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African proverb: Go fast, go alone
“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” —African proverb.
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Russian proverb: Do not spit in the well
“Do not spit in the well – you may be thirsty by and by. ” —Russian proverb.
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Don Bosco: Little liking for things spiritual
“Why is it that we have so little liking for spiritual things? This is because we love Jesus Crucified so little.” —Don Bosco.
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John Ruskin: Happiness at work
In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: they must be fit for it; they must not do too much of it; and they must have a sense of success in it. –John Ruskin, author, art critic, and social reformer (1819-1900) Related articles John Ruskin’s childhood home(oup.com)…
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C. Everett Koop: Single parents
“There are many stressed single parents who may be working two jobs in order to keep the family together. ” C. Everett Koop
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Frank Shorter: Racing…
Experience has taught me how important it is to just keep going, focusing on running fast and relaxed. Eventually it passes and the flow returns. It’s part of racing.—Frank Shorter, U.S. Olympic Marathoner.
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Josephine Silva Zimmermann: Girls
“Girls Need to start looking for guys who have goals,ambitions,and an education. Cause the yrs from now “Swag” isn’t going to pay bills ….” Josephine Silva Zimmermann
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George Sheehan: Running
No matter how old I get, the race remains one of life’s most rewarding experiences. George Sheehan Related articles Dr. George Sheehan(iruninspired.com)
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Alan Sillitoe: Running
“It’s a treat being a runner, out in the world by yourself with not a soul to make you bad-tempered or tell you what to do.” —Alan Sillitoe, English writer.
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Khaled Hosseini: Theft
““The only sin is theft. When you kill a man, you steal a life. You steal his wife’s right to a husband, rob his children of a father. When you tell a lie, you steal someone’s right to the truth. When you cheat, you steal the right to fairness.” ” Khaled Hosseini
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Joanna Southcott: Knowledge aft!
“What you know not now you will know hereafter. ” — Joanna Southcott
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Don Bosco: Effort, not results
“Remember, God does not pay us for results, but for effort.” —Don Bosco.
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Karen Kang: Humility and personal branding
“Having humility and doing a good job at personal branding are not mutually exclusive.” –Karen Kang, author, writing at ThoughtLeaders.
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Hal Higdon: Running
“Even when you have gone as far as you can, and everything hurts, and you are staring at the specter of self-doubt, you can find a bit more strength deep inside you, if you look closely enough.“ —Hal Higdon, runner and author.
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Hal Higdon: Running
“Hills. We love them. We hate them. They make us strong. They make us weak. Today I chose to embrace hills.” —Hal Higdon, author and contributing editor for Runner’s World.
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Hal Higdon: Running
Different people have different reasons for racing, but one is simply the incentive to get out and run, increase mileage and feel good. Hal Higdon, author and runner
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Don Bosco: Be neither stubborn nor fickle
“Be neither stubborn nor fickle. I have always noticed that fickle-minded people usually fail in all they do.” —Don Bosco.
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William Shakespeare: Faults and excuses
“And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse. ” –—William Shakespeare.
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Hal Higdon: Running
“Motivation remains key to the marathon: the motivation to begin; the motivation to continue; the motivation never to quit.” —Hal Higdon.
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Don Bosco: Villainy
“Only a villain would treat an innocent priest as though he were a criminal.” —Don Bosco.
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Robert Doisneau: Life is short.
“Life is short. Forgive quickly. Kiss slowly.” –—Robert Doisneau
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Nina Kuscik: Running
“Running gives freedom. When you run you can determine your own tempo. You can choose your own course and think whatever you want. Nobody tells you what to do.“ Nina Kuscik, marathoner
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Jeff Galloway: Running
“Find a way to enjoy parts of every run. Most of your runs should be mostly enjoyable.” —Jeff Galloway.
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David James Elliott: Running
Every time I go out there, I win. Every time I finish the task that I’ve set before myself, I win again. David James Elliott, actor
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Don Bosco: Forgiveness
“Forgive others everything; yourself, nothing.” —Don Bosco.
