Great is the victory, but the friendship of all is greater.

To boast of a performance which I cannot beat is merely stupid vanity. And if I can beat it that means there is nothing special about it. What has passed is already finished with. What I find more interesting is what is still to come.

An athlete cannot run with money in his pockets. He must run with hope in his heart and dreams in his head.

Why should I practice running slow? I already know how to run slow. I want to learn to run fast.

When I was young, I was too slow. I thought I must learn to run fast by practicing to run fast, so I ran 100 meters fast 20 times. Then I came back, slow, slow, slow.

We are different, in essence, from other men. If you want to win something, run 100 meters. If you want to experience something, run a marathon.

A runner must run with dreams in his heart, not money in his pocket.

The athlete of today is not an athlete alone. He's the center of a team - doctors, scientists, coaches, agents and so on.

There is a great advantage in training under unfavorable conditions. It is better to train under bad conditions, for the difference is then a tremendous relief in a race.

If one can stick to the training throughout the many long years, then will power is no longer a problem. It's raining? That doesn't matter. I am tired? That's besides the point. It's simply that I just have to.

It's at the borders of pain and suffering that the men are separated from the boys.

If you want to run, run a mile. If you want to experience a different life, run a marathon.

My running was very simple; it was out of myself.

You can't climb up to the second floor without a ladder. When you set your aim too high and don't fulfill it, then your enthusiasm turns to bitterness. Try for a goal that's reasonable, and then gradually raise it.

Great is the victory, but the friendship of all is greater.

What has passed is already finished with. What I find more interesting is what is still to come.

Men, today we die a little.

If one can stick to the training throughout the many long years, then willpower is no longer a problem. It's raining? That doesn't matter. I am tired? That's beside the point. It's simply that I just have to.

If you want to run a mile, then run a mile. If you want to experience another life, run a marathon.

A runner must run with dreams in his heart.

Friendship is essentially a partnership.

The friendship that can cease has never been real.

One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.

Although the troops have struck us, we throw it all behind and are glad to meet you in peace and friendship.

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

A friendship that like love is warm; A love like friendship, steady.

It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.

Friendship is one of the most tangible things in a world which offers fewer and fewer supports.

It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.

It is important to our friends to believe that we are unreservedly frank with them, and important to friendship that we are not.

Opposition is true friendship.

The real test of friendship is: can you literally do nothing with the other person? Can you enjoy those moments of life that are utterly simple?

Friendship may, and often does, grow into love, but love never subsides into friendship.

I love life in spite of all that mars it. I love friendship, jokes and laughter.

Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.

I am proud to represent these men and women who empower people in developing nations and promote the Peace Corps mission of peace and friendship. These volunteers are making major strides to improve the lives of people and communities around the world.

To some it may be a thrill to be known, to me it's a thrill to start a friendship even up.

Read as you taste fruit or savor wine, or enjoy friendship, love or life.

The building of friendship, family, community and love is complicated. We are so isolated in this country, no longer supported by tribes and villages.

There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere Man.

She discovered with great delight that one does not love one's children just because they are one's children but because of the friendship formed while raising them.

Friendship's the wine of life: but friendship new... is neither strong nor pure.

But, based on my friendship with Evie as young mothers, I started going on freedom rides in 1966.

The world is round so that friendship may encircle it.

Laughter is not a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is the best ending for one.

The second one, the joint Truth and Friendship Commission, which we started now with Indonesia, that is the one that has been criticized; its terms of reference call for providing amnesty for those who cooperate in telling the truth. It does not lead to prosecution.

During the 1950s, Aristotle Onassis and I formed what grew to be a close friendship and association in several business ventures.

Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces.

We became friends as we became a band. Our friendship evolved as the band evolved. It had its ups and downs, but it was mostly ups for the four of us. We got along well almost all of the time. Hey! We liked each other and we still do.