The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start.
John BinghamRead
If you run, you are a runner. It doesn't matter how fast or how far. It doesn't matter if today is your first day or if you've been running for twenty years. There is no test to pass, no license to earn, no membership card to get. You just run.
Interpretation
Running is about participation, not competition.
This quote emphasizes that the act of identifying as a runner is not dependent on speed, distance, or experience. It highlights that anyone who runs, regardless of skill level or duration, qualifies as a runner simply by engaging in the activity, thus removing barriers to entry and promoting inclusivity in the sport.
In practice
Sharing this quote at a local running club meeting to encourage new members.
The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start.
A man who waits to believe in action before acting is anything you like, but he's not a man of action. It is as if a tennis player before returning a ball stopped to think about his views of the physical and mental advantages of tennis. You must act as you breathe.
To be conscious of being poor while praying for riches is to be rewarded with that which you are conscious of being, namely, poverty. Prayers to be successful must be claimed and appropriated. Assume the positive consciousness of the thing desired.
What we can or cannot do, what we consider possible or impossible, is rarely a function of our true capability. It is more likely a function of our beliefs about who we are.
No one has ever built a statue to a critic, it's true. On the other hand, it's only the people with statues that get pooped on by birds flying by.
Dreams without goals, are just dreams and they ultimately fuel disappointment.
I'm drawn to failure. I feel like I'm contending with it constantly in my own life.
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