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I, Tarzan: Against All Odds I, Tarzan: Against All Odds by Jean-Philippe Soulé
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“An opportunity isn’t a free pass to success. It requires courage to try and a will to succeed.”
Jean-Philippe Soulé, I, Tarzan: Against All Odds
“Each experience, good or bad, joyful or painful, is a piece of the puzzle that makes up our lives. It’s up to us to choose how complex the puzzle will be.”
Jean-Philippe Soulé, I, Tarzan: Against All Odds
“It is in our toughest moments that we really discover who we are.”
Jean-Philippe Soulé, I, Tarzan: Against All Odds
“Feeling the need to be perfect is a curse. It didn’t make me perfect, it only prevented me from enjoying the moment because I couldn’t be satisfied with just being the best I could be.”
Jean-Philippe Soulé, I, Tarzan: Against All Odds
“I realized that despite society’s molds, we had choices. We, and only we, could decide the course of our lives. There would always be obstacles. Like a river meeting a boulder, we could go over it or around it — that decision was ours to make. Or we could take an entirely new course. Nothing was impossible.”
Jean-Philippe Soulé, I, Tarzan: Against All Odds
“I was stubborn, intent on following my own dreams because my parents said I couldn’t and shouldn’t, and because they never encouraged me.”
Jean-Philippe Soulé, I, Tarzan: Against All Odds
“Go faster. Push harder. This is not pain you feel. It’s pure pleasure. Come on, you can go even faster.”
Jean-Philippe Soulé, I, Tarzan: Against All Odds
“I didn’t want my life to be an occasional adventure. I wanted adventure to be my life.”
Jean-Philippe Soulé, I, Tarzan: Against All Odds
“Nothing ever comes easy. Some choices may require more effort or sacrifice than most people are willing to give or can even comprehend. Sometimes opportunities don’t exist; we have to create them. But we always have a choice. This is the Maze of Life. This is our life, and it’s never set in stone.
The adventure begins as soon as we start dreaming it.”
Jean-Philippe Soulé, I, Tarzan: Against All Odds
“Diving, I floated amid an entirely new ecosystem filled with creatures and vegetation that seemed to beckon me in. The responsibilities and worries of my life couldn’t penetrate the gleaming waters, offering me a weightlessness in both body and spirit.”
Jean-Philippe Soulé, I, Tarzan: Against All Odds
“I will always be grateful to Laura. She not only helped me see that I was as intelligent as I was athletic and that my failure within the school system was due only to poor guidance, but she truly believed in me and boosted my self-confidence in my intellectual abilities. She helped me recognize that cognitive challenges were the same as physical challenges: you learn, you train, and you set your own limits.”
Jean-Philippe Soulé, I, Tarzan: Against All Odds
“Life dreams aren’t fantasies for the imagination; they are real goals to pursue. I believed that my dreams could come to life if only I dreamed strong enough and put that same energy into trying to accomplish them. I wanted to live my dreams (or die trying).”
Jean-Philippe Soulé, I, Tarzan: Against All Odds
“Regardless of the outcome, each step we take toward following our dreams is a full day of life.”
Jean-Philippe Soulé, I, Tarzan: Against All Odds
“…cognitive challenges were the same as physical challenges: you learn, you train, and you set your own limits.”
Jean-Philippe Soulé, I, Tarzan: Against All Odds
“…cognitive challenges were the same as physical challenges: you learn, you train, and you set your own limits”
Jean-Philippe Soulé, I, Tarzan: Against All Odds
“Everything that seems impossible is possible. We’re all able to go twenty times beyond any boundaries we ever imagined. There are no limits to what we can achieve.”
Jean-Philippe Soulé, I, Tarzan: Against All Odds
“It’s the mind that will win or lose today. It’s all in the head.”
Jean-Philippe Soulé, I, Tarzan: Against All Odds
“Dreams aren’t fantasies to keep in the back of our mind, they are life goals to be pursued”
Jean-Philippe Soulé, I, Tarzan: Against All Odds