51 Exercise Quotes to Fire Up Your Motivation
1) "Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical physical exercise save it and preserve it." - Plato
2) "If something stands between you and your success, move it. Never be denied." - Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
3) "My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She's ninety-seven now, and we don't know where the heck she is." - Ellen DeGeneres
4) "You're going to have to let it hurt. Let it suck. The harder you work, the better you will look. Your appearance isn't parallel to how heavy you lift, it's parallel to how hard you work." - Joe Manganiello
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5) "Get comfortable with being uncomfortable!" - Jillian Michaels
6) "Those who think they have not time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness." - Edward Stanley
7) "A bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise." - Winnie the Pooh
8) "If you are in a bad mood go for a walk.If you are still in a bad mood go for another walk." - Hippocrates
9) "I know a man who drives 600 yards to work. I know a woman who gets in her car to go a quarter of a mile to a college gymnasium to walk on a treadmill, then complains passionately about the difficulty of finding a parking space. When I asked her once why she didn't walk to the gym and do five minutes less on the treadmill, she looked at me as if I were being willfully provocative. 'Because I have a program for the treadmill,' she explained. 'It records my distance and speed, and I can adjust it for degree of difficulty.' It hadn't occurred to me how thoughtlessly deficient nature is in this regard." - Bill Bryson
10) "Don't wait until you've reached your goal to be proud of yourself. Be proud of every step you take toward reaching that goal." - Unknown
11) "Any workout which does not involve a certain minimum of danger or responsibility does not improve the body - it just wears it out." - Norman Mailer
12) "Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength." - Arnold Schwarzenegger
13) "It is exercise alone that supports the spirits, and keeps the mind in vigor." - Cicero
14) "I'm not telling you it's going to be easy, I'm telling you it's going to be worth it." - Art Williams
15) "Nothing is more certain than the defeat of a man who gives up." - George Sheehan
16) "If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
17) "Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will." - Mahatma Gandhi
18) "If your dog is fat, you're not getting enough exercise." - Author Unknown
19) "You shall gain, but you shall pay with sweat, blood, and vomit." - Pavel Tsatsouline
20) "Just believe in yourself. Even if you don't, pretend that you do and, at some point, you will." - Venus Williams
21) "All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking." - Friedrich Nietzsche
22) "I was never a natural athlete, but I paid my dues in sweat and concentration, and took the time necessary to learn karate and became a world champion." - Chuck Norris
23) "Your health account, your bank account, they're the same thing. The more you put in, the more you can take out. Exercise is king and nutrition is queen. Together you have a kingdom." - Jack LaLanne
24) "An hour of basketball feels like 15 minutes. An hour on a treadmill feels like a weekend in traffic school." - David Walters
25) "I have to exercise in the morning before my brain figures out what I'm doing." - Marsha Doble
26) "Exercise is done against one's wishes and maintained only because the alternative is worse." - George A. Sheehan
27) "Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going." - Jim Ryin
28) "In terms of fitness and battling through cancer, exercise helps you stay strong physically and mentally." - Grete Waitz
29) "Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen." - Michael Jordan
30) "The reason I exercise is for the quality of life I enjoy." - Kenneth H. Cooper
31) "Exercise is like an addiction. Once you're in it, you feel like your body needs it." - Elsa Pataky
32) "If a man achieves victory over this body, who in the world can exercise power over him? He who rules himself rules over the whole world." - Vinoba Bhave
33) "A man's health can be judged by which he takes two at a time - pills or stairs." - Joan Welsh
34) "Movement is a medicine for creating change in a person's physical, emotional, and mental states." - Carol Welch
35) "If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health." - Hippocrates
36) "You dream. You plan. You reach. There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, with belief, with confidence and trust in yourself and those around you, there are no limits." - Michael Phelps
37) "When you're at the gym feeling like you'll never be one of those people who look like they've been at it their entire lives, remember that they all started somewhere." - Unknown
38) "Never hurry. Take plenty of exercise. Always be cheerful. Take all the sleep you need. You may expect to be well." - James Freeman Clarke
39) "You must do the thing you think you cannot do." - Eleanor Roosevelt
40) "We run for the people who think they cant." - Dick Hoyt
41) "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
42) "If I'd known I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself." - Eubie Blake
43) "To enjoy the glow of good health, you must exercise." - Gene Tunney
44) "Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right." - Henry Ford
45) "Exercise to stimulate, not to annihilate. The world wasn't formed in a day, and neither were we. Set small goals and build upon them." - Lee Haney
46) "Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far." - Thomas Jefferson
47) "You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try." - Beverly Sills
48) "Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them...a desire, a dream, a vision." - Muhammad Ali
49) "Don't wait. The time will never be just right." - Napoleon Hill
50) "Exercise is the chief source of improvement in our faculties." - Hugh Blair
