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Peak performance is meditation in motion. -- Greg Louganis
Peak performers replace depletion with inspiration on a daily basis. -- Robin Sharma
Peak performers see the ability to manage change as a necessity in fulfilling thier missions. -- Charles Garfield
Peak performance begins with your taking complete responsibility for your life and everything that happens to you. -- Brian Tracy
Between Peaks There Are Always Valleys. How You Manage Your Valley Determines How Soon You Reach Your Next Peak. -- Spencer Johnson
My first job ever was on 'Peak Practice.' I just had to walk up the stairs. They kept the take where I slipped slightly, which was annoying. -- Vicky McClure
The concept of 'peak oil' has penetrated the hearts and minds of people concerned about energy for the future. 'Peak fish' occurred around the end of the 1980s. -- Sylvia Earle
Goodbye Darcy, goodbye Jean, goodbye stone cottage, scratchy towels, fields of wildflowers; good bye gorgeous Peak District ... OK English People, for your own good, get off the roads, here we come! -- Susan Branch
Peak performers develop powerful mental images of the behavior that will lead to the desired results. They see in their mind's eye the result they want, and the actions leading to it. -- Charles Garfield
The citadel of Machaerus rose east of the Dead Sea on a basalt Peak shaped like a cone, girdled by four deep valleys; two about its sides, one in front, and the fourth behind. -- Gustave Flaubert
Cold morning on Aztec Peak Fire Lookout. First, build fire in old stove. Second, start coffee. Then, heat up last night's pork chops and spinach for breakfast. Why not? And why the hell not? -- Edward Abbey
I constructed a laboratory in the neighborhood of Pike's Peak. The conditions in the pure air of the Colorado Mountains proved extremely favorable for my experiments, and the results were most gratifying to me. -- Nikola Tesla
Peak oil: The over-populated UK's ability to feed and supply itself for our privileged lifestyle requires the land and resources of other nations. Against a background of depleting oil resources, this is a dangerous strategy -- Phil Harding
I grew up climbing mountains in Montana and Wyoming and my wife and I were engaged on top of a mountain peak: Hyalite Peak in Montana. It was a 15-mile hike to get to the top of that, round-trip - thankfully, she said yes. -- Steve Daines
Once you get over that peak of puberty, you hit a nice stride. -- Claire Danes
One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak. -- Gilbert K. Chesterton
I do believe that the genre reached its peak before the First World War. -- Robyn Davidson
Zeal is a volcano, the peak of which the grass of indecisiveness does not grow. -- Khalil Gibran
We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started. -- Henry Ward Beecher
Men reach their sexual peak at eighteen. Women reach theirs at thirty-five. Do you get the feeling that God is playing a practical joke? -- Rita Rudner
The number of children is not growing any longer in the world. We are still debating peak oil, but we have definitely reached peak child. -- Hans Rosling
I can tell you for sure: people who are at their peak right now will not sustain that. You can't. It's against the law of nature. -- Bryan Cranston
It turns out that all Netflix streaming peak on Saturday night can fit inside a single fiber optic, which is the size of one human hair. -- Reed Hastings
Euphemism in the workplace does not end with job descriptions. It reaches a pusillanimous peak at the other end of the work process - in dismissal. -- Nigel Rees
Happiness consumes itself like a flame. It cannot burn for ever, it must go out, and the presentiment of its end destroys it at its very peak. -- August Strindberg
You've got to enjoy time with your family and friends, and if you're involved in sports franchises, those peak moments in playoff games. You have to enjoy life. -- Paul Allen
Borne out of this, starting around the 17th Century was the Baroque era. It is my view that it is one of the architectural peak periods in western civilisation. -- Harry Seidler
As seismologists gained more experience from earthquake records, it became obvious that the problem could not be reduced to a single peak acceleration. In fact, a full frequency of vibrations occurs. -- Charles Francis Richter
Emotional roller coasters tend to emphasize the lows, tend to be more affected by the low, by the dip in an emotional roller coaster than when you are at the peak. -- Rush Limbaugh
What is at a peak is certain to decline. He who shows his hand will surely be defeated. He who can prevail in battle by taking advantage of his enemy's doubts is invincible. -- Cao Cao
When wireless cellphones first came out, analysts predicted that at peak, it would only replace 5% of landlines. They said the quality wasn't good enough. Clearly that was improved. I think you'll find a similar thing in solar. -- Lynn Jurich
The unemployment rate has effectively not gone down from where it was at the peak of the recession. The only reason it's gone technically from 10 percent to 8 percent is so many people are discouraged and have quit work. -- Jim Talent
