I'm not sure who invented dodgeball, but I can almost guarantee you that it wasn't the shortest kid in the class.

The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start.

We run to undo the damage we've done to body and spirit. We run to find some part of ourselves yet undiscovered.

Being inspired is fine for a week, and being motivated might work for a month or so, but to make any lifestyle change last a lifetime, you need dedication.

I am a runner because I run. Not because I run fast. Not because I run far. I am a runner because I say I am. And no one can tell me I'm not.

Focus on where you are instead of where you wish you were. The joy will follow.

I didn't train all that time just to come here and get it over with as fast as I can

Running is not just exercise; it is a lifestyle.

It was being a runner that mattered, not how fast or how far I could run. The joy was in the act of running and in the journey, not in the destination.

The joy is in the journey, not the destination. We have a better chance of seeing where we are when we stop trying to get somewhere else.

I'm not saying running could solve all of the world's problems, but I think it would be a good start.

When you are here, God is near.

Passion is the fire that can burn through fear.

No, the sadness will soften, its edges will become less rough. In time missing him will be the way you love him.

There's something so powerful about being my own gorgeous, beautiful, individual, unique self.

The whole argument with the anti-suffragists, or even the critical suffragist man, is this: that you can govern human beings without their consent.

The struggle we're dealing with these days, which, I think, is part of what the 60s represented, is how do we define our humanity?

For peace of mind, we need to resign as general manager of the universe.

... on every important issue life transcends logic and it is folly to depend on reason alone.

I think that the heart is a lot like those wonderful fruit, like coconut and mangoes, you know, you have to break the skin, you have to break it open to get to the good part.

Every experience that you go through kinda shapes who you are.