hctr Quotes


	A good positive mental attitude in ultra-running can make the body continue and achieve more even when it wants to quit. So with that thought, below we offer food for the mind. Do you have a favorite motivational quote? Just send it our way and we will post it.

When you see a new trail, follow it to the point of knowing - Uncheedah
It is not so much what is ahead of us or behind us, but what is inside us that counts - from Steven Covey's book the 7 Habits
It is not the critic who counts, nor the man who points how the strong man stumbled or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly...who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at best, knows the triumph of high achievement; and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat. - Theodore Roosevelt
Good judgement comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgement
Some days you just have to run in place and wait for the finish line to come to you - Marvin Skagerberg
Destiny speaks to the choices we make - unknown
Appearance can be deceiving. Remember endurance makes gold - chinese fortune cookie
The desire to succeed is not nearly as important as the willingness to prepare
I have always felt that the best teachers lead by example - Paul Schmidt
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to success is more important than any one thing - Abraham Lincoln
The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start. - John "the Penguin" Bingham
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night - Edgar Allen Poe
The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen - Frank Lloyd Wright
One of the greatest of all principles is that men can do what they think they can do - Norman Vincent Peale
What was once thought, can never be unthought - Friedrich Durrenmatt
Pain is the sensation that reminds you that you are still alive - R Marchenko
Success does not come to you... you go to it
Perseverance is a matter of hanging on after others have let go
Accomplishments are their reward
The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible
Know your limits... but never stop trying to exceed them
You become successful the moment you start moving toward a worthwhile goal
Do not follow where the path may lead... go instead where there is no path and leave a trail
The heart already knows what the mind can only dream of... trust your heart
Don't wait for your ship to come in... swim out to it
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference
Energy and persistence will conquer all things
Commitment is a line you must cross... it is the difference between dreaming and doing
The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are more important than the events that occur
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams
Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen... others make it happen
There are many things that will catch your eye, but only a few will catch your heart... pursue those
Some people dream of worthy accomplishments, while others stay awake and do them
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, nor a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will
The race is not always to the swift... but to those who keep on running
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you fail to focus on your goal
A bend in the road is not the end of the road... unless you fail to make the turn
Some women follow their dreams, others mercilessly chase them down till they catch them - Sara Brown
A woman or man with outward courage dares to die, A man or woman with inward courage dares to live - Lao Tzu
When you are playing for more than you can afford to lose, you learn the game
If you aren't living on the edge, you are taking up too much room
A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words - unknown
True friendship is like sound health - the value of it is seldom known until it is lost - Charles Caleb Colton
Talk to me not of time and place, I owe I'm happy in the chase - Shakespeare
Listen to your body, don't be a blind and deaf tenant - Dr. George Sheehan
The long run is what puts the tiger in the cat - Bill Squires
Start slowly, then taper off - Walt Stack
Bid me run and I will strive with things impossible - Shakespeare
Believe you can and you're halfway there - Theodore Roosevelt
Peace is when time doesn't matter as it passes by - Maria Schell
Tough times never last, but tough people do - Robert Schuller
Faith is believing in things when common sense tells you not to - George Seaton
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing- George Bernard Shaw
There is no possession more valuable than a good and faithful friend - Socrates
It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn't - Martin Van Buren
Nothing is too small to know, and nothing is too big to attempt - William Van Horne
Be not afraid of going slowly. Be only afraid of standing still - Chinese Proverb
Learn as if you were to live forever, Live as if you were to die tomorrow - Anonymous
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away - George Carlin
We do not cease to play as we grow old, We grow old because we cease to play - Drew Lachey
Faith dares the soul to go farther than it can see or know - William Clark
The greater the obstacle the more glory overcoming it - Anonymous
It's not what you have in life that counts, rather it is how you use what you have - Mark Anderson
Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full effort is full victory - Mahatma Gandhi
You can run with the big dogs or sit on the porch and bark - Wallace Arnold
We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere - Tim McGraw
Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things... I am tempted to think there are no little things - Bruce Barton
It's kind of fun to do the impossible - Walt Disney
Real winners are ordinary people with extraordinary determination - Anonymous
Even within the limits of the possible, the possibilities are limitless - Jules Deelder
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try - Beverly Sills
Work like you don't need the money, Love like you've never been hurt, and Dance like nobody is watching - Mark Twain
The best portion of a man's life - his nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love - William Wordsworth
The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches, but to reveal to him his own - Benjamin Disraeli
Treasure your relationships, not your possessions - Anthony J D`Angelo
The only thing in life achieved without effort is failure - Unknown
If you are ever going to see a rainbow, you have got to stand a little rain - Unknown
Men are not prisoners of fate, but prisoners of their own minds - Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Challenge your most cherished assumptions.
