My faith inspires me so much. It is the very reason that I run. I feel that my running is completely a gift from God and it is my responsibility to use it to glorify him.
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JAY ELECTRONICA You get to the point where you're like, 'I'm just doing me, and if people don't like... BEBE REXHA I just feel that God gave me a certain gift, and that was to go out, do storytelling and be an actor... ERIC CLOSE Nothing in my life is going right, right now and there's got to be a reason for that. I think that G... MINDY MCCREADY Integrity is not everything, but it is the only thing that matters. JEFFREY FRY Years ago, I tore out a Nike ad featuring Allyson Felix and Maria Sharapova looking super fierce and... ASHLEY WAGNER I take the good with the bad. I always wanted to be a comic, and part of that, for me, was that I wa... ERIK GRIFFIN I saw that there is no Nature, That Nature doesn’t exist, That there are hills, valleys,... ALBERTO CAEIRO There was no Jace Wayland more real than the one he saw in her eyes when she looked at him. CASSANDRA CLARE You know, I don't think my music is important, I don't think it's changing the world, I ... SUFJAN STEVENS It is not only my right and my privilege to walk in the abundance God has for me, it is my responsib... JAN DENISE I feel like it's important to use this gift God gave me, my life and my career to do something t... MARTINA MCBRIDE I’m glad I see with my eyes and not the pages I’ve read. ALBERTO CAEIRO Liberated from suffering and searchI have tied myself to the skirt of God.If I fly, I look at the su... JALAL AD-DIN RUMI My life is a struggle. VOLTAIRE See the world for what it is. BEAUTIFUL! ANTHONY T. HINCKS I feel my dad, I still feel his love, and I still love him. I would do anything to have him back, bu... GWYNETH PALTROW God gave me my money. I believe the power to make money is a gift from God . to be developed and use... JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER If I knew I was going to die tomorrow, And Spring came the day after tomorrow, I would die... ALBERTO CAEIRO Between what i see in a field and what I see in another field There passes for a moment the fig... ALBERTO CAEIRO Things don’t have significance: they only have existence. Things are the only hidden meaning ... ALBERTO CAEIRO Being a conservative has given me clarity; it's given me freedom - my mind is free; therefore, m... DANA PERINO The king may rule the kingdom, but it's the queen who moves the board. D.M. TIMNEY The fact that I am Latino is not a secret. There's not much I can do about that. It is what it i... PETE GALLEGO I feel like the life of a songwriter is a privilege, and to be fortunate enough to make a living doi... ALLEN SHAMBLIN Hannibal at eighteen was rooting for Mephistopheles and contemptuous of Faust, but he only half-list... THOMAS HARRIS ...So to be fast to don't be long and to try to be short... If you want to play the best game, creat... DEYTH BANGER I always said a prayer before I ran, and my prayer was to win. My prayer was that God would allow me... GAIL DEVERS Photography is, by its nature, exploitative. It's whether you use this process with a sense of r... MARTIN PARR We may claim to believe in God, but we don't want to believe so much that it makes us different. CRAIG GROESCHEL He had a harder time helping her out though. He was asleep while she was doing stars. Without wings,... LAURIE FRANKEL When I was in college, I remember fearing that the dreary grind of adulthood would feature infinitel... , VLOGBROTHERS, IS COLLEGE WORTH IT?, 08-21-12 It has been my experience that maximizing income is a helluva lot less important than maximizing pas... , VLOGBROTHERS, IS COLLEGE WORTH IT?, 08-21-12 What comes, when it comes, will be what it is. ALBERTO CAEIRO Night doesn’t fall for my eyes But my idea of the night is that it falls for my eyes. Be... ALBERTO CAEIRO it's always important to do what you want, Life is too short to live with Regrets. SHELLI THOMPSON I'm not an Emontional, but how??? I live with the thought that "Nothing can be returned, it has... DEYTH BANGER When I die it will be game over,... but I know one life is short, to be selfish is not the best deci... DEYTH BANGER To be honest, there are no problems between me and Messi. People have their own opinions about who t... CRISTIANO RONALDO O Lord my God, tell me what you are to me. Say to my soul, I am your salvation . Say it so tha... AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO It is my fondest wish that the gift of song that God has given me will flow from my soul to yours an... BOBBY WOMACK My love for her was close to piety. You may think it strange that I should use this word, with its r... SōSEKI NATSUME When you're recording to analog tape, it captures performance and you can't necessarily mani... DAVE GROHL I pulled on the restraints, frustrated, hurting, and completely devastated. I could feel tears slidi... ELIZABETH