Quotes from Dean Karnazes

I have found my church, and it is at the end of a long trail on a distant mountainship. It is there that I feel most at peace, entirely content and whole.

Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is the one who endures that the final victory comes.

Once you permit yourself to compromise, you fail yourself.

My suspicion is that, like me, most of you reading these pages are drawn to extremes. Moderation bores you. You seek challenges and adventures that dwell on the outer edges. The path of least resistance is not a route often traveled.

We have killed our souls with comfort instead of seeking fulfillment and achievement.

The only one who can tell you You can't is you. And you don't have to listen.-Nike

When we pass them, show no signs of weakness. Look strong.

Never, however, do I take shortcuts. There is not path of least resistance in my training. What I do equates to hard manual labor, disciplined grunt work. Once you permit yourself to compromise, you fail yourself. You might be able to fool some people, but you can never fool yourself. Your toughest critic is the one you face every morning in the mirror.

As a runner, that's what I know how to do. To strike out on a trail and just go and go and go like there's no tomorrow; to run until my problems fade beneath my feet and the world becomes new again.

If you keep chasing your dreams, one day you'll catch them.

You cannot grow and expand your capabilities without running the risk of failure.

Any goal worth achieving involves an element of risk.

Regardless of how distant your dreams may seem, every second counts.