Eric Liddell Quotes

The secret of my success over the 400m is that I run the first 200m as fast as I can. Then, for the second 200m, with God's help I run faster.

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• There is but one honest limit to the rights of a sentient being; it is where they touch the rights of another sentient being.

  

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• The secret of my success over the 400m is that I run the first 200m as fast as I can. Then, for the second 200m, with God's help I run faster.

  

  Eric Liddell
  • Success
  • Secret
  • God's Help