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Quotes for the Everyday Runner

Yup, it’s another quote post. I like do these every now and again because I actively collect quotes year round. Whether they pertain to running, life or whatnot. I usually write them down in a notebook I keep, but I like to share them as well — so that’s one of the reasons why I do these kind of posts.

Most of my quote posts here are running related — I have a few that are life in general as well. But, on this one I decided to mix the topic up and just post my favorite quotes about running, overcoming fear, goals, pursuit of happiness and life in general. They’re all pretty much related in the sense that they’re quotes to hopefully motivate, inspire and encourage you.

I also like to use many of these quotes for memes to posts on the @trailsandpavement Instagram account and in the Trails & Pavement Facebook group. So, if you have any quotes you’d like to share, please by all means share them in the comments below!

“Make friends with pain, and you will never be alone.” ― Ken Chlouber

“It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien

“Faith is taking the first step even when you can’t see the whole staircase.” ― Martin Luther King Jr.

“These woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep.” ― Robert Frost

“If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.” ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep Spring from coming.” ― Pablo Neruda

“Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.” ― Rumi

“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” ― George Bernard Shaw

“There was nowhere to go but everywhere, so just keep on rolling under the stars.” ― Jack Kerouac

“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” ― Aristotle

“Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.” ― Marcus Aurelius

“You wouldn’t train for a marathon and then give up a mile before the finish line. Same goes with your life and dreams.” ― Dawn Gluskin

“We move forward, but we must stay in the present.” ― Scott Jurek

“The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.” ― William Shakespeare

“The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it.” ― Thucydides

“One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.” ― Helen Keller

“You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.�� ― Colette

“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.” ― Rumi

“If it wasn’t hard, everyone would do it. It’s the hard that makes it great.” — Tom Hanks

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

“I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.” ― Aldous Huxley

“I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.” ― Henry David Thoreau

“You don’t have to be fast. But you’d better be fearless.” ― Christopher McDougall

“Don’t be afraid of your fears. They’re not there to scare you. They’re there to let you know that something is worth it.” ― C. JoyBell C.

“Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.” ― Plato

“Listen to the mustn’ts, child. Listen to the don’ts. Listen to the shouldn’ts, the impossibles, the won’ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me… Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.” ― Shel Silverstein

“You’ve climbed too many mountains and crossed too many rivers to stop and turn back now.” ― Eleanor Brownn

“It’s amazing how a little tomorrow can make up for a whole lot of yesterday.” ― John Guare

“All happiness depends on courage and work.” ― Honoré de Balzac

“The reward of running—of anything—lies within us.” ― Scott Jurek

“Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.” ― Ovid

“It’s pain that changes our lives.” — Steve Martin

“You cannot change anyone, but you can be the reason someone changes.” ― Roy T. Bennett

“Fear will fuel my journey or it will cause me to forsake my journey. And it is utterly amazing that the self-same thing can build me or destroy me.” ― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Not all those who wander are lost.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien

“Runners can be having an absolutely miserable race and yet still be cognizant of the fact that they are undertaking something amazing.” ― Cory Reese

“As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.” ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” ― Leo Tolstoy

“Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.” ― Truman Capote

“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.” ― Lao Tzu

“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” ― Helen Keller

“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.” ― William Shakespeare

“It had been said that the marathon doesn’t really begin until mile twenty. I say mile twenty-six would be more appropriate. The final two-tenths of a mile is filled with emotion. No matter how desperately you’re struggling at this point, thoughts typically drift away from the immediate task at hand (ie, survival) to broader feelings.” ― Dean Karnazes

“The best way out is always through.” ― Robert Frost

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

“The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it.” ― J.M. Barrie

“Don’t be afraid of being scared. To be afraid is a sign of common sense. Only complete idiots are not afraid of anything.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“Don’t allow one setback to define you. Your true self is beyond measure. Success is a marathon, not a sprint. Move on to where you flourish.” ― Assegid Habtewold

“It’s not always necessary to be strong, but to feel strong.” ― Jon Krakauer

“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door” ― Milton Berle

“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” ― Martin Luther King Jr.

“Without fear there cannot be courage.” ― Christopher Paolini

“Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.” ― William Shakespeare

“In the marathon of life, there is no finish line.” ― Bill Courtney

“Confine yourself to the present.” ― Marcus Aurelius

“Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.” ― Mother Teresa

“Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.” ― Martin Luther

“We know what we are, but not what we may be.” ― William Shakespeare

“They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.” ― Andy Warhol

“Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.” ― Aldous Huxley

“The art of the hero wasn’t about being brave; it was about being so competent that bravery wasn’t an issue.” ― Christopher McDougall

“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.” ― Plato

“Big dreams are marathons. Passionate actions are marathons of marathons! Waiters don’t deserve it; Quitters don’t get it!” ― Israelmore Ayivor

“Life’s under no obligation to give us what we expect.” ― Margaret Mitchell

“Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.” ― Henry David Thoreau

“It always seems impossible until it’s done.” ― Nelson Mandela

“Let him who would move the world first move himself.” ― Socrates

“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” ― Mahatma Gandhi

“Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.” ― William Jennings Bryan

“It is never too late to be what you might have been.” ― George Eliot

“I don’t think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains.” ― Anne Frank

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” ― Winston S. Churchill

“Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.” ― Maya Angelou

“The pain of running relieves the pain of living.” ― Jacqueline Simon Gunn

“What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?” ― Vincent van Gogh

“There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.” ― C.S. Lewis

“It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.” ― Marcus Aurelius

“The present changes the past. Looking back you do not find what you left behind.” ― Kiran Desai

“You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?” ― Rumi

“Finish: Even if you run a slower than expected time, you succeed in any marathon when you finish.” ― Hal Higdon

“So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien

“As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.” ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“There is no greater burden than great potential.” ― Charles M. Schulz

“Faith is about doing. You are how you act, not just how you believe.” ― Mitch Albom

“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart” ― Helen Keller

“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.” ― Henry David Thoreau

“Though this be madness, yet there is method in’t.” ― William Shakespeare

“Freedom lies in being bold.” ― Robert Frost

“The future depends on what you do today.” ― Mahatma Gandhi

“Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish.” ― Ovid

“I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.” ― Mother Teresa

“Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look.” ― Marcus Aurelius

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Quotes for the Everyday Runner was originally published on PhatJosh | My Life Running.