Garth Stein Quotes

I think it rather fine, this necessity for the tense bracing of the will before anything worth doing can be done. I rather like it myself. I feel it is to be the chief thing that differentiates me from the cat by the fire.

We are all capable of infinitely more than we believe. We are stronger and more resourceful than we know, and we can endure much more than we think we can.

Do not be discouraged by the resistance you will encounter from your human nature; you must go against your human inclinations. Often, in the beginning, you will think that you are wasting time, but you must go on, be determined and persevere in it until death, despite all the difficulties.

The test of your character is what it takes to stop you.

I know I'm a champion. I know I've got it in me, they can't stop me.

True endurance, I think, comes from the inside. It comes from motivation and belief in what you're doing.

To watch people push themselves further than they think they can, it's a beautiful thing. It's really human.

Going in one more round when you don't think you can - that's what makes all the difference in your life.

In life when we feel we have reached a limit, that is when the true battle begins. Just when you despair and think it is impossible to go any further, will you become apathetic, or will you say it's not over and stand up with an unyielding spirit? The battle is decided by this single determination.

Do you think a champion is made out of thin air? It’s through the hardships you endure that you’ll gain real strength.

I think willpower is very valuable.

What you're going to be asked to do is bigger than what you think you can do. It's always bigger than what you think you can handle, but you're never going to be given something you can't handle.

The body is only a tool of the mind. What the mind dictates the body will have to obey. Now I do not even think of water. I do not miss it at all.... I see I can do anything.

Nothing that I can encounter today can be as bad as what is behind me. There are small things that used to upset me, but now I just think: Who cares?

At times to think of one's outer helplessness is good, but to think always of one's inner strength is infinitely better.

I think we all strive to push ourselves, to overcome our struggles. And when we do, we get to know ourselves better.

A perspective that allows you to consistently make decisions based on the right set of criteria. Positivity and forward thinking. I work on that one every day, and every day I get a little better. Better at knowing that there is no obstacle that I cannot overcome. Nothing I can be faced with that I won't grow mentally stronger and wiser from having endured.

Self-discipline is crucial to a simpler, more contented life.

I never for one minute questioned what I had to do. I did not think for one minute that I didn't have what I had. If just didn't dawn on me. And so if you know what you have, then you know that there's nobody on earth that can affect you.

I don't look at the criticism anymore. If somebody calls me fat, even in a vulnerable moment, I laugh to myself and think, I'm doing everything I can, so there's nothing I can do about it.

Your soul never asks you to endure anything you can't handle.

Adversity can strengthen you if you have the will to grind it out.

I really think a champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can recover when they fall

If I can live through this, he thought, I can live through anything. If I can live through this, I WILL live through anything.

When you think life is tough, it can get a lot tougher.