"The label of 'marathoner' has, from the beginning, been awarded to those who went the distance under their own power, whether they ran, walked, crawled or tiptoed. When you cross that finish line, you've entered an elite group. About one-tenth of one percent of the population has done it. Don't let anyone take that great achievement away from you."

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Source : Jeff Galloway (2000). “Marathon”

Jeff Galloway

#Distance Quotes #Achievement Quotes #Groups Quotes

“I set myself 600 words a day as a minimum output, regardless of the weather, my state of mind or if I'm sick or well. There must be 600 finished words â€” not almost right words. Before you ask, I'll tell you that yes, I do write 600 at the top of my pad every day, and I keep track of the word count to insure I reach my quota daily â€” without fail.”
“Ambition's cradle oftenest is its grave”
“I donâ€™t live in either my past or my future. Iâ€™m interested only in the present. If you can concentrate always on the present, youâ€™ll be a happy man. Life will be a party for you, a grand festival, because life is the moment weâ€™re living now.”
“We had to be parents by long distance, which is far from satisfactory.”
“A child free from the guilt of ownership and the burden of economic competition will grow up with the will to do what needs doing and the capacity for joy in doing it. It is useless work that darkens the heart. The delight of the nursing mother, of the scholar, of the successful hunter, of the good cook, of the skilful maker, of anyone doing needed work and doing it well, - this durable joy is perhaps the deepest source of human affection and of sociality as a whole.”
“Love is an actual need, an urgent requirement of the heart, he read aloud from an old essay on marriage that he found in his files.Every properly constituted human being who entertains an appreciation of loneliness...and looks forward to happiness and content feels the necessity of loving. Without it, life is unfinished...”
“The fate of our times is characterized by rationalization and intellectualization and, above all, by the disenchantment of the world.”

Source : Max Weber (2013). “From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology”, p.155, Routledge
“That is the saving grace of humor, if you fail no one is laughing at you.”

Source : "The Big Picture: An American Commentary". Book by A. Whitney Brown, 1991.

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