"I double-knot my shoe laces. It's a pain untying your shoes afterward-particularly if you get them wet-but so is stopping in the middle of a race to tie them."

-- Hal Higdon

#Pain Quotes #Race Quotes #Shoes Quotes

“The quickest way to change your attitude toward pain is to accept the fact that everything that happens to us has been designed for our spiritual growth.”

Source : M. Scott Peck (2010). “Further Along The Road Less Travelled”, p.15, Simon and Schuster
“It wasn't a love story." -Tar's dad It was a love story. Me, Gemma, and junk." -Tar”
“All of these stories bounced around in my mind for a long time.”
“These irresponsible acts, which cannot have any justification whatsoever, are to be fully condemned. In these appalling circumstances, I want to offer you the most sincere condolences, both in my name and in that of the French people.”
“I went to a Catholic high school and it seemed like every time I drew something for a class project, it either got thrown away by the teacher or something.”
“The more you give, the more good things come to you.”
“I happen to be extremely left-brained; my instinct is to draw a chart rather than a picture. I'm trying to get my right-brain muscles into shape. I actually think this shift toward right-brain abilities has the potential to make us both better off and better in a deeper sense.”
“There is too little courtship in the world. ... For courtship means a wish to stand well in the other person's eyes, and, what is more, a readiness to be pleased with the other's ways; a sense on each side of having had the better of the bargain; an undercurrent of surprise and thankfulness at one's good luck.”

Source : Vernon Lee (1907). “Hortus Vitae: And Limbo”

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