A Quote by Eric Hoffer
We run fastest and farthest when we run from ourselves.
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When I need God most, He comes
to me the fastest and closest. When
I need the creation most, they run
from me the fastest and farthest.
Your mind is still the fastest weapon. You can run and run but you must be smart.
You can't ever make the perfect run, but you can make the best run, and then you clock the fastest time, and that's a win.
Words and ideas work in the short run to get you through school and to impress educators and employers. But they do not work in the long run or in the deep run. We soon find ourselves separate and without wonder.
For a moment, she was quiet. Then she grabbed my hand, whispered, “Run run run run run,” and took off, pulling me behind her.
If you treat an animal right, they don't run away. They're not like us. They run away from people they don't trust; most times we run away from ourselves.
Every time I feel mad or something, I run somewhere. It gets my frustrations away. I run and run and run.
We run when we're scared, we run when we're ecstatic, we run away from our problems and run around for a good time.
I do track, I run football fields, I run hills. I run until you feel like you can't run any more. I do the pool, I do anything that takes my body to the limit.
You can run for cover, you can run for help. You can run to your lover, but you can't ever run from yourself.
We run to undo the damage we've done to body and spirit. We run to find some part of ourselves yet undiscovered.
A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts, who can punish himself into exhausting pace, and then at the end, punish himself even more.
I run because if I didn’t, I’d be sluggish and glum and spend too much time on the couch. I run to breathe the fresh air. I run to explore. I run to escape the ordinary. I run…to savor the trip along the way. Life becomes a little more vibrant, a little more intense. I like that.
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.
Therapist’s dilemma: those who need help the most, run the farthest from it.
You can run, run, run away from a lot of things in life, but you can't run away from yourself. And the key to happiness is to understand and accept who you are.
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