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Running Wisdoms and Quotes

It sounds simple. You put one foot in front of the other and burn calories while running. Running is a full-body workout that requires strength, coordination and, above all, determination.

Exercising may seem strenuous, but it’s worth it. Running is actually one of the best pick-me-ups there is. Everything rises and falls with motivation. In such moments, or when the weather dampens your mood, sometimes an inspiring or witty wisdom helps to refuel your motivation.

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It sounds simple. You put one foot in front of the other and burn calories while running. Running is a full-body workout that requires strength, coordination and, above all, determination. Exercising may seem strenuous, but it’s worth it. Running is actually one of the best pick-me-ups there is.

 

Everything rises and falls with motivation. In such moments, or when the weather dampens your mood, sometimes an inspiring or witty wisdom helps to refuel your motivation.

  • «Cold weather runners are beasts.»
  • «Excuses are for those who need them.»
  • «Find your passion, and run with it.»
  • «For those who don’t understand why i run or what i’m doing with my life, thats alright. I’m not living for you, I’m living for myself.»
  • «Great things never came from comfort zones!»
  • «I am a runner. Not because I run fast. Not because I run far. Because I run.»
  • «I don’t run to add days to my life, I run to add life to my days.»
  • «I’m not talented. I’m not the best. I work hard. I don‘t give up. I keep going. I cross start lines. I cross finish lines. I‘m a runner.»
  • «If you never have a ‹bad› day, you’re probably doing something wrong. If you never have a ‹good› day, you’re definitely doing something wrong.»
  • «f you run, you are a runner. It doesn’t matter how fast or how far. It doesn’t matter if today is your first day or if you’ve been running for twenty years. There is no test to pass, no license to earn, no membership card to get. You just run.»
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Keep your runs at a smart pace and a smile on your face!

  • «On your good days, run hard. On your bad days, run as long as you need.»
  • «Push harder than yesterday if you want a different tomorrow.»
  • «Running does not build character. Running reveals character.»
  • «Running is a privilege. Never Take it for granted.»
  • «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.»
  • «Running not only changes your body. It changes your mind, attitude and your mood.»
  • «Some runs make you feel incredible. Some runs make you feel defeated. But every run makes you stronger.»
  • «Sometimes you need to be alone. Not to be lonely but to enjoy yourself.»
  • «Sometimes, you need to be alone. Not to be lonely, but to enjoy your free time being yourself.»
  • «Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t.»
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There are people who would love to have your bad runs.

  • «Success in distance running means falling in love with the discomfort zone.»
  • «Sweat cleanses from the inside. It comes from places a shower will never reach.»
  • «The real run starts the moment you want to stop.»
  • «The runner must be a fanatic for hard work and enthusiastic enough to enjoy it.»
  • «Training isn’t the thing you do when you’re good. It‘s the thing you do that makes you good.»
  • «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.»
  • «When your legs can’t run anymore, run with your heart!»
  • «You can’t win unless you learn how to lose.»
  • «A comfort zone is a beautiful place, but nothing ever grows there.»
  • «A dream doesn’t become reality through magic. It takes sweat, determination and hard work!»
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Bad weather always looks worse through a window.

  • «Don’t look back. You’re not going that way.»
  • «Don’t run away from your problems. Cycling is much faster.»
  • «Don’t stop until you’re proud.»
  • «First, ist hurts. Then, it changes you.»
  • «Going on a run when you’re stressed is the best way to relax.»
  • «I am a runner. I run in rain or shine. Night or darkness. I run until I cry, collapse, or until I feel like I cannot go on. And then, I run another mile. Because I am a runner. I am unstoppable, unbeatable, untouchable.»
  • «I didn’t achieve it overnight. It has been the product of many years’ struggle, and every year, I’ve improved as an athlete a little bit more.»
  • «I run harder than you party.»
  • «I’m not only training for races… but also for life.»
  • «If it is important to you, you will find a way. If not, you’ll find an excuse.»
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If you want to be strong, learn how to fight alone.

