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George A. Sheehan quotes

American Writer November 5, 1918 – November 1, 1993

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George A. Sheehan quote: "If you want to win anything - a race, yourself, your life -..."
If you want to win anything - a race, yourself, your life - you have to go a little berserk. George A. Sheehan
George A. Sheehan quote: "Happiness is different from pleasure. Happiness has something..."
Happiness is different from pleasure. Happiness has something to do with struggling and enduring and accomplishing. George A. Sheehan
There are those of us who are always about to live. We are waiting until things change, until there is more time, until we are less tired, until we get a promotion, until we settle down / until, until, until. It always seems as if there is some major event that must occur in our lives before we begin living. George A. Sheehan
George A. Sheehan quote: "Success means having the courage, the determination, and the..."
Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be. George A. Sheehan
Boredom, like beauty, is in the mind of the beholder. ?There is no such thing as an uninteresting subject? said Chesterton. ?The only thing that can exist is an uninterested person. George A. Sheehan
We may think there is willpower involved, but more likely... change is due to want power. Wanting the new addiction more than the old one. Wanting the new me in preference to the person I am now. George A. Sheehan
The distance runner is mysteriously reconciling the separations of body and mind, of pain and pleasure, of the conscious and the unconscious. He is repairing the rent, and healing the wound in his divided self. He has found a way to make the ordinary extraordinary; the commonplace unique; the everyday eternal. George A. Sheehan
George A. Sheehan quote: "Anything that changes your values changes your behavior."
Anything that changes your values changes your behavior. George A. Sheehan
Running is just such a monestary-- a retreat, a place to commune with God and yourself, a place for psychological and spiritual renewal. George A. Sheehan
For every runner who tours the world running marathons, there are thousands who run to hear the leaves and listen to the rain, and look to the day when it is suddenly as easy as a bird in flight. George A. Sheehan
And while these pounds were being shed, while the physiological miracles were occurring with the heart and muscle and metabolism, psychological marvels were taking place as well. Just so, the world over, bodies, minds, and souls are constantly being born again, during miles on the road. George A. Sheehan
George A. Sheehan quote: "The true runner is a very fortunate person. He has found..."
The true runner is a very fortunate person. He has found something in him that is just perfect. George A. Sheehan
George A. Sheehan quote: "Exercise is done against one's wishes and maintained only..."
Exercise is done against one's wishes and maintained only because the alternative is worse. George A. Sheehan
George A. Sheehan quote: "The mind's first step to self-awareness must be through the body."
The mind's first step to self-awareness must be through the body. George A. Sheehan

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