Stop comparing yourself to others. You have your own race to run. Finish well.<3 Votes: 3
Lecrae MooreFinish: Even if you run a slower than expected time, you succeed in any marathon when you finish. Votes: 3
Hal HigdonEducation begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him. Votes: 2
John LockeThat's one thing you learn in sports. You don't give up; you fight to the finish. Votes: 2
Louis ZamperiniThat's the thing about making a movie: You never finish editing. They just take it away from you. Votes: 2
Abel FerraraI am a New Yorker, and 7:00 A.M. is a civilized hour to finish the day, not to start it. Votes: 2
Sonia SotomayorIf I'd had some set idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it years ago? Votes: 2
Bill GatesAudacious ribald: your laughter will finish in hideous boredom before morning. Votes: 0
George Bernard ShawI am a Body-for-LIFE Challenge 2000 Winner. "Winners finish and finishers win." Votes: 0
Robert CheekeDemocracy does not race, it reaches the finish slowly but surely. Votes: 0
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheInaugurals conventionally start with a history lesson and finish with a prayer. Votes: 0
Jonathan RabanOnly death can finish the fight, everything else only interrupts the fighting. Votes: 0
Andrzej SapkowskiOnce you've committed yourself to something, pace yourself to the finish line. Votes: 0
Meb KeflezighiIn choosing joy, the finish line dissolves into a different matter altogether. Votes: 0
Mary Anne RadmacherOnce you finish paying for college you could reduce your life insurance. Votes: 0
Michelle SingletaryDescription begins in the writer's imagination, but should finish in the reader's. Votes: 0
Stephen KingWhen you finish a film, if you believed in your character, you're empty. Votes: 0
Jean-Claude Van DammeOnce you start something, finish it. Don't accumulate a backlog of unfinished projects. Votes: 0
Ed BlissSadly, as a songwriter you sooner or later finish developing your musical understanding. Votes: 0
Bent SaetherWinners are convinced they will finish first. The others hope to finish first. Votes: 0
Lanny BasshamAfter you finish the first 90% of a project, you have to finish the other 90%. Votes: 0
Michael AbrashGo spit in the face of our inevitable obsolescence and finish your @#$&ng novel. Votes: 0
John GreenTo finish will leave you feeling like a champion and positively change your life. Votes: 0
Jeff GallowayNever act without purpose and resolve, or without the means to finish the job. Votes: 0
Marcus AureliusYou can hardly tell where the computer models finish and the real dinosaurs begin Votes: 0
Laura DernTo finish is both a relief and a release from an extraordinarily pleasant prison. Votes: 0
Robert BurchfieldI guess that's the beauty of books. When they finish they don't really finish. Votes: 0
Markus ZusakMore important than starting well in our walk with God is to finish well. Votes: 0
Victor Manuel RiveraI wasn't trained as a writer-director. And the projects I write are difficult to finish. Votes: 0
Ziad DoueiriI finish so many books it's amazing. I'm also doing Rosetta Stone, learning some French. Votes: 0
Kellan LutzI know very few people who have literally improvised a film from start to finish. Votes: 0
Martin FreemanOn a harsh expedition, there's no space for anyone who does not intend to finish. Votes: 0
Tahir ShahDuring a race where everyone holds their own truth, the finish line is a surprise. Votes: 0
Akiane KramarikWhat makes a champion is not how elegantly you start, but how strongly you finish...!! Votes: 0
Robin SharmaIt takes a dream to get started, desire to keep going, and determination to finish. Votes: 0
Eddie HarrisSome lean back. But those who lean forward are poised to cross the finish-line, first! Votes: 0
T.F. HodgeNice guys may appear to finish last, but usually they are running a different race. Votes: 0
Ken Blanchard[Some] songs are all so detailed and in-depth that it takes forever to finish them. Votes: 0
Vic FuentesIt was stupid not to let MacArthur finish off those rice eaters. Push 'em back. Votes: 0
H. G. BissingerNever finish a negative statement; reverse it immediately, and wonders will happen in your life. Votes: 0
Joseph MurphyWell, usually when I finish one character, I'm looking for a role that's really different. Votes: 0
Piper PeraboAs educators we need to understand that there is no finish line in our work. Votes: 0
Carol Ann Tomlinsonmake only your trust in God; His author must surely finish his work. Hold on! Votes: 0
