#stance

Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board. ↗

— Zora Neale Hurston

#distance #every #man #ships #wish

To be able to live and train in Iraq under these circumstances you need to be brave. ↗

— Dana Hussein

#be brave #brave #circumstances #iraq #live

Resist much, obey little. ↗

— Walt Whitman

#resistance

Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound. ↗

— James Allen

#bound #circumstances #improve #men #remain

The only substance properly so called is the soul. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

#only #properly #soul #substance

A wisp of gossamer, about the size and substance of a spider's web. ↗

— Monica Baldwin

#size #spider #substance #web #wisp

Never under any circumstances take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night. ↗

— Dave Barry

#circumstances #never #night #pill #same

Few new truths have ever won their way against the resistance of established ideas save by being overstated. ↗

— Isaiah Berlin

#being #established #ever #few #ideas

I've learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our disposition and not on our circumstances. ↗

— Martha Washington

#disposition #experience #happiness #misery #experience

I'm trying to focus on the 100 and 200 breaststroke now. There's no point concentrating on the 50 when it's not in the Olympics. I'm not going to quit the 50 but it's not my priority any more. I'll do it but as part of my bid for gold at the other distances. ↗

— Cameron van der Burgh

#bid #concentrating #distances #focus #going