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I haven't seen too many American distance men on the international scene willing to take risks. I saw some U.S. women in Barcelona willing to… — Billy Mills
It's an incredible feeling, 110,000 people energy at that level. What I realized from watching the first day of competition was that athletes that got… — Gabe Jennings
Some people feel 'transformed' from the first day they begin running; others feel that it's just plain hard work. Most of us realize it is… — Grete Waitz
When you first run up First Avenue in New York, if you don't get goose bumps, theres something wrong with you. — Frank Shorter
Best wishes for a great marathon. Be sure to savor it. The first marathon is something special. Run long and healthy. — Amby Burfoot
The first and the most important thing is to know that life is one and immortal. Only the forms, countless in number, are transient and… — Sri Aurobindo
Why should we not have a first-hand and immediate experience of God? — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I was shown a fledgling learning to fly. It's first efforts were very feeble. But as it used its wings more and more, they became… — Eileen Caddy
The first, the middle and the last thing to do is to pray. — Henry B. Eyring
First there must be order and harmony within your own mind. Then this order will spread to your family, then to the community, and finally… — Confucius
If you wish to attain to true knowledge of the Scriptures, hasten to acquire first an unshakeable humility of heart. That alone will lead you,… — John Cassian
Humanity may destroy the possibilities for life on earth unless the freedom and power that we have acquired are channeled in new creative directions by… — Steven Clark Rockefeller
First birth is from your parents, but real birth, real life, begins when one accepts a bona fide spiritual master and renders service unto him.… — A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Our first duty is to satisfy the spiritual master, who can arrange for the Lord's mercy. A common man must first begin to serve the… — A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Before you can do something, you must first be something. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I am a lazy man. Laziness keeps me from believing that enlightenment demands effort, discipline, strict diet, non-smoking, and other evidences of virtue. There is… — Thaddeus Golas
If you want to do a certain thing, you first have to be a certain person. Once you become that certain person, you will not… — Dogen
There is something in such laws that takes the breath away. They are not discoveries or inventions of the human mind, but exist independently of… — M.C. Escher
What am I doing on a level of consciousness where this is real? That is the first question to ask yourself when you become aware… — Thaddeus Golas
When we practice loving kindness and compassion we are the first ones to profit. — Unknown Author
We are silent at the beginning of the day because God should have the first word, and we are silent before going to sleep because… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Our Lord's first obedience was to the will of his Father, not to the needs of men; the saving of men was the natural outcome… — Oswald Chambers
Those who wish to change things may face disappointment, loss, or even ridicule. If you are ahead of your time, people laugh as often as… — Rachel Naomi Remen
The Sufis advise us to speak only after our words have managed to pass through three gates. At the first gate, we ask ourselves, 'Are… — Eknath Easwaran
My boat strikes something deep. At first sounds of silence, waves. Nothing has happened; Or perhaps everything has happened. and I am sitting in my… — Unknown Author

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