Speedskating Meets Quotes & Sayings

It is better to be envied than pitied. — Herodotus

Are you sure I can't mend a shirt or darn a sock for you in trade? Anything?"
"You can quit your yammerin' and carry this table downstairs so I can get back to minding my own business instead of messing around in yours. — Karen Witemeyer

We have a name for people who create universes - they're called gods. There is no greater hubris than to think that we could take the place of godlike implications. — Gregory Benford

I have found over the years that the most important way of getting people to relax is self-deprecating humor. — Robert Reich

What are the proper proportions of a maxim? A minimum of sound to a maximum of sense. — Mark Twain

Your life is a sacred journey. It is about change, growth, discovery, movement, transformation, continuously expanding your vision of what is possible, stretching your soul, learning to see clearly and deeply, listening to your intuition, taking courageous challenges at every step along the way. You are on the path ... exactly where you are meant to be right now ... And from here, you can only go forward, shaping your life story into a magnificent tale of triumph, of healing, of courage, of beauty, of wisdom, of power, of dignity, and of love. — Caroline Adams Miller

There is no faster way to harden my determination than to assume I will fail at something. — Marie Brennan

It's like pouring oil from one glass to another down a line - in the end, you don't have any oil left; it is all stuck to the inside of the glasses. This way, 1,000 dollars become 100 dollars by the time it reaches the people. Whereas if we get 10 dollars, we add our effort to it and the money multiplies. — Mata Amritanandamayi

Yet there it was not love. It was a little fever of admiration; but it might, probably must, end in love with some — Jane Austen

I am like a machine being driven to excessive rotations: the bearings are incandescing and, in a minute, melted metal will begin to drip and everything will turn to nothing. Quick: get cold water, logic. I am pouring it over myself by the bucketload but the logic sizzles on the hot bearings and dissipates elusive white steam into the air. — Yevgeny Zamyatin

The higher a tree wants to rise, the lower its roots must grow. — Matshona Dhliwayo