100 Tired Quotes To Reenergize Yourself (For Inspiration) (2023)

You might need some inspiring, tired quotes to boost your performance on occasion. It’s not uncommon for one to get tired of trying – physically, mentally, or both. The right motivation can help you overcome the feeling of being drained or played out and can get you back into your game.

Every experienced athlete knows that feeling exhausted is not the best recipe for performance success. It is the extra effort that you make when you feel zonked which can make all the difference.

So, if you want to succeed, you need to perform at your peak. It is natural to feel drained at times. Please read up on what accomplished athletes have to say about the subject, and find some inspiration in their words.

Quotes About Being Tired

1.) Losers quit when they’re tired. Winners quit when they’ve won.
Mike Ditka

2.) When I’d get tired and want to stop, I’d wonder what my next opponent was doing. I’d wonder if he was still working out. I’d tried to visualize him. When I could see him working, I’d start pushing myself. When I could see him in the shower, I’d push myself harder.
Dan Gable

3.) You can do anything, but not everything.
Unknown

4.) Doctors and scientists said breaking the four-minute mile was impossible, that one would die in the attempt. Thus, when I got up from the track after collapsing at the finish line, I figured I was dead.
Roger Bannister

5.) My goal is to build a life that I don’t need a vacation from.
Unknown

Good Tired Quotes

Don’t stop when you are tired. Stop when you are done.
Unknown

I think I get addicted to the feelings associated with the end of a long run. I love feeling empty, clean, worn out, and sweat-purged. And, I love that good ache of the muscles that have done me proud.
Kristin Armstrong

It’s not the load that breaks you down; it’s the way you carry it.
Lena Horne

Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up.
Dean Karnazes

The more you sweat in practice, the less you bleed in battle.
Unknown

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.
Jules Renard

Tiredness is just something that is appearing; it’s not who you are.
Nirmala

Exhausted and Worn Out Quotations

Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually, it will subside, and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.
Lance Armstrong

You learn you can do your best even when it’s hard, even when you’re tired and maybe hurting a little bit. It feels good to show some courage.
Joe Namath

Burnout is when long-term exhaustion meets diminished interest.
Unknown

When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this: You haven’t.
Thomas Edison

One word: ‘Fight.’ Anyone can do it when it feels good. When you’re hurting, that’s when it makes a difference, so you have to keep fighting.
Erin Cafaro

Short Tired Quotes

You never get tired unless you stop and take time for it.
Bob Hope

When I’m tired, I rest. I say, ‘I can’t be a superwoman today.
Jada Pinkett Smith

I am tired of being tired and talking about how tired I am.
Amy Poehler

Life is one long process of getting tired.
Samuel Butler

When you are tired, sleep; when you are hungry, eat.
Michael Gluckman

Notable Quotations on Rest

Once you become poor, tired, and time-constrained, you become a much better human being.
Caitlin Moran

I’m tired of all the pain, agony, tears, and feeling that there is no reason to carry on.
Pete Frierson

When we are tired, we are attacked by ideas we conquered long ago.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Tired, but not giving up. I saw the sun peek through the clouds. Sometimes all we need is a glimmer of hope.
Jon Gordon

It’s important to surround yourself with good people, interesting people, young people, young ideas. Go places, learn new stuff. Look at the world with wonder – don’t be tired about it.
Angela Bassett

The tired sunsets and the tired people – it takes a lifetime to die and no time at all.
Charles Bukowski

A conclusion is the place where you got tired thinking.
Martin H. Fischer

Even nice things don’t make you happy when you’re tired.
Jo Brand

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life, for there is in London all that life can afford.
Samuel Johnson

The worst thing about being tired is the negative twist of perception.
Rosamond Rice

Funny Tired Quotes

Can’t decide if I need a hug, an XL coffee, six shots of vodka, or two weeks of sleep.
Unknown

I’m tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money. I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok.
Shaquille O’Neal

I am not an early bird or a night owl. I am some form of permanently exhausted pigeon.
Unknown

It’s a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don’t quit when you’re tired – you quit when the gorilla is tired.
Robert Strauss

