black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

The idea that the harder you work, the better you’re going to be is just garbage. The greatest improvement is made by the man or woman who works most intelligently.

Bill Bonner

The entire world economy rests on the consumer; if he ever stops spending money he doesn’t have on things he doesn’t need — we’re done for.
BILL BONNER

Civilization Consumer Done Needs
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.
BILL BONNER

Forever Learning Wisdom
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.
BILL BONNER

Fitness Motivational Running
Several of my critics have said, ‘Bowerman just tacks up a piece of paper in the locker room and turns his runners loose.’ They’re partially right. I do give the athletes a relatively free rein and for good reason. One of my principles is? ‘Don’t overcoach.’
BILL BONNER

Athlete Giving Running
Harness the Power of Accelerated Failure – the faster you fail, the faster you succeed.
BILL BONNER

Failing Harness Succeed
A man’s wealth can…also be measured by what he doesn’t have and doesn’t want. When he wants little, he is a rich man.
BILL BONNER

Littles Man Rich Want Wealth
Victory is in having done your best. If you’ve done your best, you’ve won.
BILL BONNER

Inspiration Motivational Sports Victory
Neither limits nor adversity are what ruin men. Under pressure, they handle themselves pretty well. It’s the lack of limits they can’t handle. That’s when they run amok. So, if you really want to see what a man is made of let him think he can get away with something.
BILL BONNER

Adversity Men Running Themselves
If you look carefully, almost all Old Money secrets can be traced to a single source: a longer-term outlook.
BILL BONNER

Looks Outlook Secret Source
God determines how fast you’re going to run; I can help only with the mechanics.
BILL BONNER

Helping Mechanic Running
To bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete* in the world.
BILL BONNER

Athlete Innovation Inspiration
A teacher is never too smart to learn from his pupils. But while runners differ, basic principles never change.
BILL BONNER

Running Smart Teacher
The world, then, no longer resembles the one that gave rise to the original insight. Soon, a person’s situation is so at odds with the world as it really is that a crisis develops, and he or she must seek a new metaphor for explanation and guidance.
BILL BONNER

Develop Explain Guidance Situation Soon
The real purpose of running isn’t to win a race, it’s to test the limits of the human heart.
BILL BONNER

Heart Real Running
Once vast numbers of people have come to believe the lie, they adjust their own behavior to bring themselves into sync with it, and thereby change the world itself.
BILL BONNER

Behaviour Change Number Original World
A teacher is never too smart to learn from his pupils.
BILL BONNER

Smart Teacher Teaching

The idea that the harder you work, the better you’re going to be is just garbage. The greatest improvement is made by the man or woman who works most intelligently.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

The idea that the harder you work, the better you’re going to be is just garbage. The greatest improvement is made by the man or woman who works most intelligently.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Bill Bonner Quotes