Running is not an easy task. You have to not only fight physically but mentally as well. It can be hard to push yourself in your runs. With that in mind, check out the top 64 running motivation quotes.
#64 – 60. Running Motivation Quotes
64. “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
63. “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
62. “If you don’t think you were born to run you’re not only denying history. You’re denying who you are.” — Christopher McDougall
61. “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
60. “Someone who is busier than you is running right now.” — Nike
#59 – 50. Running Motivation Quotes
59. “I’ll be happy if running and I can grow old together.” — Haruki Murakami
58. “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
57. “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
56. “The pain of running relieves the pain of living.” — Jacqueline Simon Gunn
55. “Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.” — Lance Armstrong
54. “The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare.” — Juma Ikangaa
53. “Ask nothing from your running, in other words, and you’ll get more than you ever imagined.” — Christopher McDougall
52. “Clear your mind of can’t.” — Samuel Johnson
51. “I am not afraid of storms. I am learning how to sail my ship.” — Louisa May Alcott
50. “Jogging is very beneficial. It’s good for your legs and your feet. It’s also very good for the ground. It makes it feel needed.” — Charles M. Schulz
#49 – 40. Running Motivation Quotes
49. “Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.” — William Arthur Ward
48. “If you don’t have answers to your problems after a four-hour run, you ain’t getting them.” — Christopher McDougall
47. “As we run, we become.” — Amby Burfoot
46. “Our running shoes have magic in them. The power to transform a bad day into a good day; frustration into speed; self-doubt into confidence; chocolate cake into muscle.” — Mina Samuels
45. “If you are losing faith in human nature, go out and watch a marathon.” — Kathrine Switzer
44. “What I’ve learned from running is that the time to push hard is when you’re hurting like crazy and you want to give up. Success is often just around the corner.” — James Dyson
43. “When I was little and running on the race track at school, I always stopped and waited for all the other kids so we could run together even though I knew (and everybody else knew) that I could run much faster than all of them!” — C. JoyBell C.
42. “Try jogging when following your heart, it’s healthier” — Benny Bellamacina
41. “Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up.” — Dean Karnazes
40. “An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.” — Henry David Thoreau
#39 – 30. Running Motivation Quotes
39. “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
38. “When I go to the Boston Marathon now, I have wet shoulders—women fall into my arms crying. They’re weeping for joy because running has changed their lives. They feel they can do anything.” — Kathrine Switzer
37. “I don’t run to add days to my life, I run to add life to my days.” — Ronald Rook
36. “But you can’t muscle through a five-hour run that way; you have to relax into it like easing your body into a hot bath, until it no longer resists the shock and begins to enjoy it.” — Christopher McDougall
35. “Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it.” — Oprah Winfrey
34. “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
33. “Run. Because zombies will eat the untrained ones first!” — Zombie Apocalypse Survival Guide
32. “The trouble with jogging is that, by the time you realize you’re not in shape for it, it’s too far to walk back.” — Franklin P. Jones
31. “Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.” — Haruki Murakami
30. “Running is alone time that lets my brain unspool the tangles that build up over days. I run, pound it out on the pavement, channel that energy into my legs, and when I’m done with my run, I’m done with it.” — Rob Haneisen
#29 – 20. Running Motivation Quotes
29. “If you feel bad at 10 miles, you’re in trouble. If you feel bad at 20 miles, you’re normal. If you don’t feel bad at 26 miles, you’re abnormal.” — Rob de Castella
28. “I’m often asked what I think about as I run. Usually, the people who ask this have never run long distances themselves. I always ponder the question. What exactly do I think about when I’m running? I don’t have a clue.” — Haruki Murakami
27. “There is something magical about running; after a certain distance, it transcends the body. Then a bit further, it transcends the mind. A bit further yet, and what you have before you, laid bare, is the soul.” — Kristin Armstrong
26. “I breathe in strength and breathe out weakness.” – Amy Hastings Cragg
25. “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” — Wayne Gretzky
24. “Yes, I am round, Yes, I am slow, Yes, I run as though my legs are tied together at the knees. But I am running. And that is all that matters.” — John Bingham
23. “Running is about finding your inner peace, and so is a life well lived.” — Dean Karnazes
22. “Never limit where running can take you. I mean that geographically, spiritually, and of course, physically.” — Bart Yasso
21. “You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
20. “There are many challenges to long distance running, but one of the greatest is the question of where to put one’s house keys.” — Gabrielle Zevin
#19 – 10. Running Motivation Quotes
19. “Every run is a work of art, a drawing on each day’s canvas. Some runs are shouts and some runs are whispers. Some runs are eulogies and others celebrations.” — Dagny Scott Barrio
18. “The trouble with jogging is that by the time you realize you’re not in shape for it, it’s too far to walk back.” — Franklin P. Jones
17. “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
16. “We run to undo the damage we’ve done to body and spirit. We run to find some part of ourselves yet undiscovered.” — John Bingham
15. “If you want to find the real competition, just look in the mirror. After awhile you’ll see your rivals scrambling for second place.” — Criss Jami
14. “Only those who risk going too far, can possibly find out how far one can go.” — T.S. Elliot
13. “There is nothing so momentary as a sporting achievement, and nothing so lasting as the memory of it.” — Greg Dening
12. “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
11. “Some sessions are stars and some are stones, but in the end they are all rocks and we build upon them.” — Chrissie Wellington
10. “My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She’s ninety-seven now, and we don’t know where the heck she is.” — Ellen DeGeneres
#9 – 1. Running Motivation Quotes
9. “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
8. “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
7. “But I also realize that winning doesn’t always mean getting first place; it means getting the best out of yourself.” — Meb Keflezighi
6. “Running is real and relatively simple… but it ain’t easy.” — Mark Will-Weber
5. “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
4. “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
3. “I run because long after my footprints fade away, maybe I will have inspired a few to reject the easy path, hit the trails, put one foot in front of the other, and come to the same conclusion I did: I run because it always takes me where I want to go.” — Dean Karnazes
2. “If you are in a bad mood go for a walk. If you are still in a bad mood go for another walk.” — Hippocrates
1. “Ever tried. Ever failed. No Matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” — Samuel Beckett
Ideas for the top 64 running motivation quotes come from the following sources.[1]women’s running – 16 Running Quotes To Motivate You For Your Next Run[2]Planet of Success – 60 Inspiring and Motivating Running Quote[3]openfit – 35 Motivational Running Quote for Extra Inspiration
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