Kids are awesome because who needs sleep?
Unknown

You never get tired unless you stop and take time for it.
Bob Hope

Sometimes I’m so tired, I look down at what I’m wearing, and if it’s comfortable enough to sleep in, I don’t even make it into my pajamas. I’m looking down, and I’m like, ‘T-shirt and stretchy pants? Yup, that’s fine. It’s pajama-y, good night.’
Rebecca Romijn

Fatigue Sets In Sayings

Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
Vince Lombardi

To get there, I had to set an everyday goal which was to push myself to exhaustion or, in other words, to work so hard in practice that someone would have to carry me off the mat.
Dan Gable

Nothing, not even pain, lasts forever. If I can just keep putting one foot in front of the other, I will eventually get to the end.
Kim Cowart

There is no greater medicine than a good night’s rest.
Man Chung Han

The real purpose of running isn’t to win a race. It’s to test the limits of the human heart.
Bill Bowerman

Overwhelmed, but never quits. Amazing, even though doubted. Wonderful, even in the chaos. Lifechanger, every single day.
Rachel Marie Martin

Our fatigue is often caused not by work but by worry, frustration, and resentment.
Dale Carnegie

The vision of a champion is someone who is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion, when no one else is watching.
Anson Dorrance

Everything seems to be exhausting me; no matter how much sleep or how much coffee I drink or how long I lie down, something inside me seems to have given up. My soul is tired.
Unknown

Weary and Wiped Out Quotes

Nothing can substitute for just plain hard work. I had to put in the time to get back. And it was a grind. It meant training and sweating every day. But I was completely committed to working out to prove to myself that I still could do it.
Andre Agassi

Good things come to those who sweat.
Unknown

I am sick of the disparity between things as they are and as they should be. I’m tired. I’m tired of the truth, and I’m tired of lying about the truth.
Edward Franklin Albee

I’m exhausted from trying to be stronger than I feel.
Unknown

Tired minds don’t plan well. Sleep first, plan later.
Walter Reisch

Come to Me all you who are weary and heavy-burden, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11-28

And your mind still goes, but the body doesn’t react.
Irene Vandyk

If you think you’re done, you always have at least 40 percent more.
Lauren Crandall

A Long Day Quotes

I run because I can. When I get tired, I remember those who can’t run, what they would give to have this simple gift I take for granted, and I run harder for them. I know they would do the same for me.
Unknown

If you think you can’t, you won’t, and if you think you can, you will. When I’m tired at practice, I tell myself that I’m not tired, and I can push through. If you tell yourself you’re tired, or if you tell yourself you’re sick, your body is going to follow the mind.
Kellie Wells

Your biggest challenge isn’t someone else; it’s the ache in your lungs, the burning in your legs, & the voice inside you that yells, Can’t. But you don’t listen; you push harder. You hear the voice whisper Can., and you discover that the person you thought you were is no match for the one you really are.
Unknown

I enjoy all the oohs and ahhs from the gallery when I hit my drives. But I’m getting pretty tired of the awws and uhs when I miss a putt.
John Daly

Never give up; miracles happen every day.
Unknown

It’s so important to realize that every time you get upset, it drains your emotional energy. Losing your cool makes you tired. Getting angry a lot messes with your health.
Joyce Meyer

You must be strong enough to strike and strike and strike again without tiring. The first lesson is to make yourself that strong.
Holly Black

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Famous Tired Quotes

The most critical time in any battle is not when I’m fatigued; it’s when I no longer care.
Craig D. Lounsbrough

You get very tired, and there was a certain amount of pain, and you slow up. Your legs are so tired that you are, in fact, slowing. If you don’t keep running, keep your blood circulating, the muscles stop pumping the blood back, and you get dizzy.
Roger Bannister

Being a sex symbol is a heavy load to carry, especially when one is tired, hurt, and bewildered.
Marilyn Monroe

No matter how tired you feel, no matter how much you want to quit, no matter what obstacles are in your way, keep moving toward the vision you have for your future.
Jon Gordon

