53 Inspirational Quotes To Motivate You Throughout the Year
Charles Vincent
We try and post a good inspirational or motivational quote (or a good running motivational quote) on a regular basis. Here are a year's worth of quotes that we posted this past year to help motivate you for the next one. Enjoy!
Running is the greatest metaphor for life because you get out of it what you put into it. — Oprah Winfrey
There is no one giant step that does it, it's a lot of little steps. — Peter A. Cohen
Change doesn't come in nickels and dimes. It comes in dedication and sweat. — Toni Sorenson
No matter how slow you go, you are still lapping everyone on the couch. — Unknown
Sometimes when things are falling apart, they may actually be falling into place. — Unknown
Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will get killed. Every morning a lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn't matter whether you are lion or a gazelle. When the sun comes up, you'd better be running. — Dan Montano
A 12 minute mile is just as far as a 6 minute mile. — Unknown
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. — From "P.S. I Love You" by H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (1990)
You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great. — Zig Ziglar
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. — Vicki Corona ("Tahitian Choreographies")
Summer bodies are earned on winter roads. — Unknown
Don't let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning. — Robert Kiyosaki
Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself. — William Faulkner
If you wait for perfect conditions, you'll never get anything done. — Unknown
The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat. — Napoleon Hill.
Success all depends on the second letter. — Unknown
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
In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer. — Albert Camus
Ability is what you are capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. — Lou Holtz
With self-discipline most anything is possible. — Theodore Roosevelt
Do not watch the clock. Do what it does. Keep going. — Sam Levenson
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take. — Wayne Gretzky
Running is nothing more than a series of arguments between the part of the brain that wants to stop and the part that wants to keep going. — Unknown
To a child, love is spelled t-i-m-e. — Mac Anderson & Lance Wubbels
Pain is Temporary, Pride is Forever. — James Blades
A trophy carries dust. Memories last forever. — Mary Lou Retton
Winning has nothing to do with racing. Most days don't have races anyway. Winning is about struggle and effort and optimism, and never, ever, ever giving up. - Amby Burfoot
It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard . . . is what makes it great. — Jimmy Dugan, A League of Their Own
Dead last is greater than did not finish, which trumps did not start. — Unknown
Clear your mind of can't. — Unknown
It's not the speed you go but rather the fact you went. — Unknown
Nothing hurts more than sitting on a couch. — Unknown
Do something today that your future self thanks you for. — Unknown
Don't limit your challenges. Challenge your limits. — Unknown
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. — Jim Ryun
The secret to getting ahead is getting started. — Unknown
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you stop to look fear in the face. . . . You must make yourself succeed every time. You must do the thing you think you cannot do. — Eleanor Roosevelt, You Learn By Living (1960)
Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations. — Unknown
The expert in anything was once a beginner. — Unknown
If the wind will not serve, take to the oars. — Latin Proverb
Remember this. Hold on to this. This is the only perfection there is, the perfection of helping others. This is the only thing we can do that has any lasting meaning. This is why we're here. —Andre Agassi
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
Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in and day out. — Robert Collier
There are three choices in life: give up, give in, or give it all you got. — Unknown
Give life a meaning. —Unknown
Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless. — Jamie Paolinetti
The hardest step is the one out the front door. — Unknown
Rien ne sert de courir, il faut partir à point. (roughly translated = slow and steady wins the race).
The most difficult thing is the decision to act. The rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life and the procedure. The process is its own reward. — Amelia Earhart.
If you're offered a seat on a rocket ship, don't ask what seat! Just get on. — Sheryl Sandberg
Dream big and dare to fail. — Norman Vaughan
I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples. —Mother Teresa
Don't count your days. Make your days count. — Muhammad Ali
