“No matter what, we always have the power to choose hope over despair, engagement over apathy, kindness over indifference, enthusiasm over lethargy, love over hate. This is our true freedom. Whatever life may throw at us, we have the freedom and ability to choose our attitude. And I believe it is in those moments of choice that we manifest our destiny.” BelieveMayMatterMomentsHateChoicesI BelieveAbilityAttitudeDestinyKindnessDespairNo Matter WhatEnthusiasmIndifferenceManifestEngagementApathyOur DestinyTrue FreedomLethargyAbility To Choose Author:Cory Booker
“The most painful moral struggles are not those between good and evil, but between the good and the lesser good.” PainChoicesEvilMoralStrugglePainfulGood And EvilGood ChoicesMoral Struggle Book:Off Center: Essays Source: Off Center: Essays
“It takes time and trouble to persuade ourselves that the things we want to do are the things we ought to do.” WantChoicesTroubleOughtTake TimeIt Takes Time Book:Americans and Others Source: Americans and Others
“It is the ability to choose which makes us human.” HumansChoicesAbilityAbility To Choose Author:Madeleine L'Engle
“Well I was born to run, to get ahead of the rest. And all that I wanted was to be the best Just to feel free and be someone I was born to be fast, I was born to run .” FeelsWellsRunningWantedBornBeing The BestInspirational RunningGet AheadBorn To Run Author:Emmylou Harris
“Get out well, but not too quickly, move through the field, be comfortable. Strategy-wise, go with your strengths. If you don't have a great finish, you must get away to win. I've always found it effective to make a move just before the crest of a hill. You get away just a little and you're gone before your opponent gets over the top. Also, around a tight bend, take off like holy hell. I've done that a number of times. You should not be flying down the home straight. Most of your efforts should have been put forth earlier.” IfsShouldWellsLittlesHas BeensDoneHomeRunningMovingFoundWinningNumbersEffortGoneHellWiseFieldsHolyComfortableShould HaveStrategyFlyingHillsOpponentsGet AwayGet OverShould Have BeenInspirational RunningOver The TopMake A Move Author:John Treacy
“A running machine, that glides over mud, crud and goop.” RunningMachinesMudInspirational Running Author:Ed Eyestone
“No one knows the fear in a front runner's mind more than me. When you set off at a cracking pace for four or five laps and find that your main rivals are still breathing down your neck, that's when you start to panic.” KnowsMindStillsRunningFiveFourFrontsBreathingNecksPacePanicRunnersRivalsLapInspirational Running Author:Ron Clarke
“I limbered up just a little before entering the stadium, and even so I felt a twinge in my thigh, no doubt the fruit of my imagination. And I went back to the massage room so that my faithful Morizot could take the trouble off my muscles. This soothed me considerably and I thought I was back to a normal state until somebody summoned me to the starting line. It was like feeling a blade go through my flesh.” LittlesStatesFeelingsRunningFeltImaginationLinesRoomsDoubtTroubleNormalFruitStartingFleshFaithfulNo DoubtMusclesEnteringMy ImaginationBladesStadiumsInspirational RunningThighsMassage Author:Jules Ladoumegue
“When the meal was over we all had a quiet rest in our rooms and I meditated on the race. This is the time when an athlete feels all alone in the big world. Opponents assume tremendous stature. Any runner who denies having fears, nerves or some kind of disposition is a bad athlete, or a liar.” WorldFeelsKindBigsRunningRoomsRaceQuietAssumingAthleteDenyOpponentsMealsLiarsNervesRunnersDispositionInspirational RunningAll AloneStatureDistance RunnerDistance Running Author:Gordon Pirie