Exercise Quotes

• Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.

  Sigmund Freud

  Inspiring, Education, Teacher

  Sigmund Freud (1954). “The Origns of Psycho- Analysis”

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• A good goal is like a strenuous exercise - it makes you stretch.

  Mary Kay Ash

  Motivational, Goal, Addiction

  Mary Kay Ash (1986). “Mary Kay”, Harper Perennial

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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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• The Greeks understood that mind and body must develop in harmonious proportions to produce a creative intelligence. And so did the most brilliant intelligence of our earliest days - Thomas Jefferson - when he said, not less than two hours a day should be devoted to exercise. If the man who wrote the Declaration of Independence, was Secretary of State, and twice President, could give it two hours, our children can give it ten or fifteen minutes.

  John F. Kennedy

  Children, Men, Two

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

  Plato

  Fitness, Workout, Work Out

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

  Gene Tunney

  Fitness, Good Health, Enjoy

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• 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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• Exercise: you don't have time not to

  George A. Sheehan

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• An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Good Morning, Nature, Get Well Soon

  Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Quotable Thoreau: An A to Z Glossary of Inspiring Quotations from Henry David Thoreau”, p.107, BookBaby

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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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• I do it as a therapy. I do it as something to keep me alive. We all need a little discipline. Exercise is my discipline.

  Jack LaLanne

  Motivational, Discipline, Training

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• Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Motivational, Fitness, Workout

  Thomas Jefferson (1984). “Jefferson: Writings”, p.1245, Library of America

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• It's good to always do some sort of exercise.

  Ashley Scott

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• Exercise is labor without weariness.

  Samuel Johnson

  Fitness, Labor, Weariness

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• Exercise is a dirty word. Every time I hear it I wash my mouth out with chocolate.

  Charles M. Schulz

  Fitness, Dirty, Food

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• Find fitness with fun dancing. It is fun and makes you forget about the dreaded exercise.

  Paula Abdul

  Fitness, Fun, Weight Loss

  FaceBook post by Paula Abdul from Jan 10, 2012

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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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• A strong body makes the mind strong.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Strong, Gun, Mind

  Thomas Jefferson (1829). “Memoirs, Correspondence, and Private Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Late President of the United States”, p.287

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• You need to eat normally and healthfully, and you need to exercise. I'm so passionate about this because I think people spend their lives not happy in their bodies.

  Courtney Thorne Smith

  Fitness, Thinking, People

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Dispositions of the mind, like limbs of the body, acquire strength by exercise.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Mind, Body, Disposition

  Thomas Jefferson (1977). “The Portable Thomas Jefferson”, p.273, Penguin

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• The hardest thing about exercise is to start doing it. Once you are doing exercise regularly, the hardest thing is to stop it.

  Erin Gray

  Motivational, Fitness, Work Out

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• The word 'aerobics' came about when the gym instructors got together and said: If we're going to charge $10 an hour, we can't call it Jumping up and down.

  Rita Rudner

  Fitness, Health, Jumping

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• The secret of getting ahead is getting started

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Energy and persistence conquer all things.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Blaine McCormick, Benjamin Franklin (2005). “Ben Franklin: America's original entrepreneur : Franklin's autobiography adapted for modern times”, Entrepreneur Pr

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• Don't get me wrong, I think bikes are terrific. I own several of my own, including a trendy mountain style, and ride them for pleasure and light exercise.

  Brock Yates

  Fitness, Thinking, Light

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