Physical Fitness Quotes

• 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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• 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 is the first requisite of happiness.

  Joseph Pilates

  Pilates, Firsts

  Joseph H. Pilates, William John Miller (1998). “Pilates' Return to Life Through Contrology”, Presentation Dynamics Incorporated

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• Physical fitness contributes to all other aspects of personal development and makes for rich and radiant living

  Hugh B. Brown

  Exercise, Development, Rich

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• Intelligence and skill can only function at the peak of their capacity when the body is healthy and strong.

  John F. Kennedy

  Strong, Educational, Health

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

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• Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security.

  John F. Kennedy

  Fitness, Cancer, Exercise

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

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• It is exercise alone that supports the spirits, and keeps the mind in vigor.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Motivational, Fitness, Health

  Marcus Tullius Cicero (1750). “Cato Major: Or, A Treatise on Old Age”, p.81

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

  Plato

  Fitness, Workout, Exercise

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• Health is worth more than learning.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Inspirational, Motivational, Fitness

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

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• You must also give mental and physical fitness priority.

  Jim Otto

  Fitness, Giving, Priorities

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• Physical fitness is the first requisite of happiness. In order to achieve happiness, it is imperative to gain mastery of your body. If at the age of 30 you are stiff and out of shape, you are old. If at 60 you are supple and strong then you are young.

  Joseph Pilates

  Strong, Order, Age

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• The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Motivational, Strength, Being Strong

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• Physical fitness takes commitment to exercise just as it requires good nutrition. But it doesn't have to be painful. Just the opposite: Vigorous exercise actually is stimulating. It boosts your energy levels, invigorates your mind, and just feels good afterward. The hardest part, of course, is getting started.

  Jack LaLanne

  Commitment, Exercise, Opposites

  Jack Lalanne (2008). “Fiscal Fitness: 8 Steps to Wealth & Health from America's Leaders of Fitness and Finance: Easyread Super Large 20pt Edition”, p.164, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• If you always put limit 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

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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  Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Ronald Duncan (2005). “Gandhi: Selected Writings”, p.54, Courier Corporation

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• Physical fitness is the first requisite of happiness. Our interpretation of physical fitness is the attainment and maintenance of a uniformly developed body with a sound mind fully capable of naturally, easily, and satisfactorily performing our many and varied daily tasks with spontaneous zest and pleasure.

  Joseph Pilates

  Zest, Daily Tasks, Mind

  Joseph H. Pilates, William John Miller (1998). “Pilates' Return to Life Through Contrology”, Presentation Dynamics Incorporated

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• Physical Fitness is the basis for all other forms of excellence.

  John F. Kennedy

  Excellence, Form, Bases

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• No man has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training

  Socrates

  Men, Training, Matter

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• A bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise.

  A. A. Milne

  Fitness, Exercise, Trying

  A. A. Milne (2011). “When We Were Very Young”, p.106, Egmont UK

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• Oh, and once, when I was in the Marines, I got a perfect score on my physical fitness test.

  Drew Carey

  Marine, Perfect, Tests

  Interview with Mary Buckheit, proxy.espn.com. September 9, 2002.

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• 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

  Fitness, Workout, Health

  Norman Mailer, Michael Lennon (1988). “Conversations with Norman Mailer”, p.89, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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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. The relationship between the soundness of the body and the activities of the mind is subtle and complex. Much is not yet understood. But we do know what the Greeks knew: that intelligence and skill can only function at the peak of their capacity when the body is healthy and strong; that hardy spirits and tough minds usually inhabit sound gods.

  John F. Kennedy

  Sports, Strong, Hockey

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

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• And I believe that the best buy in public health today must be a combination of regular physical exercise and a healthy diet.

  Julie Bishop

  Motivational, Fitness, Believe

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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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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• 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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