Don’t stop when you are tired. Stop when you are done!
Brayden Brad

Don’t stop when you are tired. Stop when you are done!! I’m so tired of people and promises. It’s human nature to break them and the nature of promises to be broken. Wellbeing tired is a lot better than being dead, man.
Larry Ferguson

Money and Corruption Are ruining the land Crooked politicians Betray the working man, Pocketing the profits And treating us like sheep, And we’re tired of hearing promises That we know they’ll never keep.
Ray Davies

I am tired and sick of war.
William Tecumseh Sherman

Elizabeth Wurtzel Quote

I start to feel like I can’t maintain the facade any longer, that I may just start to show through. And I wish I knew what was wrong. Maybe something about how stupid my whole life is. I don’t know.

Why does the rest of the world put up with the hypocrisy, the need to put a happy face on sorrow, the need to keep on keeping on?… I don’t know the answer; I know only that I can’t. (And) I don’t want any more vicissitudes; I don’t want any more of this try, try again stuff. (And) I just want out. I’ve had it. I am so tired. I am twenty, and I am already exhausted.
Elizabeth Wurtzel

I’m Tired Quotes

Never be tired of a dream if not fulfilled. Fear of failure should not deter you from your path of self-belief. Your belief and determination will get you to your destination and make the dream come true.
Anil Sinha

Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.
New Gingrich

If one could run without getting tired, I don’t think one would often want to do anything else.
C.S. Lewis

We can be tired, weary, and emotionally distraught, but after spending time alone with God, we find that He injects into our bodies energy, power, and strength.
Charles Stanley

Tired, tired with nothing, tired with everything, tired with the world’s weight he had never chosen to bear.
F. Scott Fitzgerald

People cry, not because they’re weak, it’s because they’ve been strong for too long.
Johnny Depp

Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don’t have the strength.
Theodore Roosevelt

The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.
Vince Lombardi

Tired Mom Quotes

I finally got 8 hours of sleep. It took me four days, but whatever.
Unknown

Being a mom has made me so tired. And so happy.
Tina Fey

Amazing, even though doubted. Wonderful, even in the chaos. Lifechanger, every single day.
Rachel Marie Martin

The bags under my eyes were definitely well past the carry-on limit.
Sarah Gailey

And then one day we decided we were tired of sleeping in and doing whatever we wanted in a clean house, so we had kids.
Unknown

Even when a mother’s soul is tired, she finds strength for her family.
Unknown

Motherhood—if you’re not tired, you’re not doing it right.
Unknown

To the mama who is tired: Enjoy every moment because one day they will grow up.
Unknown

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.
Jules Renard

Louisa May Alcott Quotation

Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be delightful, old age will bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success.
Louisa May Alcott

Fatique Quotes

Fatigue has many faces and many causes. Fatigue and tiredness mean different things to different people.
Michael A. Schmidt

You really get tired in one area of your life, and then you start questioning your whole existence.
Unknown

I’m tired of all this nonsense about beauty being skin deep. That’s deep enough. What do you want, an adorable pancreas?
Jean Kerr

Oh, I am very weary, Though tears no longer flow; My eyes are tired of weeping, my heart is sick of woe.
Anne Bronte

Even when you have every right to be tired of everything, Never be tired of living.
Terry Mark

Fatigue, discomfort, and discouragement are merely symptoms of effort.
Morgan Freeman

Tired Captions

Dear bed, I love you.

Don’t give up on your dreams — keep sleeping.

A ZZZZ vibe.

So good at sleeping I do it with my eyes closed.

Nap like no one is watching.

Dear sleep, I know we had our difficulties when I was younger, but I love you now.

Naptime is my favorite time.

I’m not sleeping. I’m just resting my eyes.

Instagram Captions for Selfies

Dream big; dream often.

Sleep Mode: ON.

Getting up is for quitters — sleep longer.

Epic sleep skills.

Never go to bed mad — stay up and fight.

Dare to dream — but first, sleep.

Life is better with my head on a pillow.

By Mike O’Halloran

Mike is the founder and editor of Sports Feel Good Stories.

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