"In running, it doesn't matter how fast or slow you are relative to anyone else. You set your own pace and you measure your own progress. You can't lose this race because you're not running against anyone else. You're only running against yourself, and as long as you are running, you are winning."

-- Amby Burfoot

#Running Quotes #Winning Quotes #Race Quotes

“If I hadn't lost my hearing, I wouldn't be where I am now. It forced me to maximize my own potential. I have to be better than the average person to succeed.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“It makes me so desperately sad to witness just how unforgivably wretched our world has become.”
“What's fascinating is where they come from in the world. People in Bangladesh, a chap in a fire-base in Tikrit in Iraq. Chap in an Irish pub in Dublin. And lovely to think this literary network - or rather network of readers - is well spread out.”
“People say, 'Why don't you do interviews? What do you think about this? What do you think about that?' My job in the band is to play drums, to get up on stage and hold the band together. That's what I do. At the end of the day that's all that's important. Everything else is irrelevant.”
“If you want to strengthen an enemy and make him exult - hate him.”
“Yes, during the pilot, they gave me a little toy from the shop. It's like three little moose in a boat, paddling. It's very cute. And I got to keep some of the clothes.”
“The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. Instead of changing their views to fit the facts, they try to change the facts to fit their views.”
“Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get â€” only what you are expecting to give â€” which is everything. What you will receive in return varies. But it really has no connection with what you give. You give because you love and cannot help giving.”

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