Quotes about Finish Line

But for each of us, isn't life about determining your own finish line? Votes: 4

If I'd had some set idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it years ago? Votes: 4

Being the first to cross the finish line makes you a winner in only one phase of life. It's what you do after you cross the line that really counts. Votes: 4

I've done it with Broadcast News-where there was no finish line, there was no agenda that I had to move all the characters to this point, that I was sort of open to what happens. Votes: 4

You have got to decide, look, this is who I am; this is my best way to present myself, and I'm going to ride that horse to the finish line. Not everybody will like it, but that's OK. Votes: 4

One should always try to do the best you possibly can. I'm not in a race to the finish line - I won't put anything out until it's completely ready. You want to keep it special and unique for the customer. Votes: 4

I have great empathy for all the contestants that come on 'Top Chef,' whether they go home right away or they make it to the finish line. It's a very vulnerable position they put themselves in and I feel for them. Votes: 4

In the end, the American dream is not a sprint, or even a marathon, but a relay. Our families don't always cross the finish line in the span of one generation. But each generation passes on to the next the fruits of their labor. Votes: 4

For the real winners, there are no finish lines. Votes: 2

I should just stay composed and run to the finish line. Votes: 2

Once you've committed yourself to something, pace yourself to the finish line. Votes: 2

In choosing joy, the finish line dissolves into a different matter altogether. Votes: 2

To get to the finish line, you'll have to try lots of different paths. Votes: 2

Keep your eyes on the finish line and not on the turmoil around you. Votes: 2

It always takes the truth a little bit longer to cross the finish line. Votes: 2

During a race where everyone holds their own truth, the finish line is a surprise. Votes: 2

Healing can be a long and winding road or a straightforward march to the finish line. Votes: 2

For me, as for so many runners, there really are no finish lines. Runs end; running doesn't. Votes: 2

Tears streamed down my face as I crossed the finish line. I was a new person, a runner. Votes: 2

Nice guys finish first. If you don't know that, then you don't know where the finish line is. Votes: 2

We are Boston. We are America. We respond. We endure. We overcome. And we own the finish line. Votes: 2

It's incredible how many emotions you feel when crossing the finish line and seeing that you are No. 1. Votes: 2

If I had some idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it years ago? Votes: 2

You can't drag people from understanding to action. A customer isn't actually at the last mile if you're the one dragging her to the finish line. Votes: 2

We didn't crumble after 9/11. We didn't falter after the Boston Marathon. But we're America. Americans will never, ever stand down. We endure. We overcome. We own the finish line. Votes: 2

Stress is something that is sort of out of your control. You get stressed out over looking at the finish line. Stress is something that is an outside thing. Stress is an anxiety. Votes: 2

For every finish-line tape a runner breaks -- complete with the cheers of the crowd and the clicking of hundreds of cameras -- there are the hours of hard and often lonely work that rarely gets talked about. Votes: 2

I am not the kind of designer who is racing to the finish line, so while collaborations are important for our growth, each and every one has to be strategic and well-timed with what we have going on internally. Votes: 2

There are times when you run a marathon and you wonder, Why am I doing this? But you take a drink of water, and around the next bend, you get your wind back, remember the finish line, and keep going. Votes: 2

When the gun fires you must concentrate for every second on the way to that finish line. You should know exactly how long it will take you to and think about every step of the race you are about to run. Votes: 2

As the 2012 elections approach the finish line, the chatter among columnists and political reporters is about upcoming books that take readers inside the campaigns, cutting-edge efforts to micro-target voters on Internet social applications, the enormous money flowing through super-PACs, and extreme political polarization. Votes: 2

Slashing its way to the finish line, 'Black Swan' is the first ballet movie for highbrow horror fans for whom ballet itself signifies little to nothing. Those of us who know and love ballet can only look on it with a different kind of horror. Votes: 2

The world is full of people who have dreams of playing at Carnegie Hall, of running a marathon, and of owning their own business. The difference between the people who make it across the finish line and everyone else is one simple thing: an action plan. Votes: 2

The first rule of making progress in anything you do is setting goals, allowing yourself to always have a finish line in sight. This provides a boost in motivation during those moments when slogging forward seems impossible, giving you something tangible to work towards at every moment. Votes: 2

If you look at space companies, they've failed either because they've had a technical solution where success was not a possible outcome, they were unable to attract a critical mass of talent, or they just ran out of money. The finish line is usually a lot further away than you think. Votes: 2

I think all of us who kind of live within the sport recognize that Davis Cup certainly could be a little more visible if perhaps there were some adjustments made to it, and it was made a little bit more easy to understand for the fans, if there's a little bit more of a start and finish line. Votes: 2

The label of 'marathoner' has, from the beginning, been awarded to those who went the distance under their own power, whether they ran, walked, crawled or tiptoed. When you cross that finish line, you've entered an elite group. About one-tenth of one percent of the population has done it. Don't let anyone take that great achievement away from you. Votes: 2

What I think a lot of great marathon runners do is envision crossing that finish line. Visualization is critical. But for me, I set a lot of little goals along the way to get my mind off that overwhelming goal of 26.2 miles. I know I've got to get to 5, and 12, and 16, and then I celebrate those little victories along the way. Votes: 2

I feel so lucky to have lived the life that I did and to be surrounded by the people I love. I've got eight kids, and they're always laughing all the time. It's like music to my ears. I think that my frame of mind these days is probably happier than I've ever been, which is kind of odd, coming close to the finish line. Votes: 2

