25 Best Running Quotes

Don’t compare your chapter one with someone else’s chapter six. - Ally Love

The voice in your head that says you can’t do this is a liar.

Running reminds you that even in your weakest moments, you are strong.

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

I don’t run to add days to my life, I run to add life to my days. - Ronald Rook

Good things come slow—especially in distance running. - Bill Dellinger

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

Run into your unknown. - Becs Gentry

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

That’s the thing about running: your greatest runs are rarely measured by racing success. They are moments in time when running allows you to see how wonderful your life is. - Kara Goucher

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

It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up. - Babe Ruth

Unless you puke, faint, or die, keep going! - Jillian Michaels

Running is not about being better than someone else. It’s about being better than you used to be.

Run often. Run long. But never outrun your joy of running.

Running is the greatest metaphor for life because you get out of it what you put into it. - Oprah Winfrey

Running teaches us to keep moving forward, one step at a time.

Every run is a work of art, a drawing on each day’s canvas.

Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise, just like the muscles of the body.

What I've learned from running is that the time to push hard is when you're hurting the most.

I’m a running joke. Waking up at 4:30 AM to jog 11–23 miles is horrifying. - Ryan Reynolds

How do you know if someone ran a marathon? Don’t worry, they’ll tell you. - Jimmy Fallon

Jogging is good for your legs and the ground. It makes it feel needed. - Charles M. Schultz

If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but keep moving forward. - Martin Luther King Jr.

From that day on, if I was goin' somewhere, I was runnin'! – Forrest Gump