Long Runs Quotes - Page 11

• One of the most powerful feelings in the world is after a really, really long run.

  Ellie Goulding

  Running, Powerful, Long

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.

  E. M. Forster

  Inspirational, Education, Running

  "The BBC Talks of E.M. Forster, 1929-1960: A Selected Edition". Book by Edward Morgan Forster, ‎Mary Lago, ‎Linda K. Hughes, June 3, 2008.

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• There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Running, Two, Long

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• There are signs that the age of petroleum has passed its zenith. Adjusted for inflation, a barrel of crude oil now sells for three times its long-run average. The large western oil companies, which cartellised the industry for much of the 20th century, are now selling more oil than they find, and are thus in the throes of liquidation.

  James Buchan

  Birthday, Running, Average

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• In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom; we have to say, Like People like Government.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Running, Witty, Government

  Thomas Carlyle (1843). “Past and Present”, p.149

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• Indifference may not wreck a man's life at any one turn, but it will destroy him with a kind of dry-rot in the long run.

  Bliss Carman

  Life, Running, Men

  Bliss Carman (1904). “The Friendship of Art”, Boston : L.C. Page

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• There are a group of people who would like to silence everybody and have everyone go along to get along, but that’s not going to be very helpful for us in the long run in terms of solving our problems, and someone has to be courageous enough to actually stand up to the bullies.

  Benjamin Carson

  Running, Courage, Long

  "Dr. Ben Carson: ‘Someone Has to Be Courageous Enough to Actually Stand Up to The Bullies’" by Nathaniel Botwinick, www.nationalreview.com. February 12, 2013.

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• I believe that things are always going to work out, even if in the beginning it doesn't look like they are working out. I know in the long run they are going to work out, and it's going to be fine.

  Benjamin Carson

  Running, Believe, Long

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• You know, I really miss sex scandals. They're generally colorful. They almost never mean anything over the long run. And while they're going on, the people who actually keep the government running are let alone to go about their business. Good old sex scandals.

  Gail Collins

  Running, Sex, Mean

  "The Sequester App". Interview with David Brooks and Gail Collins, opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com. March 06, 2013.

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• The decisions of law courts should never be printed: in the long run, they form a counter authority to the law.

  Denis Diderot

  Running, Law, Long

  "Selected Writings". Book by Lester G. Crocker, 1966.

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• I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Running, Peace, Believe

  Broadcast discussion, 31 Aug. 1959

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• The first requirement of politics is not intellect or stamina but patience. Politics is a very long run game and the tortoise will usually beat the hare.

  John Major

  Patience, Running, Games

  "The Wit and Wisdom of Margaret Thatcher: And Other Tory Legends". Book by Richard Benson, 2010.

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• The quality of your work, in the long run, is the deciding factor on how much your services are valued by the world.

  Orison Swett Marden

  Success, Running, Inspiration

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• In my 10 years that I spent out in TV and film, I had my shares of frustrations and annoyances and disappointments, but also I think it was, in the long run, it was very good for me in a whole bunch of ways.

  George R. R. Martin

  Running, Disappointment, Frustration

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I believe that pluralistic secularism, in the long run, is a more deadly poison than straightforward persecution.

  Francis Schaeffer

  Running, Atheist, Believe

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• I was built for the long run, not for the short dash, I guess.

  William Shatner

  Inspirational, Success, Running

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• In the long run, it is better to understand the way the world really is rather than how we would like it to be.

  Michael Shermer

  Running, Long, World

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• I think, as a president, you have to want respect. You can't look for love from the American people. You have to just do what you think is right. Some people will hate you, but others, in the long run, will respect you for what you've done.

  Doris Kearns Goodwin

  Running, Hate, Thinking

  "Lessons of Presidential Leadership". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 28, 1996.

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• If you do your work, if you are committed at the grassroots level, if you have a vision for the long run (not only short-sighted interest), you can change public opinion.

  Tariq Ramadan

  Running, Long, Vision

  "Tariq Ramadan: My Absence Would Certainly Be The Most Powerful Speech I Have Ever Given At ISNA". The Islamic Monthly Interview, www.theislamicmonthly.com. August 14, 2014.

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• The terms of the 2008 constitution [which ensures the military will continue to be the ultimate authority] could not benefit Burma in the long run. I think this constitution should be revised.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Running, Military, Thinking

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• I was speaking to a writer the other day and he gave me a valuable piece of advice. He said that you may get to where you want to go quicker through violence, but the healing process takes longer. Whereas if you don't use violence, there is not much healing necessary, so you win in the long run.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Running, Healing, Winning

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• In China, if they open the markets, it will force local companies to compete with international players, and the local companies will benefit in the long run.

  Stan Shih

  Running, Player, Long

  Source: www.sfgate.com

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• In the long run, it costs more to provide poor rather than good service.

  Bill Capodagli

  Running, Long, Cost

  "Bill Capodagli on “The Disney Way”: Part 2". Interview with Bob Morris, bobmorris.biz. June 19, 2016.

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• What I tell everyone, and I really do for myself is, I have a long-run dream, which is I want to work on stuff that I think matters.

  Sheryl Sandberg

  Running, Dream, Thinking

  "Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg on what makes women succeed". Interview with Pattie Sellers, fortune.com. October 05, 2011.

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• Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Running, Perseverance, Stay Strong

  Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.44, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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