You just don't have the time to worry about what others are doing. You just want to take care of your own business. You are focused on that tee shot on the 10th tee and making it to the finish line. It's one of the most stressful moments in professional golf, but you have worked so hard to get to that point, that it really is fun. Votes: 2

The race for excellence has no finish line. Votes: 0

Resistance is greatest just before the finish line. Votes: 0

A goal is a dream with a finish line. Votes: 0

In the race for quality, there is no finish line Votes: 0

In the marathon of life, there is no finish line. Votes: 0

The ideal racecar will expire 100 yards past the finish line. Votes: 0

Success is empty if you arrive at the finish line alone. Votes: 0

Crippled and crazy, we hobble toward the finish line, pen in hand. Votes: 0

You can't give up until the finish line, that's something I've learned. Votes: 0

The at-home mother's life: it was a race with no finish line. Votes: 0

When you cross the finish line, it will change your life forever Votes: 0

For all the progress, we recognize we're very far from the finish line Votes: 0

There is no finish line. When you reach one goal, find a new one. Votes: 0

In that he didn't die at the finish line, he could have run faster Votes: 0

Here is the start, there is the finish line. Between that, you have to run. Votes: 0

As educators we need to understand that there is no finish line in our work. Votes: 0

Some lean back. But those who lean forward are poised to cross the finish-line, first! Votes: 0

The perfect racing car crosses the finish line first and subsequently falls into its component parts. Votes: 0

I'm sorry I couldn't carry the ball over the finish line, but, man, I did try. Votes: 0

Life is the only race you'll run where you don't know where the finish line is. Votes: 0

I realize something. That wasn't a finish line for me...This is my new starting line. Votes: 0

The steeper the mountain the harder the climb the better the view from the finish line ;) Votes: 0

Maybe the start line was supposed to be your finish line. Don't be afraid to walk backwards. Votes: 0

Many people think the Cards at the end of the wire will cross the finish line first. Votes: 0

To be successful one must make change an ongoing process. Quality is a race with no finish line. Votes: 0

Sometimes we become so focused on the finish line, that we fail to find joy in the journey. Votes: 0

Reaching the finish line, never walking, and enjoying the race. These three, in this order, are my goals. Votes: 0

We eat and sleep and shuffle through the fog, walking a marathon with no finish line, no medals, no cheering. Votes: 0

Suffering produces the very endurance that will enable you to reach the finish line of the race set before you. Votes: 0

There is no finish line when it comes to system reliability and availability, and our efforts to improve performance never cease. Votes: 0

Life is a Sisyphean race, run ever faster toward a finish line that is merely the start of the next race Votes: 0

Usually [the lyrics] go from one word to the next word - there's no finish line. The music was that way, too. Votes: 0

As long as I can compete, I won't quit. Reaching three-thousand is not the finish line as long as I can contribute. Votes: 0

Happiness is not about the trophy, or the finish line. It's the journey. If you enjoy your journey, you can enjoy your life Votes: 0

Keep moving in the direction of your dreams. No matter how slows it may seems, stay focus, you will get to the finish line. Votes: 0

Life is a race, and what matters most isn't when a person crosses the finish line, but how strong they've grown along the way. Votes: 0

I think a cool #startup would be a company that makes Finish line tape, for marathons. In the long run, it could be very profitable. Votes: 0

When I die, they might as well bury me at the finish line at Churchill Downs so they can run over me one more time. Votes: 0

It is not how you start the race or where you are during the race-it is how you cross the finish line that will matter. Votes: 0

How to run an ultramarathon ? Puff out your chest, put one foot in front of the other, and don't stop till you cross the finish line. Votes: 0

You cant drag people from understanding to action. A customer isnt actually at the last mile if youre the one dragging her to the finish line. Votes: 0

You've got to listen to your body, notice some trends in yourself and do the best you can to be ready when a finish line approaches. Votes: 0

No jockey ever won a race by carrying the horse across the finish line; no coach ever won a volleyball match by touching the ball during play. Votes: 0

Winning does not always mean coming in first...real victory is in arriving at the finish line with no regrets because you know you've gone all out. Votes: 0

In fact, the bandits steal the drinks and assistance provided along the course. Worse, they cross the finish line and mess up the scoring of legitimate runners. Votes: 0

I have been running so sweaty my whole life Urgent for a finish line And I have been missing the rapture this whole time Of being forever incomplete Votes: 0

The race for Quality has no finish line - so technically, it's more like a death march. Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things. Votes: 0

Find something that thrills you, and when you finish reading it for enjoyment, read it again line by line, paragraph by paragraph to see what you liked about it. Votes: 0

If you don't discover God's dreams, you'll either waste your life running in wrong races and crossing wrong finish lines or, like many people, have no finish line at all. Votes: 0

Between here and there is a journey illuminated by the rising and setting of a radiant sun. Don't miss its splendor in your all-fired hurry to cross the finish line. Votes: 0

No one has a problem with the first mile of a journey. Even an infant could do fine for a while. But it isn't the start that matters. It's the finish line. Votes: 0

I didnt pay atteniton to times or distance, instead focusing on how it felt just to be in motion, knowing it wasn't about the finish line but how I got there that mattered. Votes: 0

At least in a race you have mile markers and know how long you have to go. Labor is like running as hard as you can without knowing where the finish line is. Votes: 0

God is on your side. We already at the finish line. Anything you put your mind to, anything you want to accomplish ,you put your faith in God's hands you can do it. Votes: 0

The Europeans look down on raising your hands. They don't like the end-zone dance. I think that's unfortunate. That feeling - the finish line, the last couple of meters - is what motivates me. Votes: 0