“I have always challenged myself and it's also important to learn from the rivals. Every rider has his own style, and you have to count on some elements that cannot be changed. On the contrary, the bike or the tires can change and it's important to adapt yourself. It's up to the rider to understand what he can change and how much he can adapt.”
Thoughtful feeling
Thoughtful Quotes — page 22 of 303
“Think... of the world you carry within you, and call this thinking whatever you want to: a remembering of your own childhood or a yearning toward a future of your own - only be attentive to what is arising within you, and place that above everything you perceive around you. What is happening in your innermost self is worthy of your entire love; somehow you must find a way to work at it.”
“Look not at the face, young girl, look at the heart. The heart of a handsome young man is often deformed. There are hearts in which love does not keep. Young girl, the pine is not beautiful; it is not beautiful like the poplar, but it keeps its foliage in winter.”
“Do not speak - unless it improves on silence.”
“Do you like what you're doing/would you do it some more/or will you stop once and wonder what you're doing it for?”
“Above all, don't lie to yourself.”
“Never look for birds of this year in the nests of the last.”
“Before you speak, it is necessary for you to listen, for God speaks in the silence of the heart.”
“You confuse what's important with what's impressive.”
“Let's not go and ruin it by thinking too much.”
“Some people like the Jews, and some do not. But no thoughtful man can deny the fact that they are, beyond any question, the most formidable and the most remarkable race which has appeared in the world.”
“Don't be too quick to draw conclusions from what happens to you; simply let it happen. Otherwise it will be too easy for you to look with blame... at your past, which naturally has a share with everything that now meets you.”
“We all must live our lives always feeling, always thinking the moment has arrived.”
“Let none find fault with others; let none see the omissions and commissions of others. But let one see one's own acts, done and undone.”
“Pay attention. Don't just stagger through the day.”
“I cannot see what flowers are at my feet, Nor what soft incense hangs upon the boughs, But, in embalmed darkness, guess each sweet.”
“The difference between appreciation and flattery? That is simple. One is sincere and the other insincere. One comes from the heart out; the other from the teeth out. One is unselfish; the other selfish. One is universally admired; the other universally condemned.”
“A voice is such a deep, personal reflection of character.”
“Cultivate your own garden and let go of your tendency to examine and judge how others cultivate theirs. Catch yourself in moments of gossip about how others ought to be living and rid yourself of thoughts about how they should be doing it this way, or how they have no right to live and think as they do. Stay busy and involved in your own projects and pursuits.”
“Cramming seeks to stamp things in by intense application immediately before the ordeal. But a thing thus learned can form but few associations.”