12 Quotes by Marc Parent

In the end, it's not what we keep our children from that will save them. It's what we put into them in the first place.

You gotta love the cops. They start the night ready to shoot someone's eyes off and at the same time ready to carry a child with a grandmother's tenderness. Ready to shatter and ready to soothe at the touch of a trigger, a good cop is an amazing animal.

What matters is that you never stop trying.

The first person you have to inspire every day is yourself. Running will do that.

In the end, it’s not what we keep our children from that will save them. It’s what we put into them in the first place.

You don’t need anything but your own two legs to run. You don’t even need shoes, according to some people.

I’ve never been in a ditch so low that a run wouldn’t pop me out of it.

Simple kindness as a means to no other end than itself is not something that springs up and flourishes on its own. Compassion is cultivated. Empathy needs watching over. It’s not enough to simply plant the seeds. Their fruits are not native to the soil. Left to itself, the untended heart grows cold.

If you stick with running, the day will come when you’ll want to live forever.