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Chrissie Wellington
"No one should ever be afraid of failing; it’s being afraid to give it your all in trying that I urge against. If there is one thing I have learned, particularly in my life as an athlete, it is that our limits may not be where we think they are. And, even when we think we’ve finally reached them, the next time we go there exploring we often find that they’ve moved again." --
Source : Chrissie Wellington (2012). “A Life Without Limits: A World Champion's Journey”, p.208, Hachette UK
Chrissie Wellington
#Motivational Quotes
#Athlete Quotes
#Thinking Quotes
“When I attained a certain advanced intimacy with a man, and I don't just mean sex, I married him.”
“I'm hopeful that we'll be able to study the ocean before we destroy it.”
Source : "James Cameron emerges from 'alien world' at ocean's depths" by Josh Levs, edition.cnn.com. March 27, 2012.
“Fears of sinning let in thoughts of sin.”
“It sometimes happens to me while writing, that I seek a word; mischievous as it is it appears in English, it appears in Arabic, but refuses to come in Hebrew. To some extent I made up my Hebrew. Unquestionably, the influence of Arabic is dominant, my syntax is almost Arabic.”
“The unpreparedness of the educated classes, the lack of practical links between them and the mass of the people, their laziness, and, let it be said, their cowardice at the decisive moment of the struggle will give rise to tragic mishaps.”
Source : Frantz Fanon (1965). “Damnés de la terre”, Grove Pr
“If a show is good, it helps people learn about themselves, in some way and in some function. Whatever the genre is, if it's executed well, audiences grow and learn from it, and that's where their passion and enthusiasm comes from.”
“A customer is the most important visitor on our premises. He is not dependent on us. We are dependent on him. He is not an interruption in our work. He is the purpose of it. He is not an outsider in our business. He is part of it. We are not doing him a favor by serving him. He is doing us a favor by giving us an opportunity to do so.”
“The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of those who covet nothing. [Lat., Quanto quisque sibi plura negaverit, A dis plura feret. Nil cupientium Nudus castra peto.]”
