“The hallmark of all great journeys is the decision to walk directly into that which we would otherwise seek to escape.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“If your dream is manageable, it’s just a nice idea that’s pretending to be a dream.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Don’t talk to me about what you want to do. Talk to me about how you’re going to do it.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“I can wait for life to shape me in whatever manner it chooses. Or I can shape me to make life whatever… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“The most critical time in any battle is not when I’m fatigued, it’s when I no longer care.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“It’s not the genius of an idea that makes it great. Rather, it’s the courage to pursue it.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Only one tree remained standing in a field cleared of trees. Yet that never deterred it from being a tree.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“To ‘give up’ on the idea of ‘giving up’ is the first step in ‘getting up.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“It is not the presence of fear that bothers me. Rather, it is the cowardice within me that refuses to face the… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“I am led to believe that any summit is achieved simply through a series of steps. However, what I’ve failed to recognize… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“To refuse the sacrifice of the ascent is to miss the fact that the grandeur of the valley can only be fully… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Self-serving biases and self-centered agendas are cotton jammed in the ears of our conscience. Even if truth shouts, we can’t hear it.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“There’s nothing brave in pushing myself to the edge of my comfort zone. Bravery is about refusing to be in any kind… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“A real journey will demand that I put my shoes on, but then I’ve got to stand up and walk. And if… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Giving up is the naysayer within us proclaiming that heroes are the stuff of fiction and the thought of us ever being… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“The falls will come and I will lay prostrate on the cold hard pavement. But will I call the pavement a part… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“If you have not been driven to the end of yourself at some point in your life, it is likely that you… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Maybe the best way to think about something in a ‘new’ way is to believe enough in what we already know to… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Any dream that I am absolutely confident I can achieve should immediately be discarded for the simple reason that it is simply… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“A mountain is never measured by how tall it is. Rather, it is measured by how tall we will be once we… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Let me be strong, for to be anything else is to languish in the abyss of compromise and to descend to places… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“The mark of a short-sighted goal is that it is solely designed to achieve whatever needs to be achieved as a means… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“One man lives out his life beating his fears into submission, while another lives out his life letting his fears beat him… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“At the point that we can no longer see the dream, we need to have rehearsed it so many times that we… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Death is a reality that calls the rest of life and all of our assorted strivings into sharp relief.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share
“I’m not trying to save you from yourself. I’m trying to help you save yourself from yourself.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share
“The fact that I can get away with something is the very reason why I shouldn’t do it.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share
“Rather than being incensed by the nature of the bruise, maybe we should be inspired by the possibilities in the bruise.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share
“A ‘good’ father will tenderly cultivate his children. But a ‘good’ father who is also a ‘brave’ father will let the children without cultivate… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share
“To stand at the very moment when all seems lost is the point of insanity for the coward, but it is the home of… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share
“Thankfulness acknowledges that we can’t own anything, but we can experience everything. And just knowing that makes me thankful.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share
“Do not be fooled. Passive prayers hastily tossed out as some second-thought appeasement at those junctures when life’s more pressing duties benevolently grant us… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share
“Darkness is the absence of light. Therefore, darkness is always fleeing from where light is and scurrying off to where it is not. So… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share
“To recklessly excuse a failure is to believe that I’ve effectively erased it from the story of my life, when I’ve actually imprinted it… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share
“If I’m my biggest fan, the only person in the stadium is probably me.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share
