"There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other. "

Erasmus

"When we become aware that we do not have to escape our pains, but that we can mobilize them into a common search for life, those very pains are transformed from expressions of despair into signs of hope"

Henri Nouwen

I like this simple quote...

'Go hard or go home..' - Kerry Clahane, my old personal trainer

I'm still partial to...

"You're off to great places! Today is you're day! Your mountain is waiting..So...get on your way!" - - Dr, Seuss

Very appropriate!!!

"You call this a hill?  This ain't no stinkin' hill!  You're not using your hands, and there's no roadburn on your nose."

Runner last weekend at Grandfather Mountain

Two from last year 's list , both from Rainer Maria Rilke:

"The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things"

"perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave"

"There is a great advantage in training under unfavorable conditions. It is better to train under bad conditions, for the difference is then a tremendous relief in a race. "

Emil Zatopek