Everyone needs a little additional motivation sometimes. These quotes will inspire you before your next run. We all love motivational running quotes and sayings. I’m addicted to them, and I have them everywhere.Here is a list of over 120+ running Quotes.
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Running Quotes
“Running is nothing more than a series of arguments between the part of your brain that wants to stop and the part that wants to keep going.”— Unknown
“Now if you are going to win any battle you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up. It is always tired in the morning, noon and night. But the body is never tired if the mind is not tired.”— George S Patton
“The voice inside your head that says you can’t do this is a liar.”— Unknown
“The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare.”— Juma Ikangaa
“Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it.”— Oprah Winfrey
“We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.”— Jesse Owens
“I am not afraid of storms. I am learning how to sail my ship.”— Louisa May Alcott
“Only those who risk going too far, can possibly find out how far one can go.”— T.S. Elliot
“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.”— Wayne Gretzky
“Remember, everything you need is already inside of you.”— Unknown
“Clear your mind of can’t.”— Samuel Johnson“You have a choice. You can throw in the towel, or you can use it to wipe the sweat off of your face.”— Gatorade ad
“You must do the thing you think you cannot do.”— Eleanor Roosevelt
“Even when you have gone as far as you can, and everything hurts, and you are staring at the specter of self-doubt, you can find a bit more strength deep inside you, if you look closely enough.”— Hal Higdon
“Some sessions are stars and some are stones, but in the end they are all rocks and we build upon them.”— Chrissie Wellington
“Ever tried. Ever failed. No Matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.”— Samuel Beckett
Motivational Running Quotes
“I don’t run to add days to my life, I run to add life to my days.”Ronald Rook
“The point is whether or not I improved over yesterday. In long-distance running the only opponent you have to beat is yourself, the way you used to be.”Haruki Murakami
“Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up, it knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn’t matter whether you’re the lion or a gazelle – when the sun comes up, you’d better be running.”Christopher McDougall
“I’ll be happy if running and I can grow old together.”Haruki Murakami
“Running is about finding your inner peace, and so is a life well lived.”Dean Karnazes
“Running isn’t a sport for pretty boys… It’s about the sweat in your hair and the blisters on your feet. It’s the frozen spit on your chin and the nausea in your gut. It’s about throbbing calves and cramps at midnight that are strong enough to wake the dead. It’s about getting out the door and running when the rest of the world is only dreaming about having the passion that you need to live each and every day with. It’s about being on a lonely road and running like a champion even when there’s not a single soul in sight to cheer you on. Running is all about having the desire to train and persevere until every fiber in your legs, mind, and heart is turned to steel. And when you’ve finally forged hard enough, you will have become the best runner you can be. And that’s all that you can ask for.”Paul Maurer
“For me, running is both exercise and a metaphor. Running day after day, piling up the races, bit by bit I raise the bar, and by clearing each level I elevate myself.”Haruki Murakami
“Running! If there’s any activity happier, more exhilarating, more nourishing to the imagination, I can’t think of what it might be. In running the mind flees with the body, the mysterious efflorescence of language seems to pulse in the brain, in rhythm with our feet and the swinging of our arms.”Joyce Carol Oates
“I run because if I didn’t, I’d be sluggish and glum and spend too much time on the couch. I run to breathe the fresh air. I run to explore. I run to escape the ordinary. I run…to savor the trip along the way. Life becomes a little more vibrant, a little more intense. I like that.”Dean Karnazes
“The Hopis consider running a form of prayer; they offer every step as a sacrifice to a loved one, and in return ask the Great Spirit to match their strength with some of his own.”Christopher McDougall
“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”Haruki Murakami
“Some seek the comfort of their therapist’s office, other head to the corner pub and dive into a pint, but I chose running as my therapy.”Dean Karnazes
“People sometimes sneer at those who run every day, claiming they’ll go to any length to live longer. But don’t think that’s the reason most people run. Most runners run not because they want to live longer, but because they want to live life to the fullest. If you’re going to while away the years, it’s far better to live them with clear goals and fully alive then in a fog, and I believe running helps you to do that. Exerting yourself to the fullest within your individual limits: that’s the essence of running, and a metaphor for life – and for me, for writing as whole. I believe many runners would agree.”Haruki Murakami
