Gostomski Fieldhouse Quotes & Sayings

Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts. — Dan Gable

While you sit
Like a rain puddle in hell
Knitting the socks
Of your life. — Charles Simic

P.C. Hodgell said - That which can be destroyed by the truth should be. Do not flinch from experiences that might destroy your beliefs. The thought you cannot think controls you more than thoughts you speak aloud. Submit yourself to ordeals and test yourself in fire. Relinquish the emotion which rests upon a mistaken belief, and seek to feel fully that emotion which fits the facts. If the iron approaches your face, and you believe it is hot, and it is cool, the Way opposes your fear. If the iron approaches your face, and you believe it is cool, and it is hot, the Way opposes your calm. Evaluate your beliefs first and then arrive at your emotions. Let yourself say - If the iron is hot, I desire to believe it is hot, and if it is cool, I desire to believe it is cool. — Eliezer Yudkowsky

Old age robs you of every last illusion, even the belief in your own goodness. — Jill Ciment

When all is said and done, everyone should be able to look back on their life and know that they made it exactly as they wanted it to be. — A.J. Darkholme

I don't like the term 'ensemble.' It's bland to me. — Lorenzo Di Bonaventura

I know, too, that death is the only god who comes when you call. — Roger Zelazny

A good, sympathetic review is always a wonderful surprise. — Joyce Carol Oates