Most of teachers have but one object, viz. to draw their salary. I do not think that a teacher should have no salary. But I think they should earn it first and then think of it.
Is beer good for runners? Sure. . . if it's the other guy drinking it.
Set aside a time solely for running. Running is more fun if you don't have to rush through it.
Play not only keeps us young but also maintains our perspective about the relative seriousness of things. Running is play, for even if we try hard to do well at it, it is a relief from everyday cares.
Pain is nature's way of telling you to slow down. Death is nature's way of telling you to stop.
The qualities and capacities that are important in running-such factors as will power, the ability to apply effort during extreme fatigue and the acceptance of pain-have a radiating power that subtly influences one's life.
It is not something I must do but something I want to do.
The only way a man can remain consistent amid changing circumstances is to change with them while preserving the same dominating purpose.
Forgiveness is not a feeling; it is a commitment.
It's good to feel excited by the environment you're in.
I don't know what to do!" cried Scrooge, laughing and crying in the same breath; and making a perfect Laocoön of himself with his stockings. "I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel, I am as merry as a school-boy. I am as giddy as a drunken man. A merry Christmas to every-body! A happy New Year to all the world! Hallo here! Whoop! Hallo!