Injuries are our best teachers.

As powerful as our legs are, as magnificent as our lungs and arms and muscles are, nothing matters more than the mind.

It's a hard, simple calculus: Run until you can't run anymore. Then run some more. Find a new source of energy and will. Then run even faster.

You can hurt more than you ever thought possible, then continue until you discover that hurting isn't that big a deal.

Rational assessments too often led to rational surrenders.

Every single one of us possesses the strength to attempt something he isn't sure he can accomplish.

We strive toward a goal, and whether we achieve it or not is important, but it's not what's most important. What matters is how we move toward that goal.

The point was living with grace, decency, and attention to the world, and breaking free of the artificial constructs in your own life.

Train where your fitness is NOW, not where you want to be.

What we eat is a matter of life and death.

Nature's arena has a way of humbling and energizing us.

Have you ever had a beautiful melody stuck in your head, but you don't know where it came from? That melody is me.

Me, personally. I do not know a soul who perished that day of 9/11. But it did then, does now, and I imagine it always will bring out the Patriot in me.

It may be observed, that very polished languages, and such as are praised for their superior clearness and perspicuity, are generally deficient in strength.

The terror of performing never goes away. Instead, you get very, very comfortable being terrified.

They frequently find the truth who do not seek it, they who do, frequently lose it.

... romance is unsatisfactory as a religion. It is no use looking for the infinite in the eyes of another.

Leanness of body and soul may go together.

When I write, I get glimpses into future novels.

There is satisfaction in seeing one's household prosper; in being both bountiful and provident.

It is actually helpful to acknowledge the truth that we are just as quirky as everyone else and that God loves quirky!