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

The runner must be a fanatic for hard work and enthusiastic enough to enjoy it – Franz Stampfl

What is the purpose of any one workout? Enjoyment? Improvement? Coach said so? Whatever, the hour you run often is the best hour of the day. – Hal Higdon

To give anything less than your best is the sacrifice the gift. – Steve Prefonataine

The miracle isn’t that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start. – John Bingham

Running Quotes To Motivate You

“A good laugh and a long run are the two best cures for anything.” - Unknown

“After all, if you run far enough, no one can catch you.” ― V.E. Schwab

“As every runner knows, running is about more than just putting one foot in front of the other; it is about our lifestyle and who we are.” – Joan Benoit Samuelson

“Ask yourself: “Can I give more?” The answer is usually: “Yes.” – Paul Tergat

“Don’t dream of winning, train for it!” — Mo Farah

“Don’t fear moving slowly forward…fear standing still.” – Kathleen Harris

“Get going … walk if you have to, but finish the damned race.” –Ron Hill

“Good things come slow, especially in distance running.” – Bill Dellinger

“I don’t run to add days to my life, I run to add life to my days.” – Ronald Rook

“I hated every minute of training, but I said, ”Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.” – Muhammad Ali

“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

“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

“I’ll be happy if running and I can grow old together.” – Haruki Murakami

“If you are losing faith in human nature, go out and watch a marathon.” – Kathrine Switzer

“If you run, you are a runner. It doesn’t matter how fast or how far. It doesn’t matter if today is your first day or if you’ve been running for twenty years. There is no test to pass, no license to earn, no membership card to get. You just run.” – John Bingham

“Life equals running and when we stop running maybe that’s how we’ll know life is finally finished.” – Patrick Ness

“Long distance running is 90 percent mental and the other half is physical.” – Rich Davis

“Only those who risk going too far, can possibly find out how far one can go.”— T.S. Elliot

“Run in the morning … before your brain figures out what your body is doing!” – Anonymous

“Run like hell and get the agony over with.” – Clarence DeMar

“Run often. Run long. But never outrun your joy of running.” —Julie Isphording

“Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up.” – Dean Karnazes

“Running allows me to set my mind free. Nothing seems impossible. Nothing unattainable.” — Kara Goucher

“Running is about finding your inner peace, and so is a life well lived.” ― Dean Karnazes

“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

“Running is my private time, my therapy, my religion.” – Gail W. Kislevitz

“Running is real and relatively simple… but it ain’t easy.” – Mark Will-Weber

“Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it.”— Oprah Winfrey

“Someone who is busier than you is running right now.” – Nike

“The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.” – Confucius

“The marathon can humble you.” – Bill Rodgers

“The miracle isn’t that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start.” – John Bingham

“The obsession with running is really an obsession with the potential for more and more life.” – George Sheehan

“The pain of running relieves the pain of living.” – Jacqueline Simon Gunn

“The reason we race isn’t so much to beat each other,… but to be with each other.” – Christopher McDougall

“The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare.”— Juma Ikangaa

“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