The pain… is your friend.
The pain is the way.
Pain is the door to growth.
Pushing through pain leads to strength.
Learn to love the pain, and you will become unstoppable.
Because you get what you earn
Because there is no reward without sacrifice
Because you never get something for nothing
Because…
We become what we think about.
There are no shortcuts to character. Character defines a person, what they achieve and what they manifest and what they become.
Thoughts become actions
Actions become habits
Habits become character
Character becomes destiny.
The biggest lie of our culture is that there are shortcuts.
That you can buy your way to dreams and goals.
That you can outsmart hard work and character development.
There are no shortcuts to anything worthwhile.
If it doesn’t challenge you, it doesn’t change you. If it doesn’t change you, then you remain the same. And if you remain the same, then you are where you started, and there is no progress.
Doing the hard work, the uncomfortable work, enduring discomfort, pushing through the struggle rather than finding a way around… is the key to progress.
Facing the pain. Confronting fears. Looking your fears in the eye, and standing tall, head up, eyes penetrating the darkness, prepared to fight through it, to become greater and stronger than whatever is in your way, is THE way.
Life is a battleground.
The battleground is in the mind.
The mind is the battle ground.
Not people, not circumstances.
Personal fears, emotional obstacles, mental barriers. These are the enemy. This is where darkness exists.
Developing your inner world— cultivating right thoughts, right attitude, right state of mind, proper wisdom— ignites the flame that illuminates darkness, and provides the courage to boldly venture forth, into the dark valleys, to conquer the next mountain in your way.
Progress does not begin until there is pain.
Only when the struggle begins does the journey begin.
Everything else is a charade.
It only counts when it begins to hurt.
The ability to persist through the pain, and endure, and overcome in spite of the pain, is the greatest ability, and the embodiment of ultimate willpower, the greatest tool in our arsenal.
Will Power is mind over matter.
The mind is the master.
Not the body. Not the world. Not others. Not circumstances.
The mind is the master. The mind decides where we are going.
The will is the extension of the mind to persist, to overcome, to dominate.
There is nothing a properly trained mind can not overcome.
The mind is the master. Not the pain. Not the fears. Not the hurt.
Master the mind, and you master the world.
The gym is a metaphor for life.
Progress only occurs in proportion to the struggle we endure.
The longer we endure the struggle, the stronger we become.
Anyone can lift weights. Anyone can move their body. Most people go through the motions and they never challenge themselves, never decide to push through the discomfort. And they never change, and never grow.
To grow, in athletics or gym or in life, you only begin counting when it hurts.
The amount of time you spend pushing through the pain, every additional rep, every additional second of hurt, is the only payment that earns strength.
Everything else is a charade, an act of deception, for yourself or others.
Change and growth and strength and development happens when we learn to love the pain, and embrace the pain, and see it as our greatest ally, rather than our enemy.
The pain is the way.
It highlights where we need to grow, where we are weak. It exposes our shortcomings.
Recognizing pain as a teacher allows us to step toward it, rather than away from it.
Every step toward pain, we become stronger. And the pain becomes less controlling.
We train the mind to be the master.
William Dare 