Coffee doesn't do it for me; it's running that gets me going.

Running is about more than just putting one foot in front of the other; it is about our lifestyle and who we are.

Doing something for yourself like running, and using it to test yourself, will only make you feel better about your career or your family role.

Every time I fail I assume I will be a stronger person for it.

When I first started running, I was so embarrassed I'd walk when cars passed me. I'd pretend I was looking at the flowers!

I look at victory as milestones on a very long highway.

There’s not a better feeling than when you have found that moment of balance and harmony when both running and life come together. Then you know why you run and that you couldn’t live without it.

The challenge and the energy running requires may be a selfish one, but it actually motivates me to be stronger in my relationships.

You can't depend on other people, you have to run your own race.

There will always be something to strive for. My hope is for the heart to strive forever.

Years ago, women sat in the kitchen drinking coffee and discussing life. Now they discuss the same topics while they run.

I, like you, was not depraved or defected before birth but created to be magnificent, a wonderful and freeing realization - simple but explosive.

People care more about being thought to have good taste than about being thought either good clever or amiable.

Neo-Darwinists ask us to believe in things not seen. We're not supposed to have an established religion in America, but we do, and it's called Darwinism .

If it's stage, the two most important artists are the actor and the playwright. If it's film, THE most important person is the director. The director says where the camera goes.

Mere form without substance must collapse of its own weight.

Its amazing waht you can get used to if your daily allowance of bizarre is high enough.'......Harry Dresden

They tell us that plants are not like man immortal, but are perishable-soul -less. I think that is something that we know exactly nothing about.

Measures, not men, have always been my mark.

On everything you need to hear other people's opinions. It's the only way to do things. You ask a friend's advice and then between the two of you things somehow get clearer.

I am certain, from experience, of the immense advantage of strict account-keeping in early life. It is just like learning the grammar then, which when once learned need not be referred to afterwards.