Literary or inspirational quotations
loneswimmer
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This discussion was created from comments split from: The essential aphorisms of marathon swimming.
The aphorisms thread is intended to be a collection of the essential distillation of the marathon community's knowledge, wisdom and wit. Some fall between two stools but I've made a quick effort to put each where appropriate.
The aphorisms thread is intended to be a collection of the essential distillation of the marathon community's knowledge, wisdom and wit. Some fall between two stools but I've made a quick effort to put each where appropriate.
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“Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.” - Oscar Wilde
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Sisu: a Finnish term meaning strength of will, determination, perseverance, and acting rationally in the face of adversity.
"Do something everyday that scares you" Eleanor Roosevelt.
Don't know who said it.
"I never met a shark I didn't like"
Milko
https://db.marathonswimmers.org/p/milko-van-gool/
@sharkbaitza
Sure it is an inspirational quotation, especially when shown in swirly white font overlayed on a background of tropical beach, but please appreciate the irony. This exchange from Seven Gothic Tales is about jumping off a bridge, or not, as it may be. I suspect this context could be more appropriate to marathon swimming than in the tropical beach context.
I don't wear a wetsuit; it gives the ocean a sporting chance.
-- Captain Benjamin Willard, Apocalypse Now
"Of every 100 men they send me, 80 of them are nothing but targets and 10 more should not even be here. Of the 10 that are left, 9 of them are real fighters and we are lucky to have them for they make the battle. Ah, but the one, one of them is a warrior and he I must find for he will bring the others back and he the battle wins."
-- Heraclites, Roman Commander, 500 BC
"Adversity introduces a man to himself."
-- Unknown
"Lights go out and I can't be saved
Tides that I tried to swim against
Have brought be down upon my knees
Oh I beg, I beg and plead..."
"No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable."
Adjust as gender appropriate.
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because we do not dare that they are difficult." -Seneca
Nanaimo Ocean Swim - http://www.viendurance.net/nanaimo-ocean-swim/
"Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering"
I fear the 50 free.
"breakfast tacos?" -- A passing cyclist correctly identifying my freshly exposed stomach contents half way up a particularly challenging climb in the grueling Leakey Death Ride, circa 1997
"Lights go out and I can't be saved
Tides that I tried to swim against
Have brought be down upon my knees
Oh I beg, I beg and plead..."
The Toadies