Petie's Quotes

Quotes to run and live by:

The next two quotes are about the epic battle at Thermopylae in 480 B.C.
'If 100,000 Persians can lose to 300 Spartans, than 300 runners can lose to you.' -John Calo
Although extraordinary valor was displayed by the entire corps of Spartans and Thespaians, yet bravest of all was declared the Spartan Dienekes. It is said that on the eve of battle, he was told by a native of Trachis that the Persian archers were so numberous that, when they fired their volleys, the mass of arrows blocked out the sun. Dienekes, however, quite undaunted by this prospect, remarked with a laugh, 'Good. then we'll have our battle in the shade.' -Herodotus, The Histories
Any path is only a path, and there is no affront, to oneself or to others, in dropping it if that is what your heart tells you...Look at every path closely and deliberately. Try i as many times as you think necessary. Then ask yourself, and yourself alone, one question...Does this path have a heart? If it does, the path is good; if it doesn't it is of no use. ~Carlos Castaneda, The Teachings of Don Juan