Quotes of Roger Bannister

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I raced supremely well. I felt I was as well fitted to do it as I had ever been, and as perhaps I might ever be. I went climbing three weeks before, because I was feeling fed up with running.

- Roger Bannister

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“ Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. ”

- Mahatma Gandhi

“ The only time a man can do the right thing is right now. ”

- John Verdon

“ Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone. ”

- Pablo Picasso

“ If you are happy with the person you are becoming, and you can understand that the journey is long and the processes are slow; you are on the right track no matter what your current situation is. ”

- Joshua Lynott

“ It was like I’d met my life’s purpose. Like I’d been hurtling through the cosmos, blind, and without a destiny and he gave me one. He was fated to be the man who would break my heart at last. The heart I’d kept under scrutiny, sheltered, for this long, he tore through the heavy vaults and ripped it right out of my chest. From then on, there was no me, and no him. There was only us. ”

- Ellie Fox

“ In meetings philosophy might work, on the field practicality works. ”

- Amit Kalantri

“ An idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it. ”

- William Bernbach

“ Unless you love someone, nothing else makes sense. ”

- e.e. cummings

“ Enmity builds walls; love builds bridges. Enlightenment is the highway to world peace. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ Keep away from small people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. ”

- Mark Twain

“ Perfection does not exist you can always do better and you can always grow. ”

- Les Brown

“ My mama always used to tell me: ‘If you can’t find somethin’ to live for, you best find somethin’ to die for.’ ”

- Tupac Shakur

“ Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more. ”

- Erica Jong

“ At one time or another we are all called to leave the safety of our homes, the certainty of what we know, the illusions of who we are. Not everyone will heed this call, of course. And those who do will risk losing themselves completely. But if we choose to ignore the invitation, we risk never knowing who we might have become. We risk dying without knowing what it is to live. ”

- Thomas Lloyd Qualls

“ It takes writing a billion bad words before you get to the good ones. ”

- Ray Bradbury

“ Everyone's time is limited. What matters most is to focus on what matters most. ”

- Roy Bennett

“ God's plans for you are always good and purposeful. ”

- Jackie Griffin

“ A lot goes into everything but sometimes you have to sacrifice everything in order to achieve a lot. ”

- Kayambila Mpulamasaka

“ Denna is a wild thing," I explained. "Like a hind or a summer storm. If a storm blows down your house, or breaks a tree, you don't say the storm was mean. It was cruel. It acted according to its nature and something unfortunately was hurt. The same is true of Denna. ”

- Patrick Rothfuss

“ Willingness to show we are interested in our children’s needs takes the burden and worries off their minds. It shows compassion on our end, and it builds trust on their end. ”

- Charlena E. Jackson

“ An early. morning walk is a blessing for the whole day. ”

- Henry David Thoreau

“ If you don't run your own life, somebody else will. ”

- John Atkinson

“ I felt overwhelmed. I didn’t expect a first kiss to be so…life altering. In a few brief moments, the rule book of my universe had been rewritten. Suddenly I was a brand new person. I was as fragile as a newborn, but instead of the doctor placing me in my mother’s arms, he’d put me in Ren’s. What would Ren do with me? Would he draw me near, soothe me, and teach me about this new world or would he reject me and tell the doctor there must be some mistake. There was no way to know. What a breakable and delicate thing a heart was, no wonder I’d kept mine locked away. ”

- Colleen Houck

“ Maybe everyone can live beyond what they're capable of. ”

- Markus Zusak

“ Armed with positive thoughts, it becomes easier to focus on your goals, while the opposite also holds true. ”

- Stephen Richards