EXERCISE QUOTES II
quotations about exercise
No pain, no gain. Shut up and train.
ANONYMOUS
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
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
Dispositions of the mind, like limbs of the body, acquire strength by exercise.
THOMAS JEFFERSON
letter to Robert Skipwith, Aug. 3, 1771
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
He who has a weak constitution becomes stronger by manual exercise than a robust man without it.
XENOPHON
attributed, Day's Collacon
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
Exercise because it's good for you even if every step weighs a thousand pounds.
ANDREW SOLOMON
The Noonday Demon
I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
speech, Apr. 10, 1899
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
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"
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
Violent exercise is like a cold shower: you think it does you good because you feel better when you stop.
ROBERT QUILLEN
attributed, 20,000 Quips & Quotes
Labor or exercise ferments the humors, casts them into their proper channels, throws off redundancies, and helps nature in those secret distributions without which the body cannot subsist in its vigor, nor the soul act with cheerfulness.
JOSEPH ADDISON
The Spectator, Jul. 12, 1711
Exercise has a direct brain connection, when you consider what it actually does. What we tend to overlook are the feedback loops that connect the brain to every cell in the body. Therefore when you throw a ball, run on a treadmill, or jog along the shore, billions of cells are "seeing" the outside world. The chemicals transmitted form the brain are acting the way sense organs do, making contact with the outside world and offering stimulation from that world. This is why the jump from being sedentary to doing a minimal amount of exercise - such as walking, light gardening, and climbing the stairs instead of taking the elevator - is so healthy. Your cells want to be part of the world.
DEEPAK CHOPRA
Super Brain
Statistics show what really happens if you exercise daily--you die healthier.
EVEN ESAR
20,000 Quips & Quotes
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
Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security.
JOHN F. KENNEDY
"The Soft America", Sport and Society: an Anthology