Running Quotes

"Believe that you can run farther or faster. Believe that you're young enough, old enough, strong enough."

"If it doesn't challenge you, it doesn't change you."

"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 a lion or a gazelle—when the sun comes up, you'd better be running."

"The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start."

"Our running shoes are really erasers. Every step erases some past failure."

"Somewhere in the world someone is training when you are not. When you race him, he will win."

"Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional."

"Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it."

"Ask yourself: 'Can I give more?' The answer is usually yes."

"The real purpose of running isn't to win a race. It's to test the limits of the human heart."

"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."

"Most people run a race to see who is fastest. I run a race to see who has the most guts."

"There is magic in misery. Just ask any runner."

"Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness."

"I always loved running—it was something you could do by yourself and under your own power."

"Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up."

"Dead last is greater than did not finish, which trumps did not start."

"You have a choice. You can throw in the towel, or you can use it to wipe the sweat off your face."

"Running allows me to set my mind free. Nothing seems impossible."

"The body achieves what the mind believes."