Wednesday, April 30, 2014

However many springs you have given to you, take advantage of them all. Whatever you do, don't just drift. Take advantage of every day, read every book you can read, learn every skill you can learn. —Jim Rohn



Make excuses to be grateful.


Sure power corrupts, which means you need to ramp up your compassion as your status elevates. Compassion is an ego deflation device and connects you to the suffering of others. That makes you realize your connection to all beings.

"No one is untouchable" -Alan Omer


"You will know me from the scars I bare. The ground that shakes, the hush over the crowd, the victims I take, and the fight I bring." —Amanda Bell


Interview with Michelle Waterson







"Every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there, on the mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam." -Carl Sagan


''The hardest part of training is showing up. Once I get to the gym everything else is out of sight out of mind. The hardest part is just showing up." —Tuzer Chism


From the Buddhist perspective, anger is just another inefficient mental habit, neither more nor less significant than boredom, self-pity or stinginess. —Robert Mann


"I never found anger to make a situation better" —Randy Pausch


"I'm a firm believer that pain is a good learning tool." —Jim Miller


Interview with Jeff Aronson, CEO of Titan Fighting Championships


"I really got to know myself better, and people around me." —Misha Cirkunov on lessons from MMA



Look at anger as a red light. Stop. You don't need to get mad at the red light, try and destroy it, and feel compelled to charge forward and do something hasty when you see a red light. Just stop. Don't act. Use the red light to stop and as a reminder to breath. Let the anger simmer down and proceed.


Tuesday, April 29, 2014

"I got a mind-view like I can't let it get to me, because then I get hurt and depressed. So I just keep my mind high positive." -Jahmel Binion on being teased

"Hug don't judge." —Jahmel Binion


Thus the spiritual truth is that if you change that perception, if you change the way you look at it, then the entire world, the entire creation, changes for you. The universe will reflect what you want to see. In the ancient holy book, the Talmud, is a verse that states, “We see the world not as it is but as we are. Thus, as you keep changing, the world keeps changing for you. The world is nothing but a mirror reflecting back to you what is inside you already. —Vikas Malkani


Greatness oozes from you in every moment.


Sometimes the best way of helping out is to not help out.


Tyrese Gibson Quotes




Awaken the beast inside. —Tyrese Gibson


Excuses sound best to the person that's making them up. —Tyrese Gibson


Either you stop talking and REALLY get serious about your life, career and dreams... Or you're gonna keep waking up at 6am everyday to work for someone else who DID!!! —Tyrese Gibson


I must strive to be positive and successful. I dream of reaching for the stars and creating my own destiny. I will not waste the time I am given on this earth. I want to look back with a smile and say "yes, I did that". -John Wayne Parr

"My future accomplishments will determine how proud I look at my past" -John Wayne Parr


A champion is in a state of permanent creativity, in that the gates of the mind have to be open in order to win. A champion will shun any form of discourse based on anger, and will always have an alternative discourse, based on hope and optimism. -Charles Bennet


"Self-confident people interpret feedback the way they choose to." — Ivan Joseph

Failure is a matter of perspective. -Josh Parisian



"Breathe! Open your wings to the universal sky of love within! You are immortal, beautiful, free, divine, humble and loyal." -Rudy Morales

Stand tall. Stand tall in victory. Stand tall in defeat. Stand tall for the sake of standing tall.

The easiest way to make money is create something of such value that everybody wants and go out and give and create value. The money comes automatically. —Jordan Belfort

Where there is no path, make your own.


Feed your subconscious mind with empowering, powerful, and positive thoughts. They are like seeds which will ripen in the right season.

Subconscious Mind, Positive Thoughts

"I'm capable of doing anything I want to do, as long as I put my mind to it and I work hard for it." —Timothy Bradley


"I believe a true fighter is a person that always steps up, gives her heart, gives everything." -Marloes Coenen


"If you have the opportunity to play this game of life you need to appreciate every moment. A lot of people don't appreciate their moment until it's passed." —Kanye West



You could do it too. You could have whatever it is you want, go out and get it. —Pharrell Williams


I'll be a student until I die. —Pharrell Williams







Loving-kindness is the wish that oneself and others may find happiness and the causes of happiness. Compassion is the wish that oneself and others may be free of suffering and the causes of suffering. Empathetic joy is taking delight in others' joys and virtues. Equanimity is a sense of impartial caring for all beings. —B. Alan Wallace



"Wealth is of the heart and the mind and not of the pocket."



"You don't have failures, you have research and development. You just have to change your perspective. There's no such thing as a failure." —Pharrell Williams


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