EXERCISE QUOTES II
quotations about exercise
No pain, no gain. Shut up and train.
ANONYMOUS
He who has a weak constitution becomes stronger by manual exercise than a robust man without it.
XENOPHON
attributed, Day's Collacon
Getting fit is all about mind over matter. I don't mind, so it doesn't matter.
ADAM HARGREAVES
Mr. Lazy's Guide to Fitness
Dispositions of the mind, like limbs of the body, acquire strength by exercise.
THOMAS JEFFERSON
letter to Robert Skipwith, Aug. 3, 1771
The best cares or provisions for life and health, that are left us, consist in the discreet and temperate government of diet and exercise.
WILLIAM TEMPLE
"Of Health and Long Life"
Exercise is like a magic potion. It gives you lots of energy throughout the day and helps you sleep better at night. It not only prevents a ton of health problems like stroke and diabetes, but it also keeps you from getting sick in the first place by boosting the immune system. Best of all, it's been shown to improve your sex drive and slow aging. And, oh yeah, it makes you look great in a bathing suit.
MARA SCHIAVOCAMPO
Thinspired
Back in my rummy days, I would tremble and shake for hours upon arising. It was the only exercise I got.
W.C. FIELDS
The Temperence Lecture
Wake up. Work out. Look hot.
ANONYMOUS
Exercise till the mind feels delight in reposing from the fatigue.
SOCRATES
attributed, Day's Collacon
An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.
HENRY DAVID THOREAU
journal, Apr. 20, 1840
Once you realize that succeeding with exercise isn't a series of shortcuts, but rather a lesson in perseverance, you'll be on your way to making exercise a part of your life.
TIM LENCKI
Fitness One Day at a Time
Exercise because it's good for you even if every step weighs a thousand pounds.
ANDREW SOLOMON
The Noonday Demon
The body when over-labored becomes heavy and jaded; but it is exercise alone that supports the spirits, and keeps the mind in vigor.
CICERO
attributed, Day's Collacon
I need a stranger to scream hurtful things at me while I exercise! Because she cares!
LESLEY KINZEL
Two Whole Cakes: How to Stop Dieting and Learn to Love Your Body
I don't even know how this word came into being: "aerobics". I guess gym instructors got together and said, "If we're going to charge ten dollars an hour, we can't call it 'jumping up and down'."
RITA RUDNER
Naked Beneath My Clothes
Yes, exercise is the catalyst. That's what makes everything happen: your digestion, your elimination, your sex life, your skin, hair, everything about you depends on circulation.
JACK LALANNE
attributed, Quotes
I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
speech, Apr. 10, 1899
Good things come to those who sweat.
ANONYMOUS
Exercise is a pastime only for those who are already slender and physically fit. It just isn't so much fun when you have a marked tendency to wheeze and throw up, and a cannonball of a belly sloshing around inside the baggy garments.
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS
Vanity Fair, Oct. 2007
You will never live to my age without you keep yourselves in breath with exercise, and in heart with joyfulness.
PHILIP SIDNEY
The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia