After we put my son to bed, my husband and I curl up and watch a movie or TV. That's when I finally put up my feet and have my glass of wine and a brownie.

Progress is rarely a straight line. There are always bumps in the road, but you can make the choice to keep looking ahead.

Acknowledge all of your small victories. They will eventually add up to something great.

That's the thing about running: your greatest runs are rarely measured by racing success. They are moments in time when running allows you to see how wonderful your life it.

Don't try to rush progress. Remember -- a step forward, no matter how small, is a step in the right direction. Keep believing.

Do the work. Do the analysis. But feel your run. Feel your race. Feel the joy that is running.

There are a million reasons why you can't. Focus on the few reasons why you can.

The journey isn't always perfect, but always worth taking.

Once you make the decision that you will not fail, the heart and the body will follow.

Racing is the fun part; it's the reward of all the hard work.

Erase from your mind that your preparation must be perfect. Hard work + dedication = a shot at your dreams. Keep believing.

Humans and animals regard each other across a gulf of mutual incomprehension. With aliens, that has to go double.

Islands in the streams, that is what we are.

I could not at any age be content to take my place in a corner by the fireside and simply look on.

The beauty of what I read in the gospel is the intimacy of what we're called to, that there's no middle man.

Lots of companies don't succeed over time. What do they fundamentally do wrong? They usually miss the future.

An insect is more complex than a star..and is a far greater challenge to understand.

To see a promising solution to a dilemma and then just leave it to questionable development at its own pace without trying to aid its implementation would seem a dereliction.

This is Now. Now is, all there is. Don't wait for Then; strike the spark, light the fire.

Don't go chattering to the stars if you're going to do it with your eyes closed.

I've never thought of myself as a great beauty -- just a great magician.