If you think you can, or you think you can't... you're right!
- Henry Ford
Do or do not. There is no try.
- Yoda
Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.
Abraham Lincoln
If you race merely for the tributes from others, you will be at the mercy of their expectations.
- Scott Tinley
Life and running are not just about winning and losing. They are about learning!
The smarter I train the luckier I get.
You don't have to lead if you have the courage to come from behind.
Runners should divide their season into the laps of a distance race. No one ever remembers who
led the first lap - they only remember who won the last one.
In running as in life, the uphills and the downhills are only as tough (or as easy) as you make them.
Life is the only game in which the object of the game is to learn the rules. And rule number one is
that life is not always fair.
- Ashleigh Brilliant
The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work.
- A. Brisbane
A mistake is evidence that somebody has tried to accomplish something.
An error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it.
- O.A. Battista
You never fail until you stop trying.
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
- Beverly Sills
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person's determination.
- Tommy Lasorda
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.
- Abraham Lincoln
Don't let your schooling interfere with your education.
- Mark Twain
Wonders never cease, as long as you never cease to wonder.
A master can tell you what he expects of you. A teacher, though, awakens your own expectations.
- Patricia Neal
Always do what you say you are going to do.It is the glue and fiber that binds successful relationships.
- Jeffery A. Timmons
There is no greater challenge than to challenge yourself.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience,
but where he stands at times of challenge. - Dr. Martin Luther King
There are thousands to tell you that it can't be done,
There are thousands to prophesy failure,
There are thousands to point out to you one by one
the dangers that wait to assail you,
But just buckle in with a bit of a grin,
Just take off your coat and go to it,
Just start in to sing as you tackle that thing,
That cannot be done and you'll do it.
Time is written in Volumes III,
The past, the present, and the yet to be.
The past is written and then laid away,
The present we're living from day to day,
The future, greatest of Volumes III, is hidden from sight,
God holds the key.
SUCCESS
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of
children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false
friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better,
whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know
even one life has breathed easier because you lived; this is to have succeeded.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Flatter me, and I may not believe you.
Criticize me, and I may not like you.
Ignore me, and I may not forgive you.
Encourage me, and I will not forget you.
-William Arthur Ward
ATTITUDE
There are many things in life that you cannot control, but the one thing you can control
is your outlook on life.
Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal.
- Cossman
We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.
The unexamined life is not worth leading.
- Socrates
The mind is like a parachute - it has to be open to work.
The grass is not greener on the other side of the fence. It's greener where you water it.
Just like everything else - if you put the effort or work in you will be rewarded.
A turtle must stick its neck out in order to move forward.
- Confucius
Goals are just dreams with a timeline and some accountability.
- Dr. Phil McGraw
A life not lived for others is not a life.
- John Wooden
Never let your schooling interfere with your education.
- Mark Twain
The more you know, the more you realize you don't know.
What you believe, you can achieve.
If you want to catch a cold, hang out with someone who has one. Attitudes are contagious;
would anyone want to catch yours?
No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.
It's better to have burnt out than to have rusted out.
- Sir Herman Black
The only thing that costs more than education is ignorance.
- Benjamin Franklin
Success is nothing but a good idea coupled with hard work. Because hard work is
the key to success, many people prefer to pick the lock.
I prefer group activity because, even if it's foolish, at least I'm not the only fool.
- Ashleigh Brilliant
It is better to have debated a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.
- Joseph Joubert
The only thing that can't be taken from you is your education.
We must believe in luck for how else can we explain the success of those we don't like?
- Jean Cocteau
Common sense is not that common.
- Voltaire
When it comes to guilt trips I'm a frequent flyer.
There are no luggage racks on the back of a hearse.
There is no dress rehearsal for life.

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