prepare my mind for life itself

The sole reason I work out like I do isn't to prepare for and win ultra races. I don't have an athletic motive at all. It's to prepare my mind for life itself. Life will always be the most grueling endurance sport, and when you train hard, get uncomfortable, and callous your mind, you will become a more versatile competitor, trained to find a way forward no matter what. Because there will be times when life comes at you like a sledgehammer. Sometimes life hits you dead in the heart.

David Goggins

Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds - Clean Edition. Lioncrest. 2020. p.256

any questions?

What’s the usual response to “Any questions?” at the end of a PowerPoint presentation? Awkward silence? Guardian journalist Rosie Ifould explains why:

“It’s too open-ended; too many possibilities abound. ‘‘What do you think about X?’ might be a more specific way of encouraging someone to talk.”

Conversation analysts at UCLA also looked at how doctors use “any” versus “some” as they were finishing their patient consultations. They found that patients responded with more information to the question,

“Is there something else I can do for you today?” than if they were asked, “Is there anything else?”

There is no limit to the number of any. It’s easier to connect with and respond to a request for one something than a more abstract anything.

Will Jelbert

"How many of these top 10 pieces of ‘word trash’ are you guilty of using?" Fast Company. November 4, 2020

a place that remains unchanged

There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.

Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela: A Leader for Freedom, by Kekla Magoon. ABDO Publishing Company. 2008. p.33.  As found in 2022 Great Quotes From Great Leaders Boxed Calendar: 365 Inspirational Quotes From Leaders Who Shaped the World. 

to be stronger men

Oh, do not pray for easy lives; pray to be stronger men! Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers; pray for powers equal to your tasks! Then the doing of your work will be no miracle. But you shall be a miracle. 

Phillips Brooks

Christ the Life and Light. Dutton. 1905. p. 209.  As found in 2022 Great Quotes From Great Leaders Boxed Calendar: 365 Inspirational Quotes From Leaders Who Shaped the World. 

a man with enthusiasm

I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm than a man who knows everything.

John D. Rockefeller

John D. Rockefeller on Making Money: Advice and Words of Wisdom on Building and Sharing Wealth. Skyhorse Publishing. 2015.  As found in 2022 Great Quotes From Great Leaders Boxed Calendar: 365 Inspirational Quotes From Leaders Who Shaped the World.