Maffetone Quotes & Sayings

There are three qualities a leader must exemplify to build trust: competence, connection, and character. — John C. Maxwell

I have a system with bathrooms. I spend a lot of time in them. They are sanctuaries, public places of peace spaced throughout the world for people like me. — Ned Vizzini

The false prophets of Communism predict a utopian society. — Ezra Taft Benson

She was too proud to eat her share of what little food we had. She told me she had. She swore she did. But every time I complained about being so hungry it hurt, she always offered me a nut or a partially rotted turnip, claiming she had just found two and already ate hers."

Rose sniffled and wiped her eyes again.

"After she was gone, I left my pride in that little hut and begged my way to Medford. I'd do anything. Once you've spent an afternoon chasing a fly around your house for dinner, once you've eaten spiders whole and drooled over worms found while burying your mother with your bare hands, there's nothing beneath you. All I wanted was to live-I'd forgotten everything else. A clod of dirt doesn't have dreams. A bit of broken stone doesn't understand hope. Each morning, all I wanted was to see the next dawn. — Michael J. Sullivan

See, this is why I can't ever be in command," she said. "Don't like making tough calls with incomplete information?" "More I'm not suicidally irresponsible," she replied, — James S.A. Corey

Preservation of life is the only true joy. — Albert Schweitzer

Senorita was fun to sing, but I don't really have a favorite. When you write a bunch of songs, they're like your babies. You don't pick favorites. — Justin Timberlake

The blessing is not about being able to receive as much as it is being in a position to give back to others. — Justin Bieber

Dangerous Visions, which had, almost single-handedly, changed the way readers thought about science fiction. Since Ellison had been at least partially successful — Al Sarrantonio

Life, I fancy, would very often be insupportable, but for the luxury of self-compassion. — George Gissing

The secret of success in life is the persistent practice of making choices. — Debasish Mridha

For thousands of years, we've insisted that art can make us better people. Unless a brief can be fashioned that, by its very nature, art appeals only to the best in people and never the darkness, which defies both logic and intuition, then we have to acknowledge that art can make some of us worse. — Steve Erickson

If something is to stay in the memory it must be burned in: only that which never ceases hurting stays in the memory. — Friedrich Nietzsche

A man says to me, 'Can you explain the seven trumpets of the Revelation?' No, but I can blow one in your ear, and warn you to escape from the wrath to come. — Charles Spurgeon

By measuring an athlete during all aspects of training, I made the important discovery that anaerobic stimulation, which can come from any anaerobic workout and any physical, chemical, or mental lifestyle stress, had the potential to interfere with the development of the aerobic system, thereby reducing endurance potential. An important aspect of building the aerobic base, I quickly learned, is that during this process, anaerobic training should be minimized - ideally eliminated - from the training schedule. And, athletes need to become more aware of how stress affects them. — Philip Maffetone