Honesty #People
Success in life comes to those who simply refuse to give up; individuals with vision so strong that obstacles, failure and loss only act as teachings
-- Silken Laumann

#Strong #Giving Up #Teaching
Building a practice of gratitude is the best way I know to create an optimistic approach to life. Start each day by lying in bed for five minutes and mentally acknowledging what you are grateful for.
-- Silken Laumann

#Gratitude #Lying #Grateful
The power of a dream is that it frees up your imagination to think about the best possible scenario for your life.
-- Silken Laumann

#Dream #Powerful #Thinking

The movie, like the book before it, is an expertly built machine for the mass production of tears. Directed by Josh Boone ('Stuck in Love') with scrupulous respect for John Green's best-selling young-adult novel, the film sets out to make you weep -- not just sniffle or choke up a little, but sob until your nose runs and your face turns blotchy. It succeeds.
Rogue Squadron doesn't run. Unless we really, really have to.
How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.
The greatest truth is honesty, and the greatest falsehood is dishonesty.
There is no future for a people who deny their past.
The thing that I think a lot of guys need to know how to do is not take your mothers advice about honesty being the best policy. Listen to your cool, drunk uncle who tells you to lie. Those are the relationships that last.
Spirituality does not require that you work hard toward achieving a result in the future as much as it requires you to be fully present, sincere and committed now, with absolute honesty and willingness to uncover and let go of any illusions that come between you and the realization of Reality.
The question of boundaries is a major question of the Jewish people because the Jews are the great experts of crossing boundaries. They have a sense of identity inside themselves that doesn't permit them to cross boundaries with other people.
People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.
Find a need and fill it. Successful businesses are founded on the needs of people.

Silken Laumann famous quotes

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