Jireh Tice

“When you are willing to do that which you despise to attain that which you desire, you will have achieved self-discipline. William G. Alston”
― William G. Alston, Four Keys to the Natural Anabolic State: The Pathway to Health, Fitness, Faith, and a Huge Competitive Edge

“I weep over everything--the loss of the lap where I once lay, the death of the hand I was given, the arms to embrace me that I never found, the shoulder to lean on that I never had. And the day that breaks definitively, the grief that breaks in me like the naked truth of day, all that I dreamed or thought or forgot--all of this, like an amalgam of shadows, fictions and regrets, blends into the wake of the passing worlds and falls among the things of life like the skeleton of a bunch of grapes, filched by young boys and eaten on the street corner.”
― Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

“To train the body is to honor the temple that houses the spirit, fortifying it against the storms of life.”
― Aloo Denish Obiero

“Did you think a wishing well would be full of noble feelings? A wish is pure desire, Lizzy. You're old enough to know that people seldom want what's good for them. Or anyone else, for that matter.”
― Jake Wyatt, The Well