The purpose of life is to increase the warm heart.
Keep your dream in front of you. Never let it go regardless of how farfetched it might seem.
It can be said that the first half of the marathon is 20 miles long; the second half, 6. 2 more.
There's one rule of thumb that suggests that you need one day of recovery for every mile run in a race. Another rule of thumb. . . suggests one day. . . for every kilometer run in anger.
Each runner's capacity to absorb hard training is different. Find your own unique level of comfort and success will be yours.
There is no such thing as an average runner. We are all above average.
Even when you have gone as far as you can, and everything hurts, and you are staring at the specter of self-doubt, you can find a bit more strength deep inside you, if you look closely enough.
But you now, you wear your soul on your sleeve, exhausting your energy, propping yourself up on a tree, mumbling, or bent over your desk, asleep. Heaven gives you a form and you wear it out by pointless argument.
. . . I had always written but I never took it seriously. It was a way of life, not a living.
A good rapper is a good rapper, a good album is a good album. I don't think anyone is inherently good.
I hope you have lost your good looks, for while they last any fool can adore you, and the adoration of fools is bad for the soul.