Confidence is a belief in myself and my ability. I built my confidence through hard training. I believed there was no one out there working any harder than me.

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.

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

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.

To take for granted one's blessings is a damage to the soul, and in time one will lose them, simply from lack of care. One should never tire of nourishing and treasuring all that is lovely.

Today I am pledging to cut the deficit we inherited in half by the end of my first term in office.

When a language advances and adds a third term to its lexicon for color, the third term is always red.

None but tyrants have any business to be afraid.

My advice is to write about what you are interested in. If you read science fiction and fantasy, then write in that genre. If you read romance novels, then try writing one.

I seat myself at the typewriter and hope, and lurk.

We atheists can argue that, with the modern revolution in attitudes toward homosexuals, we have become the only group that may not reveal itself in normal social discourse.

Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.

Intimacy requires courage because risk is inescapable.

Prudent men lock up their motives, letting familiars have a key to their hearts, as to their garden.