I never feel more alive than when I'm in great pain, struggling against insurmountable odds and untold adversity. Hardship? Suffering? Bring it!

Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up.

The human body is capable of amazing physical deeds. If we could just free ourselves from our perceived limitations and tap into our internal fire, the possibilities are endless.

The human body has limitations. The human spirit is boundless.

Some seek the comfort of their therapist's office, other head to the corner pub and dive into a pint, but I chose running as my therapy.

Running is about finding your inner peace, and so is a life well lived.

Any goal worth achieving involves an element of risk.

Don't run with your legs, run with your heart.

Sometimes you've got to go through hell to get to heaven.

There is magic in misery. Just ask any runner.

Unless you're not pushing yourself, you're not living to the fullest. You can't be afraid to fail, but unless you fail, you haven't pushed hard enough."

A beautiful life is a life that is content and satisfied with material possessions, and has an abundance of hope, love, laughter, kindness, and compassion.

Words are more forgettable, but the emotional effects they have on the person hearing them stay engraved in his or her memory.

The artist's greatest creation beganthe night he washed his memory of his failuresrubbed opium on his lipsdrank the wine that women offered himand lay down and wept.

Every brain is civilized, Every nerve is analyzed, Everything is criticized when you are in need.

However deep you dig a well it affords no refuge in the time of flood.

I feel like an inadequate machine, a machine that breaks down at crucial moments, grinds to a dreadful hault, 'won't go,' or, even worse, explodes in some innocent person's face.

The artist's task consists of making one thing of many, and a world from the smallest part of a thing.

I want to become a superstar, but for that, I first have to be a super actor.

Being a human being is all about experiencing all of the wonders of the world and therefore as an actress, I'm open to any opportunity that may enrich my horizon.

And didn't they say that, although curiosity killed the cat, satisfaction brought the beast back?