110 Motivational Running Quotes – Get Inspired

Running is more than a sport; it’s a testament to human endurance and the pursuit of excellence.

In the pursuit of these goals, every runner faces challenges – both physical and mental.

Whether you’re seeking that extra push to conquer a challenging race or looking to reignite your passion for running, these motivational running quotes will invigorate your spirit and rekindle your love of running.

In this article, you can read 110 motivational running quotes.

1. “Running teaches us that we are capable of so much more than we ever imagined.” – PattiSue Plumer

2. “Running is alone time that lets my brain unspool the tangles that build up over days.” – Rob Haneisen

3. “Champions keep playing until they get it right.” – Billie Jean King

4. “Everything you ever wanted to know about yourself, you can learn in 26.2 miles.” – Lori Culnane

5. “The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.” – Jimmy Johnson

6. “The pride in finishing a marathon is much greater than all the pain endured during the marathon.” – Hal Higdon

7. “The best way to get something done is to begin.” – Unknown

8. “The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination.” – Tommy Lasorda

9. “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” – Pablo Picasso

10. “You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.” – Martha Stewart

11. “You are stronger than you think.” – Unknown

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

13. “It’s not about being the best. It’s about being better than you were yesterday.” – Unknown

14. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt

15. “If you can dream it, you can do it.” – Albert Schweitzer

16. “The finish line is just the beginning of a whole new race.” – Unknown

17. “When you have a clear vision of your goal, it’s easier to take the first step toward it.” – L.L. Caulton

18. “Action is the foundational key to all success.” – Thomas Jefferson

19. “When you run the marathon, you run against the distance, not against the other runners and not against the time.” – Haile Gebrselassie

20. “The only way to achieve your goals is to never give up.” – Brendon Burchard

21. “I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” – Napoleon Hill

22. “Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you.” – Walt Whitman

23. “If you don’t have answers to your problems after a four-hour run, you ain’t getting them.” – Christopher McDougall

24. “The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.” – Mahatma Gandhi

25. “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Walt Disney

26. “Success is not just about making money. It’s about making a difference.” – Unknown

27. “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela

28. “Success is not just about making a living. It’s about making a life.” – Unknown

29. “Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.” – Roy T. Bennett

30. “Don’t let fatigue make a coward out of you.” – Steve Prefontaine

31. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs

32. “Your legs are not giving out. Your head is giving up. Keep going.” – Unknown

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

34. “To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.” – Steve Prefontaine

35. “Running is nothing more than a series of arguments between the part of your brain that wants to stop and the part that wants to keep going.” – Unknown

36. “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – Muhammad Ali

37. “Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up, it knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed…” – Christopher McDougall

38. “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky

39. “I find that when you have a real interest in life and a curious life, that sleep is not the most important thing.” – Stephen R. Covey

40. “Either you run the day or the day runs you.” – Jim Rohn

41. “It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” – Vince Lombardi

42. “Life is for participating, not for spectating.” – Kathrine Switzer

43. “If you want to run, run a mile. If you want to experience a different life, run a marathon.” – Emil Zatopek

44. “The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces.” – Will Rogers

45. “The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.” – Vince Lombardi

46. “It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog.” – Archie Griffin

47. “I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.” – Robert Frost

48. “The best way out is always through.” – John Wooden

49. “There is no substitute for hard work.” – Thomas Edison

50. “Don’t count the days, make the days count.” – Unknown

51. “The only way to achieve the impossible is to believe it is possible.” – Charles Kingsleigh

52. “The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces.” – Will Rogers

53. “The best revenge is massive success.” – Jim Rohn

54. “Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.” – Lance Armstrong

55. “Your sweat is your fat crying.” – Unknown

56. “Your body can stand almost anything. It’s your mind that you have to convince.” – Unknown

57. “Don’t stop when you’re tired, stop when you’re done.” – Unknown

58. “We all know that if you run, you are pretty much choosing a life of success because of it.” – Deena Kastor

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

60. “Sport, like all of life, is about taking your chances.” – Roger Bannister

61. “Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” – Henry David Thoreau

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

63. “The future depends on what you do today.” – Vince Lombardi

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

65. “When you run the marathon, you run against the distance, not against the other runners and not against the time.” – Haile Gebrselassie

66. “The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.” – Thomas Edison

67. “Make each day your masterpiece.” – Brian Tracy

68. “Running is not about being better than someone else, it’s about being better than you used to be.” – Unknown

69. “The more I run, the more I love my body. Not because it’s perfect, far from it, but because with every mile, it’s proving to me that I am capable of more than I ever thought possible.” – Unknown

70. “Run like you stole something.” – Unknown

71. “Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.” – Pele

72. “If you run, you are a runner. It doesn’t matter how fast or how far. There is no test to pass, no license to earn, no membership card to get. You just run.” – John Bingham

73. “Don’t run with your legs, run with your heart.” – Dean Karnazes

74. “Don’t wait for the perfect moment, take the moment and make it perfect.” – Unknown

75. “Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” – Confucius

76. “The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.” – Robert Frost

77. “Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.” – Christian D. Larson

78. “Success isn’t how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started.” – Steve Prefontaine

79. “I often hear someone say I’m not a real runner. We are all runners, some just run faster than others. I never met a fake runner.” – Bart Yasso

80. “If you train your mind for running, everything else will be easy.” – Amby Burfoot

81. “I run because if I didn’t, I’d be sluggish and glum and spend too much time on the couch…” – Dean Karnazes

82. “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” – Abraham Lincoln

83. “Your body hears everything your mind says. Keep going. You can.” – Unknown

84. “Run the first two-thirds of the race with your head and the last third with your heart.” – Unknown

85. “Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill

86. “Your only limit is you.” – Unknown

87. “Learn to run when feeling the pain, then push harder.” – William Sigei

88. “Do not wait; the time will never be ‘just right.’ Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.” – C.S. Lewis

89. “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – H. Jackson Brown Jr.

90. “One chance is all you need.” – Jesse Owens

91. “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

92. “Train where your fitness is NOW, not where you want to be.” – Scott Jurek

93. “Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.” – Zig Ziglar

94. “You can keep going and your legs might hurt for a week, or you can quit and your mind will hurt for a lifetime.” – Mark Allen

95. “Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.” – Winston Churchill

96. “Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill

97. “It’s never too late to become what you might have been.” – George Eliot

98. “Nothing will work unless you do.” – Maya Angelou

99. “Injuries are our best teachers.” – Scott Jurek

100. “Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.” – Haruki Murakami

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

102. “I run because if I am not faster than the person next to me, I am faster than the person I used to be.” – Unknown

103. “Don’t dream of winning, train for it.” – Mo Farah

104. “Channel your energy. Focus.” – Carl Lewis

105. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”  – Ralph Waldo Emerson

106. “You are truly your own hero in running. It is up to you to have the responsibility and self-discipline to get the job done.” – Adam Goucher

107. “Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” – Steve Jobs

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

109. “Success is not in what you have, but who you are.” – Unknown

110. “We all have bad days and bad workouts, when running gets ugly, when split times seem slow, when you wonder why you started. It will pass.” – Hal Higdon