oladosu feyikogbonIf God hadn't rested on Sunday, He would have had time to finish the world. Votes: 0
Gabriel Garcia MarquezContrary to the cliche', genuinely nice guys most often finish first or very near it. Votes: 0
Steve ForbesWhen people help one another in sin and transgression, they finish by hating each other. Votes: 0
Ibn TaymiyyahWar does not answer war, war does not finish war. The only ending is peace. Votes: 0
Philippa GregoryThe steeper the mountain the harder the climb the better the view from the finish line ;) Votes: 0
Paula AbdulYou're more likely to finish a book you enjoy, than one that feels like literary drudgery. Votes: 0
Carmen Agra DeedyI realize something. That wasn't a finish line for me...This is my new starting line. Votes: 0
Wendelin Van DraanenHow nature loves the incomplete. She knows If she drew a conclusion it would finish her. Votes: 0
Christopher FryHealing can be a long and winding road or a straightforward march to the finish line. Votes: 0
Alice McCallYou have to finish things - that's what you learn from, you learn by finishing things. Votes: 0
Neil GaimanMen want to put their signature at the bottom; women don't want to finish that letter. Votes: 0
Ian ShoalesDiscipline helps you finish a job, and finishing is what separates excellent work from average work. Votes: 0
Pat SummittIt ended up taking eight years to finish college because I got deployed and went overseas. Votes: 0
Jon HuertasI wanna make a jigsaw puzzle that's 40, 000 pieces. When you finish it, it says 'go outside'. Votes: 0
Demetri MartinHopefully I can finish my degree before I get done playing and work with my foundation. Votes: 0
Calvin JohnsonYou get used to being lazy doing films, but classical theatre's going to finish me off. Votes: 0
Michael GambonIt's not how hard you pushed along the way. It's having something in you to finish. Votes: 0
Michael JordanLet me finish my beer." (Stark) "Of course. The end of the world can wait.(Kasabian) Votes: 0
Richard KadreyIf you don't have a plan, you will never find enough time to finish a task. Votes: 0
Debasish MridhaMaybe Heaven will be a library. Then I will be able to finish my to-read list. Votes: 0
Kellie ElmoreLife is the only race you'll run where you don't know where the finish line is. Votes: 0
Steve FarrarYou've got to learn a pace that's fast enough to win, but slow enough to finish. Votes: 0
Rick MearsWhen I finish a painting, it usually looks as surprising to me as to anyone else. Votes: 0
Howard HodgkinIt's not where you start or where you finish. It is the distance between the two. Votes: 0
David IckeThe work that Christ started but could not finish, I - Adolf Hitler - will conclude. Votes: 0
Adolf HitlerI don't want to scrounge around and be homeless, and I want to finish my education. Votes: 0
Callan McAuliffeDon't give up, what've you do; eyes front, head high to the finish. See it through! Votes: 0
Edgar GuestWhenever I finish a book, I start with a blank slate and never have ideas lined up. Votes: 0
Erik LarsonI want to release another CD this year, finish writing a screenplay, and make another short film. Votes: 0
Todd BarryUsually by the time I finish a book tour I've just about had it with the book. Votes: 0
Richard RussoThere are times when one would like to hang the whole human race, and finish the farce. Votes: 0
Mark TwainThe grave's a fine and quiet place but none I think do finish their books from there. Votes: 0
Ursula NordstromArtichoke: That vegetable of which one has more at the finish than at the start of dinner. Votes: 0
Lord ChesterfieldWhat really matters are the lives you touch along the way and how you finish your journey. Votes: 0
Nick VujicicI've got kids that are always watching and I taught them to always finish something you started. Votes: 0
Ray LewisI want to release another CD this year, finish writing a screenplay, and make another short film Votes: 0
Todd BarryPerhaps the sketch of a work is so pleasing because everyone can finish it as he chooses. Votes: 0
Eugene DelacroixWell, once we finish something, I can't really listen to it because all I hear are problems. Votes: 0
Chris MartinFor me, as for so many runners, there really are no finish lines. Runs end; running doesn't. Votes: 0
Dean KarnazesIf I don't finish in the top three for the next Nobel Peace Prize, something's seriously wrong, Votes: 0
Dennis RodmanMaybe the start line was supposed to be your finish line. Don't be afraid to walk backwards. Votes: 0
