"Every walk of life falls under the Testicular Imperative: Either you have the world by them, or it has you."

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Source : Colin Fletcher, Chip Rawlins (2015). “The Complete Walker IV”, p.74, Knopf

Colin Fletcher

#Fall Quotes #World Quotes #Walks Quotes

“I got my tattoo a year before the Olympic trials, so I kind of used it as motivation to make the Olympic team the following year. I look at it every time I dive and it's kind of a little fun thing.”
“If there was special interests affecting police work, I believe that would be called corruption. So, if it has do with donating money versus a popular vote, I think we have a bigger problem in this country and somebody's gotta wake up to that.”
“The deadlift also serves as a way to train the mind to do things that are hard.”
“The human species took a crucial step forward when its vocal musculature came under operant control in the production of speech sounds. Indeed, it is possible that all the distinctive achievements of the species can be traced to that one genetic change.”
“Reconciliation is not to be withheld when repentanceâ€”that is, deep, heartâ€changing acknowledgement of sin and a radical redirection of lifeâ€”takes place in the one being rebuked. Nor is reconciliation to be extended to someone who has not repented.”

Source : Dan B. Allender, Tremper Longman (1992). “Bold love”, NavPress Publishing Group
“I came here to say that I do not recognize anyone's right to one minute of my life.”
“It's hard to get people to focus on one idea.”
“My children, as long as you live, the shadow of the Hiss Case will brush you. In every pair of eyes that rests on you, you will see pass, like a cloud passing behind a woods in winter, the memory of your father - dissembled in friendly eyes, lurking in unfriendly eyes.”

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