You get what you expect. Believe in your dreams.
Wherever you are, be there.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step - Chinese Proverb
The challenge may not be easy, but it is possible.
Keep company with those who make you better.
You never really lose until you stop trying.
Accomplishment- like life- is a journey, not a destination .
Enthusiasm is a glimpse into the human soul.
Our greatest glory is not in falling but in rising every time we fall - Confucius
Live every act fully, as if it where your last - Buddha
Action is eloquence - Shakespeare
Wherever your challenges lead you, there is something to learn there.
Perseverance is a great element of success. If you knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you're sure to awaken someone - Longfellow
If your life is free of failures, you aren't taking enough risks.
You need even the rocks in the road - Chinese Proverb
The great pleasure in life lies in doing what people say you cannot do - Walter Bagehot
There are no shortcuts to achieving worthwhile dreams.
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it - Emerson
The biggest temptation is to settle for far too little - Thomas Merton
Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimension - Oliver Wendell Holmes
When shall we live, if not now?.
Happiness exists when the things we believe in are consistent with the things we do.
The real secret to success is enthusiasm.
We first make our habits, then our habits make us - John Dryden
It may be that those who do most, dream most - Leacock
Do not settle for less than an extraordinary life.
We write our own destiny. We become what we do - Madame Chiang Kai-shek
Talent develops in quiet, alone; character is sharpened in the torrent of the world - Goethe
Your world is as big as you make it.
Wait it out. Sometimes victory goes to the one left standing.
What you think of yourself is much more important than what others think of you - Seneca
Only those who risk going too far can possibly know how far they can go - T.S. Eliot
Accomplishment begins with action
Dreams are the touchstones of our characters - Thoreau
When it comes down to it, you have only your intuition to guide your actions. And you never know the outcome until you act
Evaluate, improve, adjust. In these continual actions are the seeds of success
To dare is to lose your footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose yourself - Kierkegaard
The moment we definitely commit ourselves, providence moves, too - Goethe
If you think you can win, you have won. Faith is necessary to victory - Hazlitt
Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend - Diogenes
Success is rooted in vision. Always affirm that you will succeed
It is a bad plan that allows no room for modification - Publius Syrus
Never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense - Churchill
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today - Franklin D. Roosevelt
And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music. - Nietzsche
Misery is a relative thing. - Lance Armstrong - Tour de France 2005
If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment. - Marcus Aurelius
It's not a real trail race if someone doesn't get lost. - heard on the trail
It is far better to be running in the mountains pondering the Lord than to be in church pondering running in the mountains. - unknown
Life will test your spirit, the trails will test your soul. - unknown
Happiness is not getting what you want, but wanting what you have. - Rabbi Hyman Schachtel
The reason we are "ultra" runners is not to win awards, which we rarely do, and not see what place or time we run, but to test our limits and to do things that few would dream to do. This is what makes us stronger when we do race, and this is what makes training so wonderful! - Meredith Terranova
The price of being a sheep is boredom. The price of being a wolf is loneliness. Choose one or the other with great care. - Hugh MacLeod
If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome. - Michael Jordan
Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional. - David Horton
I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that spark should burn out in a brillant blaze than it should be stilled by dry rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in a magnificanet glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them. I shall use my time. - Jack London
The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers. - M. Scott Peck
It is important to realize, all pain is not significant. - from movie, Running Madness