Motivation Quotes

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

"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."

"You must do the thing you think you cannot do."

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

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."

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

"Every day is a new beginning. Take a deep breath and start again."

"The only failure is not to try."

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

"Recovery is not for people who need it. It's for people who want it."

"Be patient. Everything comes to you in the right moment."

"You don't have to control your thoughts. You just have to stop letting them control you."

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

"Bloom where you are planted."

"The body achieves what the mind believes."

"Don't let yesterday take up too much of today."

"When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be."

"It is never too late to be what you might have been."

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

"I run because long after my footprints fade away, maybe I will have inspired a few to reject the easy path, hit the trails, and find their own peace."