Joya Cousin

“Do. The. Work. Every day, you have to do something you don’t want to do. Every day. Challenge yourself to be uncomfortable, push past the apathy and laziness and fear. Otherwise, the next day you’re going to have two things you don’t want to do, then three and four and five, and pretty soon, you can’t even get back to the first thing. And then all you can do is beat yourself up for the mess you’ve created, and now you’ve got a mental barrier to go along with the physical barriers.”
― Tim S. Grover, Relentless: From Good to Great to Unstoppable

“...and flour in all forms has to be eliminated forever. Bread isn't the staff of life in these times. Rather it is the staff of death.”
― Blake F. Donaldson, Strong Medicine

“Isn't that what truth is? The force of a person's believing seeps into those around him- into the very earth and air and water- until there's nothing else.”
― Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Palace of Illusions

“Think for a long time whether or not you should admit a given person to your friendship. But when you have decided to do so, welcome him heart and soul, and speak as unreservedly with him as you would with yourself”
― Seneca, Letters from a Stoic