Motivational Locker Quotes & Sayings

In The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Tereza lives with Tomas, but her love requires mobilization of all her strength, and suddenly she can't go on, she longs to retreat down below, to where she came from. And I ask myself: What is happening with her? And this is the answer I find: She is overcome by vertigo. But what is vertigo? I look for a definition and I say: "A heady, insuperable longing to fall." But immediately I correct myself, I sharpen the definition: Vertigo is "the intoxication of the weak. Aware of his weakness, a man decides to give in rather than stand up to it. He is drunk with weakness, wishes to grow even weaker, wishes to fall down in the middle of the main square in front of everybody, wishes to be down, lower than down. Vertigo is one of the keys to understanding Tereza — Milan Kundera

Why, Wally," he said. "Except for leaving out the part where Tom continues to be a homicidal maniac, it's all the truth. — Donald E. Westlake

Nature is not static, but causes its own, internally-generated changes - both in climate and in biological systems. — Roy Spencer

I am a movie fan across the board, though, so if a movie is well done then I love it and it does not really matter what the genre is. — Tania Raymonde

Love meant jumping off a cliff and trusting that a certain person would be there to catch you at the bottom. — Jodi Picoult

It is said that courage isn't the absence of fear but the fortitude to confront fear. And as long as homophobia continues to be an accepted element of the locker room culture and homophobic language a coach's motivational tool, we can never dismiss the courage it takes for an athlete-on any level-to be openly gay. Bobby Blair may not be a household name, but his journey-from frightened collegiate athlete to empowered advocate-is one that has an important lesson for anyone who believes in the unifying power of sports. — LZ Granderson

Elegance isn't solely defined by what you wear. It's how you carry yourself, how you speak, what you read. — Carolina Herrera

They are mad men (Jews), but you should not burn them for that. — Voltaire