Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run

To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.

No matter how hard you train, Somebody will train harder. No matter how hard you run, Somebody will run harder. No matter how hard you want it, Somebody will want it more, I am Somebody.

Don’t be afraid to give up the good for the great.

The best pace is a suicide pace, and today looks like a good day to die.

Success isn't how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started.

You said I was weak. You said I couldn't do it. Thank you. You gave me everything I needed to prove you wrong.

A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts, who can punish himself into exhausting pace, and then at the end, punish himself even more.

If you fail to prepare, prepare to fail.

I can endure more pain then anyone you've met. That's why I win, because I can endure more pain.

You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.

...the care of the earth is our most ancient and most worthy and, after all, our most pleasing responsibility. To cherish what remains of it, and to foster its renewal, is our only legitimate hope.

Sometimes when you're upset it's so easy to forget what's real and go for what makes you feel better. (131)

aphorism 90: I am incorrigible. I would have every object of the universe mechanically predictable but myself.

Love is the immortal flow of energy that nourishes, extends and preserves. Its eternal goal is life.

I conceive that the right way to write a story for boys is to write so that it will not only interest boys but strongly interest any man who has ever been a boy. That immensely enlarges the audience.

Love takes up where knowledge leaves off.

Performance art is the ultimate in creativity. Since it has so many possibilities at creativity, it's essence tends to become creativity.

Religion as a whole specializes in sin management. It's all about organizing humanity in such a way that we cause as little damage as possible.

How sweetly he came to her, she thought. Even with his bulk and power, he came to her...sweetly.

Run with what works: Sell to the people who believe in you and are willing to take the chances and make the experience happen.