QUOTATIONS ON RUNNING

In life we’re being guided by some principle, and that principle motivates or encourages each of us.This page is intended for those runners or runner to be, who have wonderful verse or quotation about running and you want to post here. I did contribute some of my favorite verses, the rest is yours! God bless us.

‘Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. Therefore i don not run like a man running aimlessly, i don not fight like a man beating the air. No, i beat my body and make it my slave so that after i have preached to others, i may not be disqualified for the prize’ 1 Cor. 9:24-27

“And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.”
– Romans 5:3-5

“I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.”
– Philippians 3:14

“The LORD is my strength and my might, and he has become my salvation.”
– Exodus 15:2a

“The God who has girded me with strength has opened wide my path. He made my feet like the feet of deer, and set me secure on the heights.”
– 2 Samuel 22:33-34

“I run the way of your commandments, for you enlarge my understanding.”
– Psalms 119:32

“When you walk, your step will not be hampered; and if you run, you will not stumble.”
– Proverbs 4:12

“Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you. Keep straight the path of your feet, and all your ways will be sure.”
– Proverbs 4:25-26

“But those who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.”
– Isaiah 40:31

“No testing has overtaken you that is not common to everyone. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tested beyond your strength, but with the testing he will also provide the way out so that you may be able to endure it.”
– 1 Corinthians 10:13

“May you be made strong with all the strength that comes from his glorious power, and may you be prepared to endure everything with patience, while joyfully giving thanks to the Father”
– Colossians 1:11-12a

“For you need endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.”
– Hebrews 10:36

“My brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of any kind, consider it nothing but joy, because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance; and let endurance have its full effect, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking in nothing.”
– James 1:2-4

“Indeed we call blessed those who showed endurance.”
– James 5:11a

“However, I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me–the task of testifying to the gospel of God’s grace.”
– Acts 20:24

“Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. 25 Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. 26 Therefore I do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air. 27 No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.”
– 1 Corinthians 9:24-27

“You were running a good race. Who cut in on you and kept you from obeying the truth?”
– Galatians 5:7

“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.”
– 2 Timothy 4:7

“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.”
– Hebrews 12:1