Thirty-three running quotes from people who actually ran. For the mornings when you don't want to lace up.

1. "Run when you can, walk when you have to, crawl if you must — just never give up." — Dean Karnazes.
2. "The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start." — John Bingham.
3. "A runner must run with dreams in his heart." — Emil Zátopek.
4. "Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional." — Haruki Murakami.
5. "If it doesn't challenge you, it doesn't change you." — Fred DeVito.
6. "I don't run to add days to my life, I run to add life to my days." — Ronald Rook.
7. "Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it." — Oprah Winfrey.
8. "Someone who is busier than you is running right now." — Unknown.
9. "We run because we love it." — Steve Prefontaine.
10. "The only good race pace is a suicidal one." — Prefontaine.
11. "Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going." — Jim Ryun.
12. "Every runner has their own story." — unknown.
13. "You have a choice. You can throw in the towel, or you can use it to wipe the sweat off your face." — Gatorade ad.
14. "Running has given me the courage to start, the determination to keep trying, and the joy and love of living a life worth sharing." — Unknown.
15. "Pace is often the difference between a good run and a great run." — Unknown.
16. "Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out." — Robert Collier.
17. "The hardest step for a runner is the one out the door." — Unknown.
18. "Run for your life." — Frank Shorter.
19. "You have to wonder at times what you're doing out there. Over the years I've given myself a thousand reasons to keep running, but it always comes back to where it started." — Steve Prefontaine.
20. "Fight back through the pain." — Unknown.
21. "The body achieves what the mind believes." — Unknown.
22. "I've learned that finishing a marathon isn't just an athletic achievement. It's a state of mind." — Mary Wittenberg.
23. "Running is the only sport that rewards you for suffering." — Unknown.
24. "Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever." — Lance Armstrong.
25. "If you want to become the best runner you can be, start now. Don't spend the rest of your life wondering if you can do it." — Priscilla Welch.
26. "Running allows me to set my mind free." — Dean Karnazes.
27. "There are clubs you can't belong to, neighbourhoods you can't live in, schools you can't get into, but the roads are always open." — Nike.
28. "No matter how slow you go, you're still lapping everyone on the couch." — Unknown.
29. "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." — Unknown.
30. "The voice inside your head that says you can't do this is a liar." — Unknown.
31. "You are stronger than you think." — Unknown.
32. "Mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter." — Muhammad Ali (often adapted for running).
33. "Just run." — every runner, eventually.

Thirty-three quotes. Pick one. Write it on your running shoes or your doorway. The ones that get you out the door on bad mornings are the only ones that matter.