Cameron Lumley

“Fear doesn't go away. The warrior and the artist live by the same code of necessity, which dictates that the battle must be fought anew every day.” Steven Pressfield

"Nothing, to my way of thinking, is a better proof of a well ordered mind than a man's ability to stop just where is and pass some time in his own company." Seneca

“In fact, ‘talent’ is as common as mud. What’s rare is the motivation to sit down and actually do something with one’s talent, the discipline to do it regularly, and the persistence to stick with it until it’s finished.” Patricia C. Wrede

“People look for retreats for themselves, in the country, by the coast, or in the hills...There is nowhere that a person can find a more peaceful and trouble-free retreat than in his own mind...So constantly give yourself this retreat, and renew yourself.” Marcus Aurelius

"Give yourself fully to your endeavors. Decide to construct your character through excellent actions and determine to pay the price of a worthy goal. The trials you encounter will introduce you to your strengths." Epictetus

"If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin." -Ivan Turgenev

It may feel overwhelming. You might curse your fate and ask ‘why!?’ But perhaps it is simply the minimum effective amount of resistance to teach you the lesson at the depth you need to learn it.

Disdain things you cannot have: Ignoring them is the best revenge.

Do not try to bypass the work of discovering your calling or imagine that it will simply come to you naturally. Although it may come to a few people early in life or in a lightning-bolt moment, for most of us it requires continual introspection and effort

13.1 for St. Jude. Thanks to everyone who worked to make it a great marathon! #stjude

“If a man knows not to which port he sails no wind is favorable.” Seneca

So Ready!

"He would just, all of a sudden out of the blue look over to me like, ‘By the way, don’t do drugs! Really messed up my brain! I’m serious. Do not do them.’ I was like ‘OK!’ That stuck with me,” said actor Matthew Lawrence. huffp.st/qfwrwjU

So much truth.

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Re-create yourself.

"Every thought a person dwells upon, whether he expresses it or not, either damages or improves his life." Lucy Mallory

Re-create yourself.

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