51) "I feel better in my mind when I work out. It makes everything better." - Keri Russell
2) "If something stands between you and your success, move it. Never be denied." - Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
3) "My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She's ninety-seven now, and we don't know where the heck she is." - Ellen DeGeneres
4) "You're going to have to let it hurt. Let it suck. The harder you work, the better you will look. Your appearance isn't parallel to how heavy you lift, it's parallel to how hard you work." - Joe Manganiello
Related - 50 Frame Worthy Training Quotes
5) "Get comfortable with being uncomfortable!" - Jillian Michaels
6) "Those who think they have not time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness." - Edward Stanley
7) "A bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise." - Winnie the Pooh
8) "If you are in a bad mood go for a walk.If you are still in a bad mood go for another walk." - Hippocrates
9) "I know a man who drives 600 yards to work. I know a woman who gets in her car to go a quarter of a mile to a college gymnasium to walk on a treadmill, then complains passionately about the difficulty of finding a parking space. When I asked her once why she didn't walk to the gym and do five minutes less on the treadmill, she looked at me as if I were being willfully provocative. 'Because I have a program for the treadmill,' she explained. 'It records my distance and speed, and I can adjust it for degree of difficulty.' It hadn't occurred to me how thoughtlessly deficient nature is in this regard." - Bill Bryson
10) "Don't wait until you've reached your goal to be proud of yourself. Be proud of every step you take toward reaching that goal." - Unknown
11) "Any workout which does not involve a certain minimum of danger or responsibility does not improve the body - it just wears it out." - Norman Mailer
12) "Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength." - Arnold Schwarzenegger
13) "It is exercise alone that supports the spirits, and keeps the mind in vigor." - Cicero
14) "I'm not telling you it's going to be easy, I'm telling you it's going to be worth it." - Art Williams
15) "Nothing is more certain than the defeat of a man who gives up." - George Sheehan
16) "If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
17) "Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will." - Mahatma Gandhi
18) "If your dog is fat, you're not getting enough exercise." - Author Unknown
19) "You shall gain, but you shall pay with sweat, blood, and vomit." - Pavel Tsatsouline
20) "Just believe in yourself. Even if you don't, pretend that you do and, at some point, you will." - Venus Williams
21) "All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking." - Friedrich Nietzsche
22) "I was never a natural athlete, but I paid my dues in sweat and concentration, and took the time necessary to learn karate and became a world champion." - Chuck Norris23) "Your health account, your bank account, they're the same thing. The more you put in, the more you can take out. Exercise is king and nutrition is queen. Together you have a kingdom." - Jack LaLanne
24) "An hour of basketball feels like 15 minutes. An hour on a treadmill feels like a weekend in traffic school." - David Walters
25) "I have to exercise in the morning before my brain figures out what I'm doing." - Marsha Doble
26) "Exercise is done against one's wishes and maintained only because the alternative is worse." - George A. Sheehan
27) "Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going." - Jim Ryin
28) "In terms of fitness and battling through cancer, exercise helps you stay strong physically and mentally." - Grete Waitz
29) "Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen." - Michael Jordan
30) "The reason I exercise is for the quality of life I enjoy." - Kenneth H. Cooper
31) "Exercise is like an addiction. Once you're in it, you feel like your body needs it." - Elsa Pataky
32) "If a man achieves victory over this body, who in the world can exercise power over him? He who rules himself rules over the whole world." - Vinoba Bhave
33) "A man's health can be judged by which he takes two at a time - pills or stairs." - Joan Welsh
34) "Movement is a medicine for creating change in a person's physical, emotional, and mental states." - Carol Welch
35) "If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health." - Hippocrates
36) "You dream. You plan. You reach. There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, with belief, with confidence and trust in yourself and those around you, there are no limits." - Michael Phelps
37) "When you're at the gym feeling like you'll never be one of those people who look like they've been at it their entire lives, remember that they all started somewhere." - Unknown
38) "Never hurry. Take plenty of exercise. Always be cheerful. Take all the sleep you need. You may expect to be well." - James Freeman Clarke
39) "You must do the thing you think you cannot do." - Eleanor Roosevelt
40) "We run for the people who think they cant." - Dick Hoyt
41) "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
42) "If I'd known I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself." - Eubie Blake
43) "To enjoy the glow of good health, you must exercise." - Gene Tunney
44) "Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right." - Henry Ford
45) "Exercise to stimulate, not to annihilate. The world wasn't formed in a day, and neither were we. Set small goals and build upon them." - Lee Haney
46) "Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far." - Thomas Jefferson
47) "You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try." - Beverly Sills
48) "Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them...a desire, a dream, a vision." - Muhammad Ali
49) "Don't wait. The time will never be just right." - Napoleon Hill
50) "Exercise is the chief source of improvement in our faculties." - Hugh Blair
51) "I feel better in my mind when I work out. It makes everything better." - Keri Russell
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