Exercise Sayings and Quotes
Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old exercise quotes, exercise sayings, and exercise proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.
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Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
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To enjoy the glow of good health, you must exercise.
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True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united.
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Exercise to stimulate, not to annihilate. The world wasn't formed in a day, and neither were we. Set small goals and build upon them.
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Training gives us an outlet for suppressed energies created by stress and thus tones the spirit just as exercise conditions the body.
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Exercise is labor without weariness.
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Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good humor, vast curiosity, good speech, good silence and nothing too much.
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Other exercises develop single powers and muscles, but dancing embellishes, exercises, and equalizes all the muscles at once.
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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.
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It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.
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Movement is a medicine for creating change in a person's physical, emotional, and mental states.
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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.
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We do not stop exercising because we grow old - we grow old because we stop exercising.
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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.
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Physical activity is an excellent stress-buster and provides other health benefits as well. It also can improve your mood and self image.
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An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.
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Fitness: if it came in a bottle, everyone would be in good shape.
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People say that losing weight is no walk in the park. When I hear that I think, yeah, that s the problem.
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Exercise and temperance can preserve something of our early strength even in old age.
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Those who think they have not time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness.
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Nothing lifts me out of a bad mood better than a hard work out on my treadmill. It never fails. Exercise is nothing short of a miracle.
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Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation, plan carefully before making a move, and be alert in guarding against relapse following a renaissance.
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To be good, we must do good; and by doing good we take a sure means of being good, as the use and exercise of the muscles increase their power.
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Working out is my biggest hobby. It's my Zen hour. I just zone out.
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A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world.
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Research says getting regular exercise is one of the most effective ways to cope with stress.
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Feed your fitness. Starve your mediocrity.
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Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical physical exercise save it and preserve it.
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I have to exercise in the morning before my brain figures out what I'm doing.
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It is exercise alone that supports the spirits, and keeps the mind in vigor.