"The distance runner is mysteriously reconciling the separations of body and mind, of pain and pleasure, of the conscious and the unconscious. He is repairing the rent, and healing the wound in his divided self. He has found a way to make the ordinary extraordinary; the commonplace unique; the everyday eternal."

-- George A. Sheehan

#Pain Quotes #Distance Quotes #Healing Quotes

“I know that God is working through me within this sport. I know He's put me here for a purpose and it's not just to win medals. Winning is great and hopefully it gives me a platform to spread His love and spread His Word, but at the end of the day, I'm called to do what He wants me to do.”

Source : Source: www.beliefnet.com
“If there was no Hollywood, no next movie, no deal at Warner Brothers, no place in Malibu or Venice, I would still be really happy.”

Source : "Susan Downey: Iron Woman" by Kimberly Cutter, www.harpersbazaar.com. December 9, 2009.
“Prayer that is born of meditation upon the Word of God is the prayer that soars upward most easily to God's listening ears.”

Source : Edward D. Andrews, R. A. Torrey (2016). “HOW TO PRAY: The Importance of Prayer [Second Edition]”, p.43, Christian Publishing House
“Some people become so expert at reading between the lines they don't read the lines.”

Source : Margaret Millar (2015). “An Air That Kills”, p.163, Soho Press
“The deadliest foe to virtue would be complete self-knowledge.”

Source : F.H. Bradley, Carol Keene (1999). “F.H. Bradley: Miscellaneous Writings”, Thoemmes
“Guilt always makes the other feelings worse.”

Source : Eileen Wilks (2010). “Blood Magic”, p.68, Penguin
“I want to put strongly and completely all that is necessary, for things weakly said might as well not be said at all.”
“I used to be a street singer in San Francisco.”

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