If there is one thing that marks families with money in the long term it is this: delayed gratification.
BILL BONNEREverything you need is already inside.
More Bill Bonner Quotes
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If you look carefully, almost all Old Money secrets can be traced to a single source: a longer-term outlook.
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If at the end of a race you know yourself that you have done your best, you’re a winner.
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And there are cultural norms and traditional prohibitions. But eventually, the norms and traditions wear off, like painkillers. And then, the pain of raw government begins again.
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I think people can handle 150 to 200 miles a week. But something has to give somewhere. If he’s a student, how’s he going to study? He may be at the age of chasing and courtship, and that’s an important form of sport and recreation, too.
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Both the liberal and the conservative are in agreement: it is all very well to let the people alone, but only if they do what you want them to do.
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If someone says, ‘Hey, I ran 100 miles this week. How far did you run?’ ignore him! What the hell difference does it make?…. The magic is in the man, not the 100 miles.
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The athlete makes himself, the coach doesn’t make the athlete.
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I still bother with runners I call hamburgers. They’re never going to run any record times. But they can fulfill their own potential.
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That is the problem with age and wisdom—it merely shows you how helpless you are. The wiser you become, the more you learn to keep your mouth shut, until eventually the grave silences you forever.
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God determines how fast you’re going to run; I can help only with the mechanics.
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To bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete* in the world.
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The US is headed for ruin and revolution. The revolution will almost certainly be put down, violently. But the ruin cannot be stopped.
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Harness the Power of Accelerated Failure – the faster you fail, the faster you succeed.
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There is no bad weather, just soft runners.
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There’s no such thing as bad weather, just soft people.
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