Quotes About Progress

There is only one way to learn," the alchemist answered. "It's through action.

Now all the mountains had been conquered and astronauts had walked in space. There were no more islands on earth—no matter how small—left to be discovered.

Keep the bicycle moving, because if you stop pedalling, you will fall off.

We may think at times that the only thing life offers us tomorrow, is to repeat everything we did today. But if we pay close attention, we will see that no two days are alike.

The secret is here in the present. If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it. And, if you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better..

What is learning: accumulating knowledge? Or transforming our lives?

love is just a further impetus, not something that will prevent us going forward. We do not realize that those who genuinely wish us well want us to be happy and are prepared to accompany us on that journey.

But never hold back from firing the arrow if all that paralyzes you is fear of making a mistake. If you ave made the right movements, open your hand and release the string. Even if the arrow fails to hit the target, you will learn how to improve your aim next time. If you never take a risk, you will never know what changes you need to make. Each arrow leaves a memory in your heart, and it is the sum of those memories that will make you shoot better and better.

If there was no change, there would be no universe.

The feet of labourers, pilgrims and explorers smoothed these stones. The stones were changed and the travellers were too.

I, too, get scared, but it's at such moments that I discover a wisdom that is beyond me, and I go forward.

If you only walk on sunny days you'll never reach your denstination.

Do something instead of killing time, because time is killing you.

The act of living one's own destiny includes a series of stages that are far beyond our understanding, whose objective is always to... make us learn the lessons necessary to fulfill our own destiny.

Ksatria cahaya kadang-kadang berperilaku seperti air, mengalir memutari penghalang jalannya. Aliran air sungai menyesuaikan diri dengan alur apa pun yang tampak mungkin, tetapi sang sungai tak pernah melupakan tujuannya, yakni laut. Meskipun sangat rapuh dari sumber mata airnya, perlahan tapi pasti dia mengumpulkan kekuatan demi kekuatan dari sungai-sungai lain yang dijumpainya.

When you can't go back, you only have to worry about the best way of moving forward.

Pick a kettlebell that works you without killing you. Once a month try a conservative max. Let me know how you do on the dragondoor.com discussion site.

This is how powerlifting world champion Donnie Thompson swings. This is kime. Thompson took his deadlift from 766 to 832, and added 100 pounds to his bench press in nine months with hard style kettlebell training.

7. BUILD UP THE TRAINING LOAD GRADUALLY USING COMMON SENSE, AND LISTEN TO YOUR BODY.

Never go to failure but vary the difficulty of your sets. For example, your estimated best in the side press is four reps. Some sets do one or two reps, others three. Play by the seat of your pants.

Do not freak out about training the same movement or the same body part for two or more days in a row. It is a standard operating procedure among Russian athletes. For example, the Russian National Powerlifting Team benches up to eight times a week. The key to successful frequent training is constant variation of the loading variables: weights, reps, sets, rest periods, tempo, exercise order, exercise selection, etc.

Do not be afraid to push into slight overtraining and then back off with lighter workouts. As a Lithuanian saying goes, "A river with a dam has more power.

Liberation is a constant struggle. And this is a new year.

Discomfort is always a necessary part of the process of enlightenment.