Running Quotes

"Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness."

"Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional."

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

"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."

"I don't run to add days to my life, I run to add life to my days."

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

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

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

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

"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."

"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."

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

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

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

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

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

"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."

"The body achieves what the mind believes."