You can run a sprint or your can run a marathon, but you can't sprint a marathon.
I like the marathon because it's one race where you can find out who's really the toughest. On the track, sometimes a guy can just pull away, and you want to stay with him but you don't have the leg speed. The marathon is slow enough that anyone can stay with you if he wants, if he has the will. The marathon is ultimately a test of will.
I think animation is like running a marathon, and making a movie is like a 100 meter sprint. The question is: are you a marathon man or are you a sprinter? I realized that I was more of a sprinter than a marathon man. With a long, long project, I get bored easily.
Look at your ministry as a marathon not a sprint - build deep foundations of intimacy with God and never let your public schedule get fuller than your time alone with God.
There are times when you run a marathon and you wonder, Why am I doing this? But you take a drink of water, and around the next bend, you get your wind back, remember the finish line, and keep going.
Writing is a marathon, not a sprint.
Life’s a marathon, not a sprint.
The race of life is a marathon, not a sprint.
Life is a long marathon, and you have to be consistent. Anyone can sprint for 1500 meters, but you have pace yourself through your entire life.
Life is a marathon, not a sprint; pace yourself accordingly.
The American dream is not a sprint or even a marathon but a relay.
Grit is living life like it's a marathon, not a sprint.
Business is a marathon, and most of society thinks it's a sprint.
Novels are a marathon, while comic scripts are a sprint.
Life is a marathon, not a sprint. It's about taking a bigger-picture approach.
You change society by changing the wind. Change the wind, transform the debate, recast the discussion, alter the context in which political discussions are being made, and you will change the outcomes... You will be surprised at how fast the politicians adjust to the change in the wind.