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Michael T Thomas: Volume in music
“Extreme volume in music very often disguises a lack of actually important content. ” —Michael T Thomas
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Adidas: Running
“A run begins the moment you forget you are running.“ —Adidas ad.
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Steve Jobs: Running
There are times when you run a marathon and you wonder, Why am I doing this? But you take a drink of water, and around the next bend, you get your wind back, remember the finish line, and keep going. Steve Jobs Related articles Remembering Steve Jobs (digitalsurgeons.com) P.E.I. marathon committee bars 10-year-old runner from…
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Jeff Galloway: Running
“By going slowly, you can burn more fat, push back your endurance barriers and go faster at shorter distance races.” —Jeff Galloway, U.S. Olympian, Runner’s World columnist, and author.
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Kristin Armstrong: Running
“Without running, I would have missed the joy of rain. What could be considered an inconvenience or a bummer to the inexperienced is actually a gift. Without running, I would miss a lot of things—like seeing cities in a certain way, or knowing certain people all the way to the core. I’m glad we don’t…
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Don Bosco: Put up
“Put up willingly with the faults of others if you wish others to put up with yours.”—Don Bosco.
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi: Nothing new!
“I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and non-violence are as old as the hills. All I have done is to try experiments in both on as vast a scale as I could.” —Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi(1869-1948).
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John Lennon: Who are you?
“You don’t need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are!” —John Lennon
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Jeff Cooper: Safety
“Safety is something that happens between your ears, not something you hold in your hands. ” —Jeff Cooper.
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Alphonse Karr: Uncertainty
“Uncertainty is the worst of all evils until the moment when reality makes us regret uncertainty. ” —Alphonse Karr.
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Joe Henderson: Your toughest opponent
“Your toughness is made up of equal parts persistence and experience. You don’t so much outrun your opponents as outlast and outsmart them, and the toughest opponent of all is the one inside your head.“ —Joe Henderson, running coach and author.
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Anatole France: To learn and to do
“You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; in just the same way, you learn to love by loving. ” —Anatole France.
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Walter S Robertson: Responsibilities
“The only way to get rid of responsibilities is to discharge them.” —Walter S Robertson
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Lee C. Bollinger: Running
Running is a form of relaxation. That’s one of the curiosities of life – that such a high-energy activity could be so relaxing. Lee C. Bollinger, President of Columbia University
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Tasya Lacy: Running
“I realize that I have been blessed with health and strength to overcome not only the miles on the road, but also to overcome the hard times in life when you want to throw in the towel. When I cross the line now, it is a celebration of the fact that I didn’t quit.”…
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Deena Kastor: Running
The beauty of running is its simplicity; the beauty of runners is that we all have a similar drive to improve. Deena Kastor, U.S. Olympian
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Jeremy Dobrick: Running
“My long-term goal is to be around to run long-term.” —Jeremy Dobrick.
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Peter Sagal: Running
“We runners talk about having fun but I don’t think anybody believes us. We talk about discipline and endurance, we take care, we exercise caution, we watch our diets and monitor our pace. We are ascetics who talk, unconvincingly, of the bracing enjoyment of self-abuse.” —Peter Sagal.
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Carrie Parker: Running
On every run, I discover the strength that I did not know I had. Some days it is my salvation! Carrie Parker, technical analyst
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Grantland Rice: The road
“Does the road wind up-hill all the way? Yes, to the very end. Will the day’s journey take the whole long day? From morn to night, my friend. ” Grantland Rice
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Maxim Gorky: A good man and a bad one
“A good man can be stupid and still be good. But a bad man must have brains.” —Maxim Gorky.
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Priscilla Welch: Running
“Running made me feel like a bird let out of a cage, I loved it that much.” —Priscilla Welch, retired British marathoner.
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Selene Yeager: Running
“Running has the power to change your life. It will make you fitter, healthier, even happier.” —Selene Yeager, “Let’s Get Started,” May 2010 issue of Runner’s World.
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Kristin Armstrong: Running and growing older
“As I get older I see that running has changed for me. What used to be about burning calories is now more about burning up what is false. Lies I used to tell myself about who I was and what I could do, friendships that cannot withstand hills or miles, the approval I no longer…