Always keep your mind as bright and clear as the vast sky, the great ocean, and the highest peak, empty of all thoughts. Always keep your body filled with light and heat. Fill yourself with the power of wisdom and enlightenment. -- Morihei Ueshiba
There was a time when idealistic folksingers such as myself believed that Reality TV was a programming vogue that would peak and recede, leaving only its hardiest show-offs. Instead, it has metastasized like toxic mold, filling every nook and opening new crannies. -- James Wolcott
I'm excited about turning 40. I've been an adult for a long time, but there is a difference between being an adult and being a grown-up. I'm someone's mummy now and I'm enjoying that. I feel as if I'm about to hit my peak. -- Jill Scott
One of the saddest realities is that we never know when our lives are at their peak. Only after it is over and we have some kind of perspective do we realize how good we had it a day, a month, five years ago. -- Jonathan Carroll
On the tennis court, one needs a cool temperament, tremendous ball sense, reflexes, speed, hand-eye co-ordination, power, timing and peak physical fitness. Off the court, the player and support team need skills in planning, execution, travel, an ability to raise funds when needed, and several other talents. -- Sania Mirza
Apple Computer would not have reached its current peak of success if it had feared to roll the dice and launch products that didn't always hit the mark. In the mid-1990s, the company was considered washed up, Steve Jobs had departed, and a string of lackluster product launches unrelated to the company's core business. -- Naveen Jain
While on top of Everest, I looked across the valley towards the great peak Makalu and mentally worked out a route about how it could be climbed. It showed me that even though I was standing on top of the world, it wasn't the end of everything. I was still looking beyond to other interesting challenges. -- Edmund Hillary
It will be the mother of all telescopes, and you can bet it will do for astronomy what genome sequencing is doing for biology. The clumsy, if utilitarian, name of this mirrored monster is Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, or LSST. You can't use it yet, but a peak in the Chilean Andes has been decapitated to provide a level spot for placement. -- Seth Shostak
Don't peak in high school. -- Lizzy Caplan
Each fresh peak ascended teaches something. -- Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington
Simplicity is the peak of civilization. -- Henry David Thoreau
I haven't really reached my peak yet. -- Josh Howard
I'm definitely on the incline to a peak. -- Fred Durst
Men peak at age nineteen and go downhill. -- Garrison Keillor
At their peak, religion and psychotherapy become one. -- Marianne Williamson
Yet for every peak there is a valley. -- Garth Stein
When you reach your peak its time to die. -- GG Allin
Through faith, the weak times can become peak times. -- Robert H. Schuller
Shearer could be at 100% fitness, but not peak fitness. -- Graham Taylor
It's hard to peak when you've been training since 1965. -- Dan John
Art reaches its greatest peak when devoid of self-consciousn ess. -- Bruce Lee
At our peak, no one knew how to value Digg. -- Kevin Rose
(Mantle) was clearly a greater player in his peak years. -- Bill James
Even at my peak, I never went too over the top. -- Pauly Shore
The peak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary. -- Sun Tzu
When man invented the bicycle he reached the peak of his attainments. -- Elizabeth West
Rested, Refreshed, and Ready to run, the three Rs of peak performance. -- Hal Higdon
It's fun leading this offense. I don't think we've hit our peak. -- Brett Favre
I've always been really inspired by watching top athletes putting in peak performances. -- Manu Bennett
I have been fortunate to have my game peak at the right times. -- Tiger Woods
Ive always been really inspired by watching top athletes putting in peak performances. -- Manu Bennett
Every great achievement is but a small peak in the mountain range of contributions. -- Dale T. Mortensen
On the top of each peak you are on the edge of the abyss -- Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
It's hard - it's difficult to tell when your buzz is at its peak. -- Joe Budden
I really look for peak experiences and dramatic material that can allow peak experiences. -- Kathryn Bigelow
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We're going balls to the wall, guys. Our sneak-and-peak just turned into a hostage rescue -- Melissa Cutler
Ambition displeases when it has been sated ... having reached the peak, it aspires to descend. -- Pierre Corneille
I think the 60s and 70s were the peak period for the singer-songwriter, for sure. -- Andrew Gold
We may train or peak for a certain race, but running is a lifetime sport. -- Alberto Salazar
Tom Hanks hits a new career peak. One of the best films of the year. -- Peter Travers
Beware, for as you sleep, the exhausted man will be first to reach the peak. -- Chrisse Feros
Every time I reach a new peak, I see a new one I want to climb. -- Madonna Ciccone