  • «If running is difficult, run more.»
  • «If you want something you have never had, you must be willing to do something you have never done.»
  • «If you want to be strong, learn to enjoy being alone.»
  • «If your dreams don’t scare you, they’re not big enough!»
  • «It’s only cold if you’re standing still.»
  • «Joggers bounce up and down at stoplights. Runners just stand there, looking pissed.»
  • «Life is better in running shoes.»
  • «Mental fitness plays a big role during competition. If you don’t rule your mind, your mind will rule you.»
  • «Mistakes have the power to turn you into something better than you were before.»
  • «Never run faster than your guardian angel can fly.»
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Pain ist just weakness leaving the body.

  • «One run can change your day, many runs can change your life.»
  • «Only the disciplined ones are free in life. If you are undisciplined, you are a slave to your moods. You are a slave to your passions.»
  • «Run hard and be nice to people.»
  • «Run often. Run long. But never outrun your joy of running.»
  • «Run the first part with your head, the middle part with your personality, and the last part with your heart.»
  • «Runners are made when no one else is watching.»
  • «Running allows me to set my mind free. Nothing seems impossible, nothing unattainable.»
  • «Running does not only build character. Running reveals it.»
  • «Running is about finding your inner peace, and so is a life well lived… Run with your heart.»
  • «Running is like coffee. I’m much nicer after I’ve had one.»
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Slow down and enjoy yourself. The run isn‘t always a race.

  • «Running takes balls. Other sports just play with them.»
  • «Running teaches us to keep moving forward, one step at a time, especially in the most painful moments.»
  • «Some sessions are stars and some are stones, but in the end they are all rocks and we build upon them.»
  • «Sometimes it takes a lot of pain to figure out what you’re made of.»
  • «Sometimes it’s better to remain silent, smile, and just go for a run.»
  • «Sometimes one of the most productive things you can do is run.»
  • «The heat index during my workout today was somewhere between OMG and WTF!»
  • «The mind always fails first in running. Not the body.»
  • «The only tactics I admire are do-or-die.»
  • «Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t.»
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Sometimes RUNNING is the only thing that MAKES SENSE.

  • «The obsession with running is really an obsession with the potential for more and more life.»
  • «The real workout starts when you want to stop!»
  • «We run to undo the damage we’ve done to body and spirit. We run to find some part of ourselves yet undiscovered.»
  • «When I run, I never know what I might discover, but my soul always finds something it needs.»
  • «When you fall in love with running, you fall in love with struggle. And when you fall in love with struggle, you fall in love with life.»
  • «When you go out of your comfort zone and it works. There’s nothing more satisfying.»
  • «When you think you are done you are into 40% of what your body is capable of doing.»
  • «Winners are not those who always win, but those who never give up!»
  • «Work hard in silence, let your success be your noise.»
  • «You don´t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.»
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You don’t stop running because you get old, you get old because you stop running.

  • «You only ever grow as a human being if you’re outside your comfort zone.»
  • «You were born to run. Maybe not that fast, maybe not that far, maybe not as efficiently as others. But to get up and move, to fire up that entire energy-producing, oxygen-delivering, bone-strengthening process we call running.»
  • «Your best teacher is your last mistake.»
  • «Do not follow a person who is running away.»
  • «The hard part isn’t getting your body in shape. The hard part is getting your mind in shape.»
  • «When you smile and you’re happy, you can trigger the mind to not feel your legs.»
  • «Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.»
  • «You can’t buy hapiness. But you can buy running shoes and that’s pretty damn close.»
  • «Don’t dream of winning, train for it!» (Mo Farah)
  • «A runner must run with dreams in his heart.» (Emil Zatopek)
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Running is quality time with me.

  • «You have a choice. You can throw in the towel, or you can use it to wipe the sweat off of your face.» (Gatorade)
  • «Don’t compare yourself with others. Sometimes you’re ahead – sometimes you’re behind. The race is long and in the end, it’s only with yourself.»
  • «RUN. Because some questions can’t be answered by Google.»
  • «Run in the morning before your brain figures out what you’re doing.»