Endorphins Quotes

• When you release endorphins, you just feel good.

  Jesse Metcalfe

  Feel Good, Release, Feels

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• For me, exercise is more mental than physical. I crave it for my sanity. Not just the endorphins, but my energy, confidence, and relaxation are all motivated by it.

  Jonathan Keltz

  Exercise, Relaxation, Energy

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• Attention is the way social primates measure status. It is highly rewarding because it causes the release of brain chemicals such as dopamine and endorphins.

  Keith Henson

  Brain, Attention, Way

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• Now,I'm no scientist,but I know what endorphins are. They're tiny little magical elves that swim through your blood stream and tell funny jokes to each other. When they reach your brain,you hear what they're saying and that boosts your health and happiness. "Knock Knock... Who's There?.. Little endorphin... Little endorphin who?... Little Endorphin Annie." And then the endorphins laugh and then you laugh. See? Its Science.

  Ellen DeGeneres

  Blood, Laughing, Swim

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• Running is a quick trigger for a good mood. The great thing about endorphins, you don't have to be in great shape to get them.

  Mindy Kaling

  Running, Work Out, Shapes

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• Being in good physical shape is the best way to combat depression. You just have endorphins running around your body. It is the best anti-depressive that there is.

  Chris Pratt

  Running, Body, Shapes

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

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• Endorphins are a very powerful thing.

  Irene Rosenfeld

  Powerful, Very Powerful

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• You know, theres endorphins in laughter, as there are endorphins in running in the park.

  Marlo Thomas

  Running, Laughter, Parks

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• Brain wave tests prove that when we use positive words, our "feel good" hormones flow. Positive self-talk releases endorphins and serotonin in our brain, which then flow throughout our body, making us feel good. These neurotransmitters stop flowing when we use negative words.

  Ruth Fishel

  Positive Words, Negative Words, Self

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• There's nothing like the endorphins from being fit, and the incredible endorphin rush that goes with that. It beats drugs, drink, and almost anything else I know.

  Richard Branson

  Drug, Fit, Incredibles

  "Richard Branson: Interview With ORIGIN Magazine". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 18, 2012.

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• There are times when I feel lazy and just want to stay in bed all day, but I know that working out is the best way to get those endorphins going, which will make me feel better emotionally and physically.

  Heather Locklear

  Feel Better, Work Out, Lazy

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• There is something so rewarding about dancing. It's almost spiritual - you let loose, you feel free, you get endorphins from the exercise.

  Julianne Hough

  Spiritual, Exercise, Dancing

  "Julianne Hough's Secrets for Staying Fit, Sexy and Satisfied". Interview with Ashley Mateo, www.self.com. November 11, 2011.

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• Falling in love is when the presence of this person makes you release all kinds of substances in your brain, serotonins and endorphins. The moment you break up with that same person, you feel like a junkie who is not getting the drug anymore. Many times I've heard people say, "I'm in love with falling in love". You get all the best and all the worst in the same place.

  Gaspar Noe

  Falling In Love, Love You, Love Is

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• You get addicted to emotions. Our endorphins kick in and it's like a high. On the low end you might love roller coasters. On the high end you might be a bank robber or something.

  Bryan Cranston

  Might, Emotion, Roller Coaster

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• I need an endorphin boost.” “And making out in an abandoned barn with me will give you one?” “No, it will probably put me in an endorphin coma, and I’m more than happy to test the theory.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Giving, Barns, Needs

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2012). “Finale”, p.40, Simon and Schuster

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• Remember laughing? Laughter enhances the blood flow to the body’s extremities and improves cardiovascular function. Laughter releases endorphins and other natural mood elevating and pain-killing chemicals, improves the transfer of oxygen and nutrients to internal organs. Laughter boosts the immune system and helps the body fight off disease, cancer cells as well as viral, bacterial and other infections. Being happy is the best cure of all diseases!

  Patch Adams

  Laughter, Pain, Cancer

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• I am trying to release endorphins here. I am not preaching to you - I am trying to make you laugh.

  Jimmy Carr

  Here I Am, Laughing, Trying

  "Jimmy Carr interview: Motormouth reflects on the crazy world of stand-up comedy". www.mirror.co.uk. November 18, 2011.

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• There is physical evidence of the body's response to doing good. Endorphins are released in the brain when you do something for someone else. Doing good really feels good.

  Evelyn Lauder

  Feel Good, Brain, Body

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• When you create you get a little endorphin rush. Why do you think Einstein looked like that?

  Robin Williams

  Creativity, Thinking, Littles

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• Chocolate is one of the world’s most beloved discoveries, and when we need a quick boost of energy and endorphins, chocolate is the go-to treat.

  Marcus Samuelsson

  Discovery, Chocolate, Energy

  "10 Exciting Chocolate Dessert Recipes" by Marcus Samuelsson, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 11, 2011.

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• Science has learned recently that contempt and indignation are addictive mental states. I mean physically and chemically addictive. Literally! People who are self-righteous a lot are apparently doping themselves rhythmically with auto-secreted surges of dopamine, endorphins and enkephalins. Didn't you ever ask yourself why indignation feels so good?

  David Brin

  Mean, Self, People

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• Exercising gives me endorphins and energy. I do it four days a week.

  Nina Dobrev

  Exercise, Giving, Four

  "Nina Dobrev's Secrets to Getting Sexy" by Erin Bried, www.self.com. November 15, 2012.

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• When your eyes are softly focused on the horizon for sustained periods, your brain releases endorphins. It's the same as a runner's high. These days, we spend our lives staring at screens twelve inches in front of us.

  Maria Semple

  Eye, Brain, Horizon

  Maria Semple (2012). “Where'd You Go, Bernadette”, p.228, Hachette UK

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• There's really no such thing as the agony of dying. I'm quite sure that pain is shut off at the moment of death. You see, something happens when the body knows it's about to go. Peptide hormones are released by cells in the hypothalamus and pituitary gland. Endorphins. They attach themselves to the cells responsible for feeling pain.

  Lewis Thomas

  Pain, Cells, Agony

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• But countless studies have shown that a cue and a reward, on their own, aren't enough for a new habit to last. Only when your brain starts expecting the reward--craving the endorphins or sense of accomplishment--will it become automatic to lace up your jogging shoes each morning. The cue, in addition to triggering a routine, must also trigger a craving for the reward to come.

  Charles Duhigg

  Morning, Shoes, Accomplishment

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