Exercise And Health Quotes

• Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.

  Jim Rohn

  Life, Motivational, Inspiring

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Jul 30, 2016

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• To enjoy the glow of good health, you must exercise.

  Gene Tunney

  Fitness, Exercise, Good Health

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• Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity.

  John F. Kennedy

  Motivational, Fitness, Health

  "Sport at the New Frontier: The Soft American". Sports Illustrated Vol. 13, Issue 26, (pp. 14-17), December 26, 1960.

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• Physical fitness can neither be acquired by wishful thinking nor by outright purchase.

  Joseph Pilates

  Motivational, Fitness, Exercise

  "Pilates' Return to Life Through Contrology".

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• Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being

  Plato

  Fitness, Workout, Exercise

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  Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

  Lou Holtz

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• 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

  Fitness, Exercise, Bad Ass

  Joey Adams (1981). “Strictly for laughs”, A & W Publishers, Inc.

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• Fitness - if it came in a bottle, everybody would have a great body.

  Cher

  Funny, Fitness, Health

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• Patients should have rest, food, fresh air, and exercise - the quadrangle of health.

  William Osler

  Exercise, Air, Should Have

  Sir William Osler: Aphorisms Ch. 3

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• 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

  Motivational, Fitness, Workout

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• Exercise and application produce order in our affairs, health of body, cheerfulness of mind, and these make us precious to our friends

  Thomas Jefferson

  Motivational, Fitness, Exercise

  Thomas Jefferson (2010). “The Works of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence 1786-1787”, p.265, Cosimo, Inc.

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• The secret of getting ahead is getting started

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Fitness, Exercise, Walks

  Bernard Mayo, Thomas Jefferson (1988). “Jefferson Himself: The Personal Narrative of a Many-Sided American”, p.18, University of Virginia Press

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• Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Motivational, Running, Fitness

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• Exercise of the muscles keeps the body in health, and exercise of the brain brings peace of mind.

  John Lubbock

  Exercise, Brain, Mind

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• We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Life, Motivational, Positive

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.

  Jim Ryun

  Inspirational, Motivational, Moving On

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  Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

  Vince Lombardi (2003). “What It Takes to Be #1 : Vince Lombardi on Leaders: Vince Lombardi on Leadership”, p.112, McGraw Hill Professional

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• Exercise is the yuppie version of bulimia.

  Barbara Ehrenreich

  Fitness, Health, Exercise

  N.Y. Times, 17 Jan. 1985

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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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• Attitude determines how well you do it.

  Lou Holtz

  Motivational Sports, Attitude, Exercise

  Lou Holtz (2009). “Winning Every Day: The Game Plan for Success”, p.14, Harper Collins

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• The reason I exercise is for the quality of life I enjoy.

  Kenneth H. Cooper

  Health, Exercise, Quality

  Interview with Robert Reinhold:, www.nytimes.com. March 29, 1987.

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• Exercise is like an addiction. Once you're in it, you feel like your body needs it.

  Elsa Pataky

  Inspirational, Motivational, Fitness

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• Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

  John Wooden

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "This Speech Was Given Before The #4Women4AllWomen Run" by Powdered Feet, womensrunning.competitor.com. January 25, 2017.

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• If you don't do what's best for your body, you're the one who comes up on the short end.

  Julius Erving

  Motivational, Basketball, Sports

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