Phaedrus Quotes

You have to be like a clock spring, wound but not loose at the same time.

The bow too tensely strung is easily broken.

You will soon break the bow if you keep it always stretched.

Much bending breaks the bow; much unbending the mind.

I've always believed in having a sense of balance and stealth.

We must never bend too much.

Do not be too hard, lest you be broken; do not be too soft, lest you be squeezed.

I think I am disciplined when I need to be, and relax when I can.

I really have always thought of myself as somebody who lives in the middle of the wheel and is able to go to the extreme, to the outside of the wheel in any direction. The best case scenario for me is to be able to be centered and then go out.

Not that being so mature is a bad thing, but there are times to be mature and there are times to be loose.

Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.

You can't take yourself too seriously.

For all your days be prepared, and meet them ever alike. When you are the anvil, bear - when you are the hammer, strike.

Maybe I am conservative, but I like to have a little fun, too.

There is always tension in women's gymnastics between athleticism, grace, performance, and eros.

All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.

Never give up, which is the lesson I learned from boxing. As soon as you learn to never give up, you have to learn the power and wisdom of unconditional surrender, and that one doesn't cancel out the other; they just exist as contradictions. The wisdom of it comes as you get older.

We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.

Parents walk a fine line between discipline and grace - values have to hold even when circumstances change or call for compromise or compassion. It's the ultimate challenge to be both firm and fluid, soft and strong, yielding yet rock solid.

I take it to be a principle rule of life, not to be too much addicted to any one thing.

The bow cannot always stand bent, nor can human frailty subsist without some lawful recreation.

You cannot prepare enough for anything.

The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world.

I bend but do not break.

You have to train hard and be strong while staying flexible and limber, so I'm trying to find that balance.