Pure happiness and peace are at their peak when your body is in harmony with itself. -- Asa Don Brown
In Henry they had a forward so elusive that he was almost unplayable at his peak -- Gary Neville
I reject the peak oil theory insofar as it refers to technological limits on human ingenuity. -- Robert P. Murphy
I've been in on the beginning, the rise, peak, collapse and end of the talking picture. -- Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Rocket to Russia' is, I think, my favorite Ramones record. We reached our peak at that point. -- Johnny Ramone
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I love getting older! I really believe that a woman doesn't reach her peak until her 40s. -- Evangeline Lilly
What may appear as a towering peak to one may seem but an ordinary eminence to another. -- Cargill Gilston Knott
That was the peak. I just knew it was modern, not traditional culture. I could be cool -- Li Peng
Like tourists huffing and puffing to reach the peak we forget the view on the way up. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
I think the '60s and '70s were the peak period for the singer-songwriter, for sure. -- Andrew Gold
The fact is, the difference between peak performers and everybody else are much smaller than everybody else thinks. -- Charles Garfield
Life change for us every single week so.. It's good but I know this aint the peak though. -- Drake
You watch guys live through their peaks, and then unfortunately, you've got to come down from that peak. -- Jimmie Johnson
Every moment of your experience is the peak of life experience. This is where your powerful now is. -- Esther Hicks
I think Pete Sampras has really reached his peak. About the only thing he doesn't do is cook. -- Michael Chang
I'm 28 now and they say you peak at 28 - so my best years are still ahead of me. -- Kieron Dyer
Life isn't about constantly trying to scale peak after peak, it's about living at a high plateau & thriving -- Anne McKevitt
Intelligence and skill can only function at the peak of their capacity when the body is healthy and strong. -- John F. Kennedy
They say that your powers of memory are at their peak when you're 26, and it's all downhill after that. -- Lisa Jewell
From first to last, the peak is never passed. Something always fires the light that gets in your eyes. -- Neil Peart
Mountain hikes instilled in me a life-long urge to get to the top of any inviting summit or peak. -- Paul D. Boyer
From 1999 to 2003 was the peak of equipment in ski racing. Since then, it's all gone in the wrong direction. -- Bode Miller
In the mountains, the shortest way is from peak to peak: but for that you must have long legs -- Friedrich Nietzsche
Sometimes I think it's so good not to win those things. And, anyway, who wants to peak when they're 28? -- Cate Blanchett
You don't want to peak in high school. If you do, the rest of your life is a disaster. -- Candace Bushnell
In the afternoon I watch the clouds drift past the bald peak of Mount Tukuhnikivats. (Someone has to do it.) -- Edward Abbey
For some reason, every time I peak in my career, I injure myself. So, I'm constantly on the comeback trail. -- Sania Mirza
Summer is the sweet spot of the movie-going season -- and it's also peak season for Six Flags theme parks. -- Mark Shapiro
...only the peak feels so sound and stable that the beginning of the falling is hidden for a little while... -- William Faulkner
We go by the lighthouse; paddle out. After we got out, we paddled way down to get the biggest peak. -- George Downing
I think I've been good, but I want to be better. I think women reach their peak in their mid-thirties. -- Mary Decker
I would say that my peak was making my first million at the ripe age of 29, after the first album. -- Anita Baker
It's better to finish at the peak or soon after it, than to wait until the audience notices a decline. -- Eberhard Weber
I practice on the acoustic guitar a little bit, but I think I have reached the peak of my talent. -- Tim Hudson
Once I slow down because I think I have reached my peak, then my skills will go nowhere but down -- Bruce Lee
Loyalty to the leader reaches its highest peak when the follower has personally grown through the mentorship of the leader. -- John C. Maxwell
The most successful column is one that causes the reader to throw down the paper in a peak of fit. -- William Safire
Many paths lead from the foot of the mountain, but at the peak we all gaze at the single bright moon. -- Ikkyu
We started training a month before the movie started and then by five months in, we were at our peak shape. -- Ryan Reynolds
I used to have a saying that when a player is at his peak, he feels as though he can climb. -- Alex Ferguson
Be like an alone peak high in the sky. Why should you hanker to belong? You are not a thing! Things belong! -- Rajneesh
Now the peak of summer's past, the sky is overcast And the love we swore would last for an age seems deceit. -- Cecil Day-Lewis
I've never been the type of artist to plateau or have a big peak in my career and then a big decline. -- SonReal
I am God! I am nothing, I'm play, I am freedom, I am life. I am the boundary, I am the peak. -- Alexander Scriabin

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