“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can, and Wisdom to know the difference.”
—Reinhold Niebuhr 1892-1971
“Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious. And however difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. It matters that you don’t just give up.”
― Stephen Hawking
"I wish it need not have happened in my time" said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us"
— JRR Tolkien
“I lift up my eyes to the mountains— where does my help come from?
My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.”
—Psalm 121
"All of me, in every moment"
"When you're obsessive, like me, searching for something unattainable can become unhealthy... it's like falling through the air and grabbing at the clouds."
--Jonny Wilkinson
If you can meet with triumph and disaster, and treat both those two imposters just the same
—Rudyard Kipling, "If"
"Get a bike"
——Dame Laura Kenny (Olympic cyclist)
"If you are stressed, anxious, complaining, argumentative, feeling burdened and see everything as negative in your off-court life, how can you expect to be calm, balanced, rational, grateful, and motivated when the pressure is intensified on the squash court during a difficult match? "
—-Jesse Engelbrecht (Squash coach)
For me the teachings of Christ and my own personal accountability before God provide a framework in which I try to lead my life
——HRH Queen Elizabeth II
1926-2022
오늘 걷지 않으면 내일은 뛰어야 한다
"If you don't walk today, then you'll have to run tomorrow"
——old Korean proverb