Topic: motivational quotes

Motivational Mantra: Kristin Armstrong On Setting A Positive (Running) Example

Motivational Mantra: Kristin Armstrong On Setting A Positive (Running) Example

The way I see it, the only way to run counter to our toxic image-centric society is to literally run by example. I can’t tell my daughters that beauty is an incidental side effect of living your passion rather than an adherence to socially prescribed standards. I can’t tell my son how to recognize and appreciate this kind of beauty in a woman. I have to show them, over and over again, mile after mile, until they feel the power of their own legs beneath them and catch the rhythm of their own strides. More »

Motivational Mantra: Laila Ali on Striving For Perfection

Motivational Mantra: Laila Ali on Striving For Perfection

I don’t strive to be perfect, I focus on my health and staying fit, and that makes me feel sexy. [...] An athlete looks at their body differently than the average person because we depend on our bodies to be strong and to do well in our respective sports. So, it is not about our bodies looking a certain way, it’s about our bodies performing the way we want them too. More »

Motivational Mantra: Martha Graham on Practicing For Perfection

Motivational Mantra: Martha Graham on Practicing For Perfection

I believe that we learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living, the principles are the same. In each, it is the performance of a dedicated precise set of acts, physical or intellectual, from which comes shape of achievement, a sense of one’s being, a satisfaction of spirit. One becomes, in some area, an athlete of God. More »