100+ Running Quotes: “running retains an elemental allure. It is a reminder that beneath the complexities of modernity, the primal urge to move and explore endures. Running beckons us to shed the trappings of routine, to break free from the shackles of comfort, and to rediscover the raw joy of unfettered motion. Whether as a means of self-discovery, a conduit for connection, or a metaphor for life’s journey, running pulses with the promise of progress, inviting us to embrace its rhythm and make it our own.”
Running Quotes
Run often. Run long. But never outrun your joy of running
I run because I can. When I get tired, I remember those who can’t run, what they would give to have this simple gift I take for granted, and I run harder for them. I know they would do the same for me
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
It’s not about how fast you run or how far you go. It’s about the journey and the experience.
Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it.
Running is not, as it so often seems, only about what you did in your last race or about how many miles you ran last week. It is, in a much more important way, about community, about appreciating all the miles run by other runners, too.
Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they’ve got a second.
The pain of running relieves the pain of living.
The starting point of all achievement is desire.
You have a choice. You can throw in the towel or you can use it to wipe the sweat off your face.
Running is about finding your inner peace and so is a life well lived.
Some of the world’s greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.
It’s very hard in the beginning to understand that the whole idea is not to beat the other runners. Eventually, you learn that the competition is against the little voice inside you that wants you to quit.
Life is short. Running makes it seem longer.
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.
The only one who can tell you ‘you can’t’ is you. And you don’t have to listen.
To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
The obsession with running is really an obsession with the potential for more and more life.
Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice, and most of all, love of what you are doing.
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.
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.
The difference between a jogger and a runner is an entry blank.
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.
The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare.
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.
Running is about finding your inner peace and so is a life well lived.
The race is not always to the swift, but to those who keep on running.
The real purpose of running isn’t to win a race; it’s to test the limits of the human heart.
It’s at the borders of pain and suffering that the men are separated from the boys.
Running allows me to set my mind free. Nothing seems impossible. Nothing unattainable.
Run often. Run long. But never outrun your joy of running.
The miracle isn’t that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start.
The only way to define your limits is by going beyond them
