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 BONNERThe real purpose of running isn’t to win a race, it’s to test the limits of the human heart.
More Bill Bonner Quotes
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A teacher is never too smart to learn from his pupils.
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Harness the Power of Accelerated Failure – the faster you fail, the faster you succeed.
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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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None of the problems that caused the crises in Europe and America have been resolved. They have been delayed and expanded by more debt and more money printing and will lead to more and worse crises.
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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.
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There’s no such thing as bad weather, just soft people.
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To bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete* in the world.
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The real purpose of running isn’t to win a race, it’s to test the limits of the human heart.
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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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People are upset. They know something is wrong. But they don’t know what. The real explanation is too complicated. They won’t sit still for it. So, they look for scapegoats – the rich…the banks…the Chinese.
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There is no bad weather, just soft runners.
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Victory is in having done your best. If you’ve done your best, you’ve won.
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The economic freedom that made the U.S. economy the leader of the world has given way toa rigged, controlled, and regulated economy.
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Yes, there are constraints on the way the insiders use their power. There are ‘checks and balances,’ built into the constitution, for example.
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People do not get what they want or what they expect from the markets; they get what they deserve.
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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.
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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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God determines how fast you’re going to run; I can help only with the mechanics.
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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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A teacher is never too smart to learn from his pupils. But while runners differ, basic principles never change.
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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.
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You can forget about recovery. There is no recovery – and there’s not going to be any recovery. Recovery is an impossibility.
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A man on his owns knows that he is best advised to leave his dumbbell neighbors alone. But let him join a political party, and he fantasizes that he has the right and the power to tell everyone on the block what to do.
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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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You don’t get what you want from investing, you get what you deserve.
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The athlete makes himself, the coach doesn’t make the athlete.
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