“The pressure of adversity is the most powerful sustainer of accountability. It's as though everything you do is multiplied by 50 in order to surpass those with a head-start. I was never capable of slacking when at the threshold of failure.”
"An over-indulgence of anything, even something as pure as water, can intoxicate."
- Criss Jami
Awareness
"Everyone judges constantly: positively judging one person is the same as negatively judging everyone else; it is to say that that person is superior in some sense."
- Criss Jami
Awareness
"To be truly positive in the eyes of some, you have to risk appearing negative in the eyes of others."
- Criss Jami
Belief
"Good works is giving to the poor and the helpless, but divine works is showing them their worth to the One who matters."
- Criss Jami
Compassion
"It is not true that everyone is special. It is true that everyone was once special and still possesses the ability to recover it."
- Criss Jami
Hope
"One of the most challenging aspects of fitness is overcoming obstacles."
- Unknown
Overcoming Obstacles
"In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity."
- Albert Einstein
Overcoming Obstacles
"Not knowing you can’t do something, is sometimes all it takes to do it."
- Ally Carter
Overcoming Obstacles
"Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it."
- Michael Jordan
Overcoming Obstacles
"If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it."
- Michael Jordan
Overcoming Obstacles