Do you agree or disagree, if agree why, if disagree why?
2007-01-29 05:30:54 · 8 answers · asked by Love United 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Good Point Corova
2007-01-29 05:38:47 · update #1
Good Point Cordova
2007-01-29 05:38:57 · update #2
Talking about life, not an actual race like a relay race.
2007-01-29 05:42:03 · update #3
Is it to the swift or to those who can endure? It seems that those who endure tend to lead more successful lives, but that is only to the outsider looking in.
It’s a matter closing our eyes, clenching our fists and hoping we do it right because we’re pretty sure we’ll only get one shot. I would be nice to know what the prize for winning the race would be.
2007-01-29 05:50:02 · answer #1 · answered by A 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolute hogwash.
The problem is that this statement is made backwards. Certainly those who cannot endure the race will not win, regardless of how swift they are. But simply enduring will win you absolutely nothing. You have to cross the finish line, or you don't win. Period.
This is as true of life as it is of a race. To endure the slings and arrows of life is nice and all, but nothing legendary is achieved by simply enduring. If there is no goal and no movement toward that goal, then the enduring never ends and nothing can ever be achieved.
So if you want your statement to be accurate, you should change it to: "The race is not to those who are swift alone, but to those who can also endure the race itself."
2007-01-29 15:02:53 · answer #2 · answered by Doctor Why 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on what you apply it to. I think of life when I read the statement. So it's not who gets through life the fastest and dies first, but who can endure it to old age with everything that life brings. Its like a train almost you get off once and you board once. Life is what happens in between, so can you handle all that life brings you? It it does'nt take you it only makes you stronger. If your applying it literally, as into a running race it's still true. Say it's a long race, and you run your fastest as soon as it starts you'll be ahead for a little but for not pacing yourself you'll lose. So how long can you pace yourself? Thats when you know if you can win.
2007-01-29 13:56:26 · answer #3 · answered by blueradiating 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on what type of race it is. In a 24 hour race it is about endurance and reliability, but in a 15 minute race you better be swift.
2007-01-29 13:39:23 · answer #4 · answered by Kristen P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The rabbit and tortoise story is a story with a moral that you must not be arrogant for what you have. In my opinion, you need to be swift and have endurance to the end. So if you are swift without endurance you may not succeed in attaining your objective. However, endurance will see one through. But nowadays, you have to be swift otherwise the opportunity will be lost.
2007-01-29 13:41:02 · answer #5 · answered by Ptuan 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Swift or not, we all endure to the end. My end just may not be the same distance as yours. The point is to race, without attachments to winning or losing.
2007-01-29 14:09:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i neither agree nor dis-agree because everything depends upon the goal/ target to be achieved. A thing swiftly clinched may turn out to be an un-ripened / unfinished product. that means you may be swift, but otherhtings in nature may require some more time to mature!
hence no hard and fast rules in nature. evrything calls for cool- pondering and THEN the swift action!
2007-01-29 13:54:58 · answer #7 · answered by me, the curious! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just because one is swift it does not mean they lack endurance.
2007-01-29 13:36:47 · answer #8 · answered by Immortal Cordova 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