SCHECHTER Religion is not something that you or I can touch. Religion is the worship of God—therefore a matt... MATTHEW KELLY Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it SARA SHEPARD Fearlessness is like a muscle. I know from my own life that the more I exercise it the more natural ... ARIANNA HUFFINGTON Music is my life. ROBERT ILER I could never give up athletics. Running is what I will always do. Even if, maybe, the authorities c... CASTER SEMENYA I was born subject like others to errors and defects, But never to the error of wanting to unde... ALBERTO CAEIRO Accept the universe As the gods gave it to you. If the gods wanted to give you something e... ALBERTO CAEIRO The man stopped talking and was looking at the sunset. But what does someone who hates and love... ALBERTO CAEIRO This is a gift that God has given me. I'm not smart enough to write for everybody, but it's ... JAN KARON I don't believe for a minute that the proof of God's existence is achieved. My faith prohibits me fr... LAURENCE COSSé I curate my life in a way. It's always playing on my mind, kind of a love-hate relationship. I... LORDE It's not a question of it being important to me; it is me. It is the essence of everything that I am... FRANK TURNER I am not trying to change the world. I am just offering my gift that God gave me, and if somebody is... LENNY KRAVITZ Tell your story to the universe and Let your actions speak LOVE.' No matter what it is. NAPZ CHERUB PELLAZO I admit that invective is one of my pleasures. This only brings me problems in life, but that's ... MICHEL HOUELLEBECQ To be honest, my partner Natasha is my inspiration. She is who I reference when searching for my rol... DAVID HALLBERG Honestly, I feel like everything in life happens for a reason, and my son has been the greatest gift... CIARA Feast of Anselm, Abbot of Le Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher, 1109 I hear men praying eve... PHILLIPS BROOKS Sometimes my heart hurts so much, I beat it with my fists. I try to run. But you cannot run from thi... 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FELIX BAUMGARTNER I like to challenge myself. FELIX BAUMGARTNER To jump and break the sound barrier will not be a mere record breaking experience or another extreme... FELIX BAUMGARTNER At a certain R.P.M., there's only one way for blood to leave your body, and that's through y... FELIX BAUMGARTNER I base jumped off the Jesus statue in Rio de Janeiro. FELIX BAUMGARTNER They call me Fearless Felix. FELIX BAUMGARTNER If I do something, it's always 90% obvious and 10% unknown. FELIX BAUMGARTNER Well, to me, my past accomplishments weren't crazy. They required a lot of skill and careful pla... FELIX BAUMGARTNER Let me tell you - when I was standing there on top of the world, you become so humble. You don't... FELIX BAUMGARTNER I want to find a nice decent job as a helicopter pilot. FELIX BAUMGARTNER People are fascinated about the world above them because it seems so out-of-reach. FELIX BAUMGARTNER If the Wright brothers hadn't put their lives on the line, we would not be flying around the wor... FELIX BAUMGARTNER I always feel the danger because you might always be subject to an unexpected or emergency event. FELIX BAUMGARTNER I feel comfortable with what I do and I guess that my girlfriend feels the same. FELIX BAUMGARTNER Heroes don't wear diapers. It's just not cool. FELIX BAUMGARTNER As a little kid, I climbed a lot of trees because I always loved the bird's-eye view. FELIX BAUMGARTNER I'm 100 percent sure I'm becoming a really good helicopter pilot. FELIX BAUMGARTNER I started skydiving because I loved the idea of freedom. FELIX BAUMGARTNER Sometimes you have to go up really high to understand how small you really are. FELIX BAUMGARTNER I'm retired from the daredevil business. FELIX BAUMGARTNER FOR a long time the conviction has been dimly felt in the community that, without prejudice to exist... FELIX ADLER No one can fail to see that the power of the Church among large numbers in many communities is today... FELIX ADLER The Ethical Society, therefore, is like a Church in maintaining, and emphasizing the importance of m... FELIX ADLER Love of country is like love of woman - he loves her best who seeks to bestow on her the highest goo... FELIX ADLER Admitting the force of these contentions, nevertheless, the custom of meeting together in public ass... FELIX ADLER If you desire information on some point of law, you are not likely to ponder over the ponderous tome... FELIX ADLER The ethical manifold, conceived of as unified, furnishes, or rather is, the ideal of the whole. FELIX ADLER The platform of an Ethical Society is itself the altar; the address must be the fire that burns ther... FELIX ADLER No religion can long continue to maintain its purity when the church becomes the subservient vassal ... FELIX ADLER For more than three thousand years men have quarreled concerning the formulas of their faith. FELIX ADLER