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Thomas Merton once wrote, “Solitude is to be preserved, not as a luxury but as a necessity: not for ‘perfection’ so much as for simple ‘survival’ in the life God has given you.”9
“Yet a part of you still believes you can fight and survive no matter what your mind knows. It's not so strange. Where there's still life, there's still hope. What happens is up to God.”
― Devil at My Heels: A Heroic Olympian's Astonishing Story of Survival as a Japanese POW in World War II
― Devil at My Heels: A Heroic Olympian's Astonishing Story of Survival as a Japanese POW in World War II
“All I want to tell young people is that you're not going to be anything in life unless you learn to commit to a goal. You have to reach deep within yourself to see if you are willing to make the sacrifices.”
― Devil at My Heels: A Heroic Olympian's Astonishing Story of Survival as a Japanese POW in World War II
― Devil at My Heels: A Heroic Olympian's Astonishing Story of Survival as a Japanese POW in World War II
“I'd made it this far and refused to give up because all my life I had always finished the race.”
― Devil at My Heels: A Heroic Olympian's Astonishing Story of Survival as a Japanese POW in World War II
― Devil at My Heels: A Heroic Olympian's Astonishing Story of Survival as a Japanese POW in World War II
“Someone who doesn't make the (Olympic) team might weep and collapse. In my day no one fell on the track and cried like a baby. We lost gracefully. And when someone won, he didn't act like he'd just become king of the world, either. Athletes in my day were simply humble in our victory.
I believe we were more mature then...Maybe it's because the media puts so much pressure on athletes; maybe it's also the money. In my day we competed for the love of the sport...In my day we patted the guy who beat us on the back, wished him well, and that was it.”
― Devil at My Heels: A Heroic Olympian's Astonishing Story of Survival as a Japanese POW in World War II
I believe we were more mature then...Maybe it's because the media puts so much pressure on athletes; maybe it's also the money. In my day we competed for the love of the sport...In my day we patted the guy who beat us on the back, wished him well, and that was it.”
― Devil at My Heels: A Heroic Olympian's Astonishing Story of Survival as a Japanese POW in World War II
“With the ease of long familiarity, they slipped into the hallowed in-between place which is prayer, one foot firmly in the world, and another on a higher plane. The spoke to God, they walked with Yeshua (Jesus), they heard from the Spirit. They were filled, once more, with the wonder of the Father, who loved them and rejoiced over them.”
― Daughter of Rome
― Daughter of Rome
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