Track Quotes - Page 9

• Who never walks save where he sees men's tracks makes no discoveries.

  J. G. Holland

  Science, Men, Discovery

  J. G. HOLLAND (1867). “KATHRINA: HER LIFE AND MINE, IN A POEM”, p.230

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• Truth makes on the ocean of nature no one track of light; every eye, looking on, finds its own.

  Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton

  Truth, Lying, Ocean

  "Caxtoniana: Hints on Mental Culture" by Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton, 1862.

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• As long as we place millions of Indians at the canter of our thought process, as long as we think of their welfare, their future, their opportunities for self realization we are on the right track. For India can grow, prosper, flourish only if they grow, prosper, flourish. We cannot grow by any esoteric strategies. Our purchasing power, our economic strength, our marketplace all depends on the prosperity of our people.

  Mukesh Ambani

  Change, Encouragement, Opportunity

  23 Copy quote

• When old words die out on the tongue, new melodies break forth from the heart; and where the old tracks are lost, new country is revealed with its wonders.

  Rabindranath Tagore

  Change, Country, Heart

  Rabindranath Tagore, General Press (2014). “Gitanjali”, p.37, GENERAL PRESS

  5 Copy quote

  Show source

• Worry, about the 'thousand and one' details entailed. My one-track mind has to be relieved of these worries completely or I cannot get started working on my paintings, or even get to sleep at night.

  E. J. Hughes

  Sleep, Night, Worry

  4 Copy quote

• To say that worship is either about glorifying God or finding personal satisfaction is to put asunder what God has joined together. His glory and your gladness are not separate tracks moving in opposite directions. Rather His glory is in your gladness in Him.

  Sam Storms

  Moving, Opposites, Together

  5 Copy quote

• Obviously I was disappointed when it fell into disuse, because it was my own track named after me, but I am sure all those youngsters we lost will be coming back, and I certainly intend to be down here as much as I can, coaching and advising.

  Linford Christie

  Athlete, Coaching, Lost

  6 Copy quote

• My introduction to track racing was through the background of cross country running, which is not a sport perhaps as popular in America as it is in England.

  Roger Bannister

  Sports, Running, Country

  8 Copy quote

• Your spikes, which were really quite long then, would catch the material of the track and your shoe would get heavier. I was simply filing them down and rubbing some graphite on the spikes, so that I thought I would run more effectively.

  Roger Bannister

  Running, Athlete, Shoes

  "Breaking the Four-Minute Mile". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 7, 2002.

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• If you are ambitious of climbing up to the difficult, and in a manner inaccessible, summit of the Temple of Fame, your surest way is to leave on one hand the narrow path of Poetry, and follow the narrower track of Knight-Errantry, which in a trice may raise you to an imperial throne.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Knights, Climbing, Hands

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1851). “The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha”, p.235

  8 Copy quote

  Show source

• I still listen to tracks sometimes and hear some of the harmonies and its just amazing.

  Amerie

  Inspiring, Sometimes, Harmony

  6 Copy quote

• If you fall off track and scarf down an unhealthy meal, that's fine. Eat better the next meal-not the next day.

  Nina Davuluri

  Fall, Loss, Next Day

  4 Copy quote

• I kind of just lost track of laps. I couldn't hear a split. It was just so loud in here everyone was going nuts. I sort of felt like I was a little tired and I said, the people in front of me seem like they are falling off the lead pack a little bit. I should probably make a move. I hear ding, ding, ding, ding and I thought "oh crap! I've really got to go, I've got a lot left.

  Will Leer

  Moving, Fall, Tired

  4 Copy quote

• Even without success, creative persons find joy in a job well done. Learning for its own sake is rewarding.

  Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

  Life, Motivational, Jobs

  Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (2009). “Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and”, p.5, Harper Collins

  15 Copy quote

  Show source

• We are meeting here to put an end to this cycle [of violence], to put things back in order and to put the wheel of peace on the right track. The task is very great, but our hopes are greater.

  Hosni Mubarak

  Order, Tasks, Violence

  20 Copy quote

• And if I do fall asleep, Marla has to keep track of Tyler. Where he goes. What he does. So maybe during the day, I can rush around and undo the damage.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Fall, Insomnia, Doe

  4 Copy quote

• I love running cross-country...You come up a hill and see two deer going, 'What the hell is he doing?' On a track I feel like a hamster.

  Robin Williams

  Running, Country, Giving Up

  22 Copy quote

• It is sometimes of God's mercy that men in the eager pursuit of worldly aggrandizement are baffled; for they are very like a train going down an inclined plane - putting on the brake is not pleasant, but it keeps the car on the track.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Disappointment, Car, Ruins

  "Life Thoughts, Gathered from the Extemporaneous Discourses of Henry Ward Beecher, by One of His Congregation". Book edited by Edna Dean Proctor, 1859.

  14 Copy quote

  Show source

• Zappos uses call center technology to track average call time per agent. But the goal isn't to reduce this average - it's more important that we make an emotional connection with the customer, rather than just quickly getting them off the phone.

  Tony Hsieh

  Educational, Technology, Emotional

  5 Copy quote

• Sun on my shoulders and the wind at my back, bound and determined to get back on track to where the heart is..where it's been all along.

  Tim McGraw

  Heart, Wind, Together

  16 Copy quote

• By doing things when you are too tired, by pushing yourself farther than you thought you could - like running the track after a two-hour practice - you become a competitor. Each time you go beyond your perceived limit, you become mentally stronger.

  Pat Summitt

  Running, Perseverance, Tired

  Pat Summitt (1999). “Reach for the Summit”, p.151, Crown Business

  1668 Copy quote

  Show source

• A player's ability to rebound is inversely proportional to the distance between where he was born and the nearest railroad tracks. The greater distance you live from the poor side of the railroad tracks, the less likely that you will be a good rebounder.

  Pete Carril

  Basketball, Distance, Player

  Pete Carril, Dan White (2004). “The Smart Take from the Strong: The Basketball Philosophy of Pete Carril”, p.135, U of Nebraska Press

  17 Copy quote

  Show source

• The ability to rebound is in inverse proportion to the distance your house is from the nearest railroad tracks.

  Don Meyer

  Basketball, Distance, House

  7 Copy quote

• I played everything. I played lacrosse, baseball, hockey, soccer, track and field. I was a big believer that you played hockey in the winter and when the season was over you hung up your skates and you played something else.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Soccer, Baseball, Hockey

  50 Copy quote

• Life may unfold chronologically for the body and for bureaucracies that keep track of such things as births, marriages, deaths, visas, tax returns, expulsions, and identity cards, but memory does not play this game in quite the same way, always manages to confound the desire for tidiness.

  Ariel Dorfman

  Memories, Games, Play

  Ariel Dorfman (2012). “Feeding on Dreams: Confessions of an Unrepentant Exile”, p.9, Melbourne Univ. Publishing

  8 Copy quote

  Show source