Weight Loss Quotes - Page 9

• Most of us, swimming against the tides of trouble the world knows nothing about, need only a bit of praise or encouragement - and we will make the goal.

  Jerry Fleishman

  Strength, Encouraging, Appreciation

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• Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage.

  Dale Carnegie

  Confidence, Fear, Self Worth

  Dale Carnegie (2017). “How to enjoy your life and your job”, p.13, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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• The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt.

  Max Lerner

  Life, Motivational, Broken Heart

  Max Lerner (1959). “The unfinished country: a book of American symbols”

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• A man's health can be judged by which he takes two at a time: pills or stairs.

  Joan Walsh Anglund

  Motivational, Fitness, Health

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• Take care of your body with steadfast fidelity. The soul must see through these eyes alone, and if they are dim, the whole world is clouded.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Life, Motivational, Fitness

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• Some people have a foolish way of not minding, or pretending not to mind, what they eat. For my part, I mind my belly very studiously, and very carefully; for I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly will hardly mind anything else.

  Samuel Johnson

  Food, Healing, People

  In James Boswell 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' (1791) vol. 1, p. 467 (5 August 1763)

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• The groundwork of all happiness is health.

  Leigh Hunt

  Life, Motivational, Fitness

  The Indicator No. XXXI, 'On the Realities of the Imagination'

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• Correction does much, but encouragement does more. Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Hope, Encouragement, Appreciation

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1853). “Goethe's Opinions on the World, Mankind, Literature, Science, and Art”, p.55

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• The dread of criticism is the death of genius.

  William Gilmore Simms

  Fear, Criticism, Genius

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• When we lose twenty pounds... we may be losing the twenty best pounds we have! We may be losing the pounds that contain our genius, our humanity, our love and honesty.

  Woody Allen

  Honesty, Humanity, Pounds

  Woody Allen (2007). “The Insanity Defense: The Complete Prose”, Random House Incorporated

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• There is a special mystique about the marathon, for example, because of its length-but that's just the bit you do at the end of an Ironman

  Chrissie Wellington

  Loss, Special, Example

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• We talk a lot on 'Biggest Loser' about how fitness is a natural antidepressant, how it burns off stress. What I like about running is that it gives me time alone. I'm always busy, with people at work, with my kids. I love getting out for a run by myself and just listening to my music.

  Alison Sweeney

  Running, Stress, Kids

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• We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.

  Winston Churchill

  Inspirational, Kindness, Cancer

  Winston Churchill (2012). “Churchill: The Power of Words”, p.356, Da Capo Press

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• For years, I always thought it was hilarious that I was this fitness guru, because fitness was just a tool I utilized to help people improve their confidence. For me, it's never been about fitness. It's always been about helping to empower people.

  Jillian Michaels

  Loss, Years, People

  "Jillian Michaels' Secrets to the Strongest You Ever". Interview by Alison Prato, www.health.com. February 23, 2012.

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• The woman who respects the needs of her body will junk the junk food.

  Jane Fonda

  Loss, Junk, Needs

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• Just imagine that you are the person you want to be.

  David Viscott

  Loss, Want, Imagine

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• Pay more attention to losing inches than losing pounds.

  Jane Fonda

  Loss, Attention, Pay

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• The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Business, Commitment, Focus

  Andrew Carnegie (2015). “The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie”, p.143, Sheba Blake Publishing

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• To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Fitness, Art, Food

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• Find the balance between the calories you take in and the ones you burn up.

  Jane Fonda

  Loss, Balance, Calories

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• The secret of losing weight is patience.

  Jane Fonda

  Loss, Secret, Weight

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• Declare a truce and accept food as a life-giving friend.

  Jane Fonda

  Loss, Giving, Accepting

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• You put me in a race where there's a lot on the line, especially when people tell me 'you can't win', or 'you're too small', you tell me those things and I'll find a way to prove you wrong.

  Mirinda Carfrae

  Loss, Winning, Race

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• The man who goes on, even when it's the hardest to be the winner.

  Roger Bannister

  Loss, Men, Goes On

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• I guess I don't so much mind being old, as I mind being fat and old.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Funny, Mind, Age

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