There is No Wall Quotes

“Running helps do that. Running will buy you time. Running will buy you clarity. Running will buy you self-respect and teach you self-care. Running will always lead you to living a life less ordinary. Running will help you understand that you are enough. But let me be clear for the final time: running alone will not save you.”
― Allie Bailey, There is No Wall

“humans have around 60,000 thoughts a day. And only one per cent of those are useful.”
― Allie Bailey, There is No Wall

“I am not my thoughts. I am the thinker, but not the thoughts.”
― Allie Bailey, There is No Wall

“Maybe it’s because running is tangible. Running has a start, a middle and an end. You have very clear instructions on what is expected, and it is a solo endeavour. Nobody else can do the running for you. Nobody else can affect the outcome. There are a number of certainties attached to it: the distance, the terrain, the amount of training you have to do. Running does not judge or discriminate; it is a leveller. If you want to run a marathon and not die, you have to do the work. It’s a very clean process. It’s very clear. It’s very honest. It’s very simple.”
― Allie Bailey, There is No Wall

“Running was not saving me. Running doesn’t save anyone. While it may be therapeutic, it is not therapy. It is not a magic bullet. What running was doing was buying me time. It was buying me time for those thoughts about the things I didn’t want to think about.”
― Allie Bailey, There is No Wall

“Running, but more specifically ultrarunning, is both the most brutal and the most beautiful way to test the stuff therapists talk about in their little rooms.”
― Allie Bailey, There is No Wall

“Running will buy you time. Running will buy you clarity. Running will buy you self-respect and teach you self-care. Running will always lead you to living a life less ordinary. Running will help you understand that you are enough. But let me be clear for the final time: running alone will not save you.”
― Allie Bailey, There is No Wall

“Wallow in boredom; it’s a first-world privilege. Know what toxic positivity is and avoid it at all costs. Sadness, boredom and even apathy are not bad things. They are neutral things, and they are inevitable parts of our existence. Enjoy feeling them. Be grateful you can.”
― Allie Bailey, There is No Wall