#nin

Winning isn't everything--but wanting to win is. ↗

— Vince Lombardi Jr.

#victory #winning #sports

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. ↗

— Dean Karnazes

#running #sports #therapy #sports

Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively. ↗

— Sharon Salzberg

#health #meditation #mind-training #mindfulness #social-media

Everything starts somewhere, though many physicists disagree. But people have always been dimly aware of the problem with the start of things. They wonder how the snowplough driver gets to work, or how the makers of dictionaries look up the spelling of words. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#problems

And then I feel as if I'm witnessing a miracle, as ever so slowly she raises her face towards the moon. I watch her drink in the sight, sensing the flood of memories she's unleashed and wanting nothing more than to let her know I'm here. But instead I stay where I am and stare up at the moon as well. And for the briefest instant, it almost feels like we're together again. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#moonlight #yearning #miracles

Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. [Matt 5:4] ↗

— Anonymous

#beatitudes #bible-quotes #bible-verse #mourning #scripture

For me, running is both exercise and a metaphor. Running day after day, piling up the races, bit by bit I raise the bar, and by clearing each level I elevate myself. At least that’s why I’ve put in the effort day after day: to raise my own level. I’m no great runner, by any means. I’m at an ordinary – or perhaps more like mediocre – level. But that’s not the point. The point is whether or not I improved over yesterday. In long-distance running the only opponent you have to beat is yourself, the way you used to be. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#running #self #effort

Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes; but no plans. ↗

— Peter F. Drucker

#persistence #planning #resolve #persistence

Stupid bitch,' Tori muttered. 'oh let's take the necromancer with the superpowers to the cemetery. Of course you aren't going to raise the dead, you silly girl. ↗

— Kelley Armstrong

#reckoning #tori #stupidity

There were crimson roses on the bench; they looked like splashes of blood. ↗

— Dorothy L. Sayers

#first-sentence #opening-lines #roses #first-sentence