"Focus on where you are instead of where you wish you were. The joy will follow."

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Source : John Bingham (2002). “No Need for Speed: A Beginner's Guide to the Joy of Running”, p.153, Rodale

John Bingham

#Joy Quotes #Focus Quotes #Wish Quotes

“If you or me go to the gas station to fill up our car and it costs us much more than we expected, it will zap our discretionary income. We won't have the extra money to buy that washing machine or new winter coat-all big ticket items that are important to economic growth.”
“When it comes down to it, I just want to work.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“What any manager will try to bring to a company first and foremost is an energy and commitment to the business. To try and really roll your sleeves up.”

Source : "My relationship with the chairman will be like that of any chief executive" by Owen Gibson, www.theguardian.com. November 09, 2003.
“The Bible give us a list of human stories on both sides of the ledger. On list of human stories is used examples - do what these people did. Another list of human stories is used as warnings - don't do what these people did. So if your story ever gets in one of these books, make sure they use it as an example, not a warning.”
“Matter feels, converses, suffers, desires, yearns and remembers”

Source : "New Materialism: Interviews & Cartographies". Book by Rick Dolphijn, Iris van der Tuin, quod.lib.umich.edu. 2012.
“God deliberately chooses weak, suffering and unlikely candidates to get His work done, so that in the end, the glory goes to God and not to the person.”
“When I was a kid, I thought I would be an action-movie hero. I was like, "They're gonna be able to CGI my legs by that point." And then I realized that it was probably better if I stayed a little closer to who I actually am rather than trying to be Bruce Willis.”
“World is full of followers and leaders, and I think that if one can become both and be both, to follow in order to lead, and to lead in order to follow, then I think you're on the right path.”

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