Runners Quotes

315 Runners quotes by 218 unique authors

Speed is the form of ecstasy the technical revolution has bestowed on man. As opposed to a motorcyclist, the runner is always present in his… — Milan Kundera
You belong with me, Scarlett, haven't you figured that out? And the world is where we belong, all of it. We're not home-and-hearth people. We're… — Alexandra Ripley
Nearly all runners do their slow runs too fast, and their fast runs too slow." Ken Mierke says. "So they're just training their bodies to… — Christopher McDougall
Having waited my entire life to get an award for something, anything...I now get awards all the time for being mentally ill. It’s better than… — Carrie Fisher
Sooner or later even the fastest runners have to stand and fight. — Stephen King
We've forgotten much. How to struggle, how to rise to dizzy heights and sink to unparalleled depths. We no longer aspire to anything. Even the… — Richard Matheson
I testify that no one of us is less treasured or cherished of God than another. I testify that He loves each of us—insecurities, anxieties,… — Jeffrey R. Holland
If 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… — John Bingham
He wanted to impart some of the truths Bruce Denton had taught him, that you dont' become a runner by winning a morning workout. The… — John L. Parker Jr.
People think I'm crazy to put myself through such torture, though I would argue otherwise. Somewhere along the line we seem to have confused comfort… — Dean Karnazes
For me, running is both exercise and a metaphor. Running day after day, piling up the races, bit by bit I raise the bar, and… — Haruki Murakami
Thomas swallowed, wondering how he could ever go out there. His desire to become a Runner had taken a major blow. But he had to… — James Dashner
I may never be happy, but tonight I am content. Nothing more than an empty house, the warm hazy weariness from a day spent setting… — Sylvia Plath
The true runner is a very fortunate person. He has found something in him that is just perfect. — George A. Sheehan
For every runner who tours the world running marathons, there are thousands who run to hear the leaves and listen to the rain, and look… — George A. Sheehan
Life's not linear at all. It happens in lighting flashes. So fast you don't see those lay-you-out cold moments coming at you until you're Wile… — Karen Marie Moning
At any rate, that’s how I started running. Thirty three—that’s how old I was then. Still young enough, though no longer a young man. The… — Haruki Murakami
I didn't start running because somebody asked me to become a runner. Just like I didn't become a novelist because someone asked me to. One… — Haruki Murakami
When you see runners in town is easy to distinguish beginners from veterans. The ones panting are beginners; the ones with quiet, measured breathing are… — Haruki Murakami
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. Say you’re running and you think, ‘Man, this hurts, I can’t take it anymore. The ‘hurt’ part is an… — Haruki Murakami
When your eyes are softly focused on the horizon for sustained periods, your brain releases endorphins. It's the same as a runner's high. These days,… — Maria Semple
Thomas had a depressing - and scary - thought. 'Am I . . . replacing someone? Did somebody get killed?' Minho shook his head. 'No,… — James Dashner
Wherever you are, be all there." I have lived the runner, panting ahead in worry, pounding back in regrets, terrified to live in the present,… — Ann Voskamp
Most people who do a lot of exercise, particularly in the form of competitive athletics, have unneurotic, extraverted, optimistic personalities to begin with. (Marathon runners… — Robert M. Sapolsky
I am a runner. That's what I do. That's who I am. Running is all I know, or want, or care about. — Wendelin Van Draanen

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218 authors contributed a total of 315 Runners Quotes, led by these top contributors: