“I wanted a drink [because] I didn’t want to feel what I was feeling, and a voice within was telling me that I needed a drink, that I couldn’t bear it without it. But that voice is a liar. You can always bear the pain. It’ll hurt, it’ll burn like acid in an open wound, but you can stand it. And, as long as you can make yourself go on choosing the pain over the relief, you can keep going.”
"Our happiest moments as tourists always seem to come when we stumble upon one thing while in pursuit of something else."
- Lawrence Block
Joy
"I wanted a drink [because] I didn't want to feel what I was feeling, and a voice within was telling me that I needed a drink, that I couldn't bear it without it. But that voice is a liar. You can always bear the pain. It'll hurt, it'll burn like acid in an open wound, but you can stand it. And, as long as you can make yourself go on choosing the pain over the relief, you can keep going."
- Lawrence Block
Perseverance
"Do one thing every day that scares you."
- Eleanor Roosevelt
Facing Fears
"Once you face your fear, nothing is ever as hard as you think."
- Olivia Newton John
Facing Fears
"Comfort zones are most often expanded through discomfort."
- Peter McWilliams
Facing Fears
"Limits, like fear, is often an illusion."
- Michael Jordan
Facing Fears
"The greatest mistake you can make in life is to continually fear you will make one."
- Elbert Hubbard
Facing Fears