Running On Quotes

I have always been an avid collector of inspirational quotations. Through my journey, I have found many great running quotes that describe the many challenges runners face and their dedication to the sport. I have also found many non-running quotes that apply very well to running and now endurance riding Here are 13 of my favorite “git ‘r done” quotes for runners and riders.

1. Life is not a matter of being dealt good cards, but of being able to play a poor hand well. —Unknown
2. Whatever you think you can do or believe you can do, begin it.
   Action has magic, grace and power in it.” — Goethe (a personal favorite)
3. Blessings are placed within our reach, but they are not placed within our hands. —Unknown
4. No wonder experience is the best teacher. It has to teach us things we don’t want to learn. —Unknown
5. Every man dies, but not every man truly lives. —William Wallace
6. The crime is not to avoid failure, the crime is to not give triumph a chance. —H. Weldon
7. A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. —George Bernard Shaw
8. On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow.”Friedrich Nietzsche
9. It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop. —Confucius
10. If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with success unexpected in common hours. —Henry David Thoreau
11. The road to success is lined with many tempting parking spaces. -Traditional Proverb
12. There is no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing- What I’ve discovered riding here in Montana
13. Go fast enough to get there, but slow enough to see.”
    - Jimmy Buffett

So where and how do these apply to you? Let your intrepid innkeeper know. Trot on friends, trot on