TabloI never would start writing before midnight and I would finish at, like, seven in the morning. Votes: 0
Fran LebowitzMany people think the Cards at the end of the wire will cross the finish line first. Votes: 0
Jerry ColemanWe didn't know until really quite late in the piece how Joel [Wyman] would finish it off. Votes: 0
John NobleI didn't go to university. Didn't even finish A-levels. But I have sympathy for those who did. Votes: 0
Terry PratchettThe home is the center and circumference, the start and the finish, of most of our lives. Votes: 0
Charlotte Perkins GilmanIf I finish tomorrow and look back on the past years, I' d say, 'that wasn't bad'. Votes: 0
Kevin KilbaneNow I'm back in LA, it's high time to finish a little something I've been working on... Votes: 0
Edgar WrightBefore you finish eating breakfast in the morning, you've depended on more than half of the world. Votes: 0
Martin Luther King, Jr.A discordant mind, black with confusion and despair, would finish me off as thoroughly as the cold. Votes: 0
Richard E. ByrdI'm a let you finish, but the French Revolution had the best severed heads of ALL TIME. Votes: 0
Kanye WestIf my story were ever to be written truthfully from start to finish, it would amaze everyone. Votes: 0
Henri MatisseI trailed off and he didn't push me to finish. I was finding that I liked that. Votes: 0
Sarah DessenIt is easy to finish things. Nothing is simpler. Never does one lie so cleverly as then. Votes: 0
Henri de Toulouse-LautrecThat heartbreaking moment when you finish an amazing book, and you are forced to return to reality. Votes: 0
Grace PaleyAll writers have this vague hope that the elves will come in the night and finish any stories. Votes: 0
Neil GaimanWe are Boston. We are America. We respond. We endure. We overcome. And we own the finish line. Votes: 0
Joe BidenIt's the thing they don't teach you in film school - what happens after you finish your movie. Votes: 0
Leland OrserTo be successful one must make change an ongoing process. Quality is a race with no finish line. Votes: 0
David T. KearnsTo confront criminals, we need to finish with corruption. If we don't do this, there is no hope. Votes: 0
Andres Manuel Lopez ObradorI wanna make a jigsaw puzzle that's 40,000 pieces. And when you finish it, it says 'go outside.' Votes: 0
Demetri MartinAm I worried? Sure, I'm worried. When it comes to the Olympics, it can't be a predictable finish. Votes: 0
Hayley WickenheiserEvery good love story has a start and a finish. What matters is what happens in the middle. Votes: 0
Suzette R. HintonSometimes we become so focused on the finish line, that we fail to find joy in the journey. Votes: 0
Dieter F. UchtdorfIf you enter a race and finish last, you are a winner. The loser never entered the race. Votes: 0
Roger CrawfordI don't finish every story, but I probably write and send out three out of five of them. Votes: 0
Robert SheckleyDoing a play is so fulfilling. Words cannot describe how I feel when I finish doing a play. Votes: 0
Rutina WesleyIf you don't finish half of the races, you are not going to have a very good season. Votes: 0
Helio CastronevesI forget a book as soon as I finish writing it, which is not always a good thing Votes: 0
Anne TylerIf he goes down, he is to get up, and continue to fight, until I finish the process. Votes: 0
Wladimir KlitschkoWhen I race my mind is full of doubts - who will finish second, who will finish third? Votes: 0
Noureddine MorceliI forget a book as soon as I finish writing it, which is not always a good thing. Votes: 0
Anne TylerTo succeed in life in today's world, you must have the will and tenacity to finish the job. Votes: 0
Chin-Ning ChuIf I wake up during a dream I can usually go back to sleep and finish the story. Votes: 0
Marion CotillardGod will finish what He authors, but He is not obligated to finish what He has not authored. Votes: 0
Edwin Louis ColeIn my next life I want to live backwards. Start out dead and finish off as an orgasm. Votes: 0
Woody AllenBegin as if you will finish. Let the story be told that you had the courage to begin. Votes: 0
Mary Anne RadmacherI'm not perfect, but I know when I start to do something, I don't like to not finish. Votes: 0
Champ BaileyWhen I was a child I didn't care about getting an education, and I didn't finish high school. Votes: 0
Mary J. BligeIt is not true that nice guys finish last. Nice guys are winners before the game even starts. Votes: 0
Mort WalkerNice guys finish first. If you don't know that, then you don't know where the finish line is. Votes: 0
Garry ShandlingTears streamed down my face as I crossed the finish line. I was a new person, a runner. Votes: 0
Thomas KingIf you've worked over all of your drawing, it should finish itself - often when you least expect it. Votes: 0
Stan SmithIf I had some idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it years ago? Votes: 0
Richard M. DeVosI've been a schoolteacher. I always try to get the kids to finish talking before the next one starts Votes: 0
Marion Zimmer BradleyYou have to meet all of the challenges, big and small. Because how you start is how you finish. Votes: 0
Bernie MacWhen I go to dance clubs, I always dance with big girls, so we finish at the same time. Votes: 0
Gabriel IglesiasThe second I finish shooting something, I know I could have done it better if we started right then. Votes: 0
Geena DavisWhen we make a pledge, we mean it. We keep our word, and what we begin, we will finish. Votes: 0
George W. BushThere has to be a protagonist who has to overcome challenges, and there will be a race to finish. Votes: 0
Ashwin SanghiYou start at the stupid end of the book, and if you're lucky you finish at the smart end. Votes: 0
Salman RushdieYou want to finish something when it's good. You don't want to be the last one at the party! Votes: 0
Emilie de RavinI'm the type of person that tries to fall back asleep in the morning just to finish a dream. Votes: 0
Marilyn MonroeIn college, the fans cheer the whole game, from start to finish. In the NBA it's really laid back. Votes: 0
Nate RobinsonSometimes I feel so sick at the state of the world I can't even finish my second apple pie. Votes: 0
BanksyAt age 77, I need the help of someone with more energy than I can now summon to finish a book Votes: 0
Anne McCaffreyAny finish at Le Mans is great but every time I go to Le Mans my mission is to win. Votes: 0
Tom KristensenWhen I'm in the studio, I don't finish the song and say, 'That's going to be a big ringtone.' Votes: 0
T-PainWhen thing are at it's worse you dig deep and finish your mission or be carried out on your shield. Votes: 0
Cung LeNo two of us learn our language alike, nor, in a sense, does any finish learning it while he lives. Votes: 0
Willard Van Orman QuineI pretty much believe that a film is a film and when an audience watches a film, they finish it. Votes: 0
Mike MillsSometimes I see people finish a film and they go, "Yeah, that was good. Where are we going to eat?" Votes: 0
Luc BessonEven now I can say I'd love to finish my career here, and then stay in the game after that. Votes: 0
Steven GerrardThe war on terror is a fight that we did not start, but it is one that we shall finish. Votes: 0
Nick LampsonWhen the quest of a dream has a detour or dip, look beyond your dismay and go finish the trip. Votes: 0
Wes FeslerAt age 77, I need the help of someone with more energy than I can now summon to finish a book. Votes: 0
Anne McCaffreyI never know when I finish the novel I am writing which will be the next novel out of the station. Votes: 0
John IrvingIn soloing - as in other activities - it is far easier to start something than it is to finish it. Votes: 0
Amelia EarhartI knew I'd have to go to work in real estate or something else or I could never finish my novel. Votes: 0
Judith RossnerWhen I begin a film, I want to make a great film. Halfway through, I just hope to finish the film. Votes: 0
Francois TruffautBy our attitude to prayer we tell God that what was begun in the Spirit we can finish in the flesh. Votes: 0
Leonard RavenhillMost of us would be willing to pay as we go if we could just finish paying for where we've been. Votes: 0
Ann LandersNow the war is not over, victory isn't won But we'll fight on to the finish, and when it's all done. Votes: 0
John LegendIt's a phobia I have. I never assume I'm going to be able to write another album after I finish one. Votes: 0
Bruce CockburnI seem always to have two or three novels going at once. It takes me a long time to finish one. Votes: 0
Michael HelmI just want to be happy. I want to be happy and be able to finish my career in the right way. Votes: 0
Brandon JacobsI start a picture and I finish it. I don't think about art while I work. I try to think about life. Votes: 0
Jean-Michel BasquiatI don't want to have a good fight, I don't want to have an exciting fight, I want to have a finish. Votes: 0
Michael ChandlerWhen we finish a book, why do we hold it in both hands and gaze at it as if it were somehow alive? Votes: 0
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