There is an expression among even the most advanced runners that getting your shoes on is the hardest part of any workout

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Your self-worth is determined by you. You don't have to depend on someone telling you who you are. — Beyoncé

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If we are to have a war with America, we will have no hope of winning unless the U.S. fleet in Hawaiian waters can be destroyed. - Isoroku Yamamoto

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The problem, often not discovered until late in life, is that when you look for things in life like love, meaning, motivation, it implies they are sitting behind a tree or under a rock. The most successful people in life recognize, that in life they create their own love, they manufacture their own meaning, they generate their own motivation. For me, I am driven by two main philosophies, know more today about the world than I knew yesterday. And lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you. ― Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Worrying is like paying a debt you don't owe. — Mark Twain

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Look closely at the present you are constructing: it should look like the future you are dreaming. — Alice Walker

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To be a champ you have to believe in yourself when no one else will. — Sugar Ray Robinson

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God requires you to do what is right. ― Lailah Gifty Akita

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Champions keep playing until they get it right. — Billie Jean King

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Our life is what our thoughts make it. Marcus Aurelius

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