We have collected the 34 best short running quotes for you. They are designed to motivate you to start running or to persevere if you are already a runner. Because they are short you can read them quickly and they can still give you a huge boost in motivation!
I’m pretty sure of one thing; you won’t regret running. Running has many health benefits that you will notice if you continue to run consistently. If there is a quote that motivates you very strongly, it can be good to write it down and read it aloud every time before you start running.
1. “Run hard when it’s hard to run.”
Paavo Nurmi
2. “Running allows me to set my mind free. Nothing seems impossible. Nothing unattainable.”
Kara Goucher
3. “Runners don’t do drugs, they make their own … naturally.”
E. Neil Culbertson
4. “You don’t stop running because you get old, you get old because you stop running.”
Christopher McDougall
5. “The long run is what puts the tiger in the cat.”
Bill Squires
6. “The person who starts the race is not the same person who finishes the race.”
Unknown
7. “Running is therapy anyone can afford.”
Toni Sorenson
8. “As we run, we become.”
Amby Burfoot
9. “If you start dreaming you are not running fast enough.”
Jacob Vermeire
10. “The faster you run, the sooner you’re done.”
Unknown
11. “Run often. Run long. But never outrun your joy of running.”
Julie Isphording
12. “We are designed to run and we increase our chance of daily happiness when we do so.”
Jeff Galloway
13. “Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it.”
Oprah Winfrey
14. “My feeling is that any day I am too busy to run is a day that I am too busy.”
John Bryant
15. “Shut up legs. We got this.”
Unknown
16. “Runners just do it. They run for the finish line even if someone else has reached it first.”
Unknown
17. “When I do the best I can with what I have, then I have won my race.”
Jay Foonberg
18. “Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up.”
Dean Karnazes
19. “If you train your mind for running, everything else will be easy.”
Amby Burfoot
20. “The pain of running relieves the pain of living.”
Jacqueline Simon Gunn
21. “Racing is the fun part; it’s the reward of all the hard work.”
Kara Goucher
22. “Long distance running is 90% mental and the other half is physical.”
Rich Davis
23. “Good things come slow, especially in distance running.”
Bill Dellinger
24. “Run like hell and get the agony over with.”
Clarence DeMar
25. “Tough runs don’t last; tough runners do.”
Unknown
26. “The obsession with running is really an obsession with the potential for more and more life.”
George A. Sheehan
27. “A lot of people run a race to see who’s the fastest. I run to see who has the most guts.”
Steve Prefontaine
28. “Someone who is busier than you is running right now.”
Nike
29. “A short run is better than no run.”
Unknown
30. “Running is real and relatively simple … but it ain’t easy.”
Mark Will-Weber
31. “Don’t fear moving slowly forward … fear standing still.”
Katherine Harris
32. “I don’t run to add days to my life, I run to add life to my days.”
Ronald Rook
33.”When your legs can’t run anymore, run with your heart.”
Unknown
34. “One run can change your day, many runs can change your life.”
Unknown
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