"The marathon never ceases to be a race of joy, a race of wonder."

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Source : Hal Higdon (2011). “Marathon: The Ultimate Training Guide: Advice, Plans, and Programs for Half and Full Marathons”, p.17, Rodale

Hal Higdon

#Running Quotes #Race Quotes #Joy Quotes

“Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits. Fanatics will never learn that, though it be written in letters of gold across the sky. It is the prohibition that makes anything precious.”
“motivation is highest when the probability of success is 50 percent: We don't get involved if the task is too easy or too hard.”

Source : Judith M. Bardwick (1995). “Danger in the Comfort Zone: From Boardroom to Mailroom--how to Break the Entitlement Habit That's Killing American Business”, p.63, AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn
“We must revolutionize our optical perception. We must remove the veil from our eyes.”
“Walking aft a few feet we stand at the steering gear of the ship. There is no cozy; wheel-house on the bridge for the quartermaster of a sailing ship! He must stand at the very stern, with an unobstructed view of the sails. When sailing "by the wind" his eye is glued to the weather-side of the uppermost sail; he keeps it drawing a trace of wind, but never lets it fill.”
“I would visit Vegas every year when I was a kid. Vegas, to a kid, is a playground, as much as it is to adults. I discovered the magic store in a hotel and would spend hours and hours in there.”
“Death laughs when old women frolic.”
“Nobody's cut out for this town," Shane said. "Nobody sane anyway." "Says the kid who came back." "Yeah, kind of proves my point.”
“Unfortunately, the attitude of many towards the press, humanitarians included and especially government workers, is often one of suspicion, if not outright fear.”

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