You can't worry about pleasing other people; you have to please yourself.
The 2012 London Olympic Games fostered a generation of hope. I witnessed women participating for the very first time, representing every nation.
Getting started as a volunteer anywhere can be a challenge to a lot of people. The biggest hurdle is that people think they have to give all of their spare time. But if you only have a half hour, you can still make a difference. Assisting with small tasks is invaluable.
Even at 10 or 12, I was a hot, fast little cheerleader.
Even if the person doesn't know what the internet can do, we can bring it to them and show how it can make a difference in their lives.
Quality training is what I do now; before it was a combination of both quality and quantity. Now I'm not trying to be a world-class athlete, I don't need to train at that level. It's about being fit, fit for life.
It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret.
God's ultimate goal for your life on earth is not comfort, but character development. He wants you to grow up spiritually and become like Christ.
The Somebody Else's Problem field is much simpler and more effective, and what's more can be run for over a hundred years on a single torch battery. This is because it relies on people's natural disposition not to see anything they don't want to, weren't expecting, or can't explain.
What are you doing?" he breathed. "You're going around, stirring up everything. " "I've got time on my hands," I shot back, just as breathless, "since I dumped my asshat boyfriend. " He growled, fiercely passionate, his hand in my hair pulling so tightly it pained me. "You can't make this up with a kiss or a f*ck, Gideon. Not this time. " Gideon & Eva
There were moments where I was being kicked in the stomach, and even though I had this brace on to protect me, I still had to prepare myself for it. You can't be relaxed when that's happening. You have to brace your muscles. I can remember thinking as it was about to happen "Wasn't that how Houdini died?" I think it was.