Is it raining? That doesn't matter. Am I tired? That doesn't matter, either. Then willpower will be no problem.

If you want to run, run a mile. If you want to experience a different life, run a marathon.

An athlete cannot run with money in his pockets. He must run with hope in his heart and dreams in his head.

A runner must run with dreams in his heart.

There is a great advantage in training under unfavorable conditions. It is better to train under bad conditions, for the difference is then a tremendous relief in a race.

It's at the borders of pain and suffering that the men are separated from the boys.

I was not talented enough to run and smile at the same time

Great is the victory, but the friendship of all is greater.

Why should I practice running slow? I already know how to run slow. I want to learn to run fast.

Men, today we die a little.

Try for a goal that's reasonable, then gradually raise it.

These are times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed.

True wealth is contentment, and happiness is forgetting to worry how you are and how much you have.

Since periods of great change, such as the present one, come so rarely in human history, it is up to each of us to make the best use of our time to help create a happier world.

We are always better than before when those we love inflict wounds upon us.

A well-bred carriage is difficult to imitate; for in strictness it is negative, and it implies a long-continued previous training.

Growing up in eastern Kentucky like I did, I'm used to having a few guns around to protect me.

Those who cannot begin do not finish.

Time is love, above all else. It is the most precious commodity in the world and should be lavished on those we care most about.

But it is not the job of truth to make us feel good. It is the job of truth to be true, and it is our job to deal with it.