“Struggling and suffering are the essence of a life worth living. If you’re not pushing yourself beyond the comfort zone, if you’re not demanding more from yourself – expanding and learning as you go – you’re choosing a numb existence. You’re denying yourself an extraordinary trip.”Dean Karnazes
“If you don’t have answers to your problems after a four-hour run, you ain’t getting them.”Christopher McDougall
“Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.”Lance Armstrong
“Your body will argue that there is no justifiable reason to continue. Your only recourse is to call on your spirit, which fortunately functions independently of logic.”Tim Noakes
“All I do is keep on running in my own cozy, homemade void, my own nostalgic silence. And this is a pretty wonderful thing. No matter what anybody else says.”Haruki Murakami
“People think I’m crazy to put myself through such torture, though I would argue otherwise. Somewhere along the line, we seem to have confused comfort with happiness. Dostoyevsky had it right: ‘Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.’ Never are my senses more engaged than when the pain sets in. There is a magic in misery. Just ask any runner.”Dean Karnazes
“If you are losing faith in human nature, go out and watch a marathon.”Kathrine Switzer
“There is nothing so momentary as a sporting achievement, and nothing so lasting as the memory of it.”Greg Dening
“Running is real and relatively simple… but it ain’t easy.”Mark Will-Weber
“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.”Dean Karnazes
“Ask nothing from your running, in other words, and you’ll get more than you ever imagined.”Christopher McDougall
“It was being a runner that mattered, not how fast or how far I could run. The joy was in the act of running and in the journey, not in the destination.”John Bingham
“Getting more exercise isn’t only good for your waistline. It’s a natural anti-depressant, that leaves you in a great mood.”Auliq Ice“Try jogging when following your heart, it’s healthier”Benny Bellamacina
Awesome Running Quotes
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle
“What is the source of my success? I think it’s a combination of consistency and balance.” – Mark Allen
“The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.” – Confucius
“Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and, most of all, LOVE of what you are doing.” – Pele
“Patience is the key which solves all problems.” – Sudanese proverb
A one hour run is 4% of your day. No excuses.
“When it’s pouring rain and you’re bowling along through the wet, there’s satisfaction in knowing you’re out there and the others aren’t.” – Peter Snell
“Run in the morning … before your brain figures out what your body is doing!” – Anonymous
One run can change your day. Many runs can change your life.
“We all know that if you run, you are pretty much choosing a life of success because of it.” – Deena Kastor
“The obsession with running is really an obsession with the potential for more and more life.” – George Sheehan
“It’s my own space, my own time, when I’m just out there letting my thoughts go. It’s part of my day like eating, and it’s one of my favorite parts.” – Louise Kent
“Most people run a race to see who is fastest. I run a race to see who has the most guts.” – Steve Prefontaine
“The miracle isn’t that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start.” – John Bingham
“Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise, just like the muscles of the body.” – Lynn Jennings
Tough runs don’t last; tough runners do.
Run the first two-thirds of the race with your head and the last third with your heart.
“‘I breathe in strength and breathe out weakness,’ is my mantra during marathons—it calms me down and helps me focus.” – Amy Hastings
Your mind will quit a thousand times before your body will. Feel the fear and do it anyway!
Look in the mirror. That is your competition.
“In any race, when the first half is all about pacing, the second half will be about passing.” – Hayden Shearman, TempoFit Head Coach
“There’s not one body type that equates to success. Accept the body you have and be the best you can be with it.” – Mary Cullen
“I often hear someone say I’m not a real runner. We are all runners, some just run faster than others. I never met a fake runner.” – Bart Yasso
“I always loved running…it was something you could do by yourself, and under your own power. You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted, fighting the wind if you felt like it, seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs.” – Jesse Owens
The human spirit is indomitable. No one can ever say you must not run faster than this or jump higher than that. There will never be a time when the human spirit will not be able to better existing records.” – Sir Roger Bannister
Today I will do what others won’t so tomorrow I can do what others can’t.
