Quotes About Exercise, Fitness, and Movement
Need some inspiration to get moving? Check out these quotes!
“Exercise is king. Nutrition is queen. Put them together and you've got a kingdom.”
— Jack LaLanne
“The gym is not the social club for the fit. It’s a training ground for everyone.”
— Unknown
“A muscle is like a car. If you want it to run well early in the morning, you have to warm it up.”
— Florence Griffith Joyner
“Movement is a medicine for creating change in a person’s physical, emotional, and mental states.”
— Carol Welch
“If you have a body, you are an athlete!”
— Bill Bowerman
“Exercise is a celebration of what your body can do, not a punishment for what you ate.”
— Unknown
“I have to exercise in the morning before my brain figures out what I’m doing.”
— Marsha Doble
“Strong is the new skinny.”
— Unknown
“The only workout you’ll regret is the one that didn’t happen.”
— Unknown
“Another good reducing exercise consists in placing both hands against the table edge and pushing back.”
— Robert Quillen
“No matter how slow you go you’re still lapping everyone on the couch.”
— Unknown
“Movement is the song of the body.”
— Vanda Scaravelli
“Those who think they have not time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness.”
— Edward Stanley
“Go the extra mile. It’s never crowded there.”
— Wayne Dyer
“If it weren’t for the fact that the TV set and the refrigerator are so far apart, some of us wouldn’t get any exercise at all.”
— Joey Adams
“It's going to be a journey. It's not a sprint to get in shape.”
— Kerri Walsh Jennings
“Whatever gets you moving and out of your head is good for you.”
— Marty Rubin
“It never gets easier; you just get better.”
— Unknown
“We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.”
— George Bernard Shaw
“Good things come to those who sweat.”
— Unknown
“Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live.”
— Jim Rohn
“The mind is the most important part of achieving any fitness goal. Mental change always comes before physical change.”
— Matt McGorry
“Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far.”
— Thomas Jefferson
“You're only one workout away from a good mood.”
— Unknown
“If you run, you are a runner. It doesn’t matter how fast or how far.”
— John Bingham
“Fitness – if it came in a bottle, everybody would have a great body.”
— Cher
“Workout because you love your body, not because you hate it.”
— Unknown
“My doctor recently told me that jogging could add years to my life. I think he was right. I feel ten years older already.”
— Milton Berle
“This month’s exercise is next month’s health.”
— Unknown
“Making excuses burns zero calories.”
— Unknown
“Exercise should be regarded as a tribute to the heart.”
— Gene Tunney
“Sore today, strong tomorrow.”
— Unknown
“Too many people confine their exercise to jumping to conclusions, running up bills, stretching the truth, bending over backwards, lying down on the job, sidestepping responsibility, and pushing their luck.”
— Unknown
“Your mind will quit a thousand times before your body will.”
— Reginald Red
“We can push ourselves further. We always have more to give.”
— Simone Biles
“Sweat is fat crying.”
— Unknown
“Little by little does the trick.”
— Aesop
“Training gives us an outlet for suppressed energies created by stress and thus tones the spirit just as exercise conditions the body.”
— Arnold Schwarzenegger
“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”
— Confucius
“If I could give one tip for people – it’s not an exercise or nutrition regimen. It’s to walk your talk and believe in yourself, because at the end of the day, the dumbbell and diet don’t get you in shape. It’s your accountability to your word.”
— Brett Hoebel
"It hurts now, but one day it will be your warm-up."
— Unknown
“Your body can do it. It's time to convince your mind."
— Unknown
“The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character.”
— Arnold Schwarzenegger
"One workout at a time. One day at a time. One meal at a time."
— Chalene Johnson
“The secret to living well is: eat half, walk double, laugh triple, and love without measure.”
— Tibetan proverb
“The sum of the whole is this: walk and be happy; walk and be healthy.”
— Charles Dickens