“There is magic in misery. Just ask any runner.” – Dean Karnazes
“As athletes we have ups and downs. Unfortunately you can’t pick the days they come on.” – Leena Kastor
“Experience has taught me how important it is to just keep going, focusing on running fast and relaxed. Eventually pain passes and the flow returns. It’s part of racing.” – Frank Shorter
“Get going … walk if you have to, but finish the damned race.” – Ron Hill
Short Running Quotes
“Just because your muscles start to protest doesn’t mean you have to listen.”—from the “Runner’s High” Day-to-Day Calendar
“You are truly your own hero in running. It is up to you to have the responsibility and self-discipline to get the job done.”—Adam Goucher
“Running is a big question mark that’s there each and every day. It asks you, ‘Are you going to be a wimp or are you going to be strong today?’”—Peter Maher
“I always loved running… it was something you could do by yourself, and under your own power. You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted, fighting the wind if you felt like it, seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs.”—Jesse Owens
“People sometimes sneer at those who run every day, claiming they’ll go to any length to live longer. But I don’t think that’s the reason most people run. Most runners run not because they want to live longer, but because they want to live life to the fullest. If you’re going to while away the years, it’s far better to live them with clear goals and fully alive than in a fog, and I believe running helps you do that. Exerting yourself to the fullest within your individual limits: that’s the essence of running…”—Haruki Murakami
“Running is my meditation, mind flush, cosmic telephone, mood elevator and spiritual communion.”—Lorraine Moller
“There are clubs you can’t belong to, neighbors you can’t live in, schools you can’t get into, but the roads are always open.”—NIKE
“The Secret to a long and healthy life is to be stress-free. Be grateful for everything you have, stay away from people who are negative stay smiling and keep running.”—Fauja Singh
“There will be days you don’t think you can run a marathon. There will be a lifetime of knowing you have.”—from the “Runner’s High” Day-to-Day Calendar
“Running! If there’s any activity happier, more exhilarating, more nourishing to the imagination, I can’t think of what it might be.”—Joyce Carol Oates
“My feeling is that any day I am too busy to run is a day that I am too busy.”—John Bryant
“Never underestimate the power that one good workout can have on your mind. Keeping the dream alive is half the battle.”—Kara Goucher
“We are designed to run and we increase our chance of daily happiness when we do so.”—Jeff Galloway
“In running, every step you make and every push forward changes you—it transforms you into a different person. Every single run adds something to you and then it also takes something away. You are not the same person you were at the starting line and by the time you cross the finish line, your inner self has been reinvented and reimagined.” —Zen of Running
“Running is about finding your inner peace, and so is life well lived.”—Dean Karnazes
“We all have bad days and bad workouts, when running gets ugly, when split times seem slow, when you wonder why you started. It will pass.”—Hal Higdon
“Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must, just never give up.”—Dean Karnazes
“I always tell my athletes, don’t confuse difficulty with failure.”—Eric Orton
Marathon Running Quotes
To describe the agony of a marathon to someone who’s never run it is like trying to explain color to someone who was born blind.– Jerome Drayton
Marathoning is like cutting yourself unexpectedly. You dip into the pain so gradually that the damage is done before you are aware of it. Unfortunately, when awareness comes, it is excruciating.– John Farrington
“The body does not want you to do this. As you run, it tells you to stop but the mind must be strong. You always go too far for your body. You must handle the pain with strategy…It is not age; it is not diet. It is the will to succeed.”– Jacqueline Gareau, 1980 Boston Marathon Winner
I thought about how many preconceived prejudices would crumble when I trotted right along for 26 miles.– Bobbi Gibb, first woman to finish the Boston Marathon, 1966
I want to run every race with a big heart– Ryan Hall
“I’ve learned that finishing a marathon isn’t just an athletic achievement. It’s a state of mind; a state of mind that says anything is possible.”– John Hanc
No marathon gets easier later. The half way point only marks the end of the beginning.– Joe Henderson
The difference between the mile and the marathon is the difference between burning your fingers with a match and being slowly roasted over hot coals.– Hal Higdon
At the two-thirds mark, I think of those who are still with me. Who might make a break? Should I? Then I give it all I’ve got.– Ibrahim Hussein
“The will to win means nothing if you haven’t the will to prepare.”– Juma Ikangaa, 1989 NYC Marathon winner
I just run as hard as I can for 20 miles, and then race.– Steve Jones
Marathon running is a terrible experience: monotonous, heavy, and exhausting.– Veikko Karvonen 1954 European and Boston Marathon Champ
We runners are all a little nutty, but we’re good people who just want to enjoy our healthy, primitive challenge. Others may not understand running, but we do, and we cherish it. That’s our only message.– John J. Kelley“The marathon is a charismatic event. It has everything. It has drama. It has competition. It has camaraderie. It has heroism. Every jogger can’t dream of being an Olympic champion, but he can dream of finishing a marathon.”– Fred Lebow, New York City Marathon co-founder:
Concentrate on small segments of your race at a time. For example, rather than obsessing about the distance that remains, simply complete the next mile in good form…try another, then another, until the race is done.– Jerry Lynch
Anyone can run 20 miles. It’s the next six that count.– Barry Magee
I felt like I played in a very rough football game with no hitting above the waist.– Alan Page, Former Professional Football Player
I definitely want to show how beautiful the marathon can be. I am the opponent of all those who find the marathon bad: the psychologists, the physiologists, the doubters. I make the marathon beatiful for myself and for others. That’s why I’m here.– Uta Pippig
Around mile 20 I was feeling so good, I wanted to kiss everyone.– Josh Ritter
The starting line of the New York City marathon is kind of a giant time bomb behind you about to go off. It is the most spectacular start in sport.– Bill Rodgers
The marathon can humble you.– Bill RodgersAiming for the marathon is a task of sorts which can include terrific highs and lows.– Bill Rodgers