101 Best Health and Fitness Quotes

“Exercise not only changes your body, it changes your mind, your attitude and your mood.”

“Exercise should be regarded as a tribute to the heart.”

“Good things come to those who sweat.”

“Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.”

“Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live.”

“Healthy is an outfit that looks different on everybody.”

“A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor’s book.”

“Nothing is impossible. The word itself says I’m possible.”

“He who has health has hope and he who has hope has everything.”

“Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon.”

“If you don’t like something change it; if you can’t change it, change the way you think about it.”

“Your body will be around a lot longer than that expensive handbag. Invest in yourself.”

“Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.”

“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.”

“A healthy outside starts from the inside.”

“It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Time and health are two precious assets that we don’t recognize and appreciate until they have been depleted.”

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

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

“True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united.”

“The purpose of training is to tighten up the slack, toughen the body, and polish the spirit.”

“If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and too much, we would have found the safest way to health.”

“Number one, like yourself. Number two, you have to eat healthy. And number three, you’ve got to squeeze your buns. That’s my formula.”

“Swimming is normal for me. I’m relaxed. I’m comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It’s my home.”

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

“A feeble body weakens the mind.”

“Bodybuilding is much like any other sport. To be successful, you must dedicate yourself 100{6f90f2fe98827f97fd05e0011472e53c8890931f9d0d5714295052b72b9b5161} to your training, diet, and mental approach.”

“Exercise is amazing, from the inside out. I feel so alive and have more energy.”

“I think exercise tests us in so many ways, our skills, our hearts, our ability to bounce back after setbacks. This is the inner beauty of sports and competition, and it can serve us all well as adult athletes.”

“The first time I see a jogger smiling, I’ll consider it.”

“I think if you exercise, your state of mind — my state of mind — is usually more at ease, ready for more mental challenges. Once I get the physical stuff out of the way it always seems like I have more calmness and better self-esteem.”

“There’s a lot of people in this world who spend so much time watching their health that they haven’t the time to enjoy it.”

“Never hurry. Take plenty of exercise. Always be cheerful. Take all the sleep you need. You may expect to be well.”

“Jogging is very beneficial. It’s good for your legs and your feet. It’s also very good for the ground. It makes it feel needed.”

“A runner must run with dreams in his heart, not money in his pocket”

“A muscle is like a car. If you want to run well early in the morning, you have to warm it up.”

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

“You must also give mental and physical fitness priority.”

“Practice puts brains in your muscles.”

“The only weights I lift are my dogs.”

“It’s challenging, but you have to at least try to eat right and exercise.”

“It’s been a long road back to health and fitness for me. I am just glad to have been given the opportunity to do what I love most.”

“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.”

“I like to embrace natural beauty. I try to get at least 8 hours of sleep, drinking a lot of water and exercising.”

“I started running around my 30th birthday. I wanted to lose weight; I didn’t anticipate the serenity. Being in motion, suddenly my body was busy and so my head could work out some issues I had swept under a carpet of wine and cheese. Good therapy, that’s a good run.”

“I’m French, so I’m quite lazy about exercising, and I smoke. But I do love going for a run in the morning with my dog. That’s all.”

“Those who think they have not time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness.”

“When it comes to nutrition I am an, ‘anti-perfectionist.’ I am a lot more concerned with building a consistent routine that you’re actually going to stick to, rather than building the perfect diet.”

“Your journey to a healthier weight is not a journey that you start and then give up. It is a journey that you are living every day for the rest of your life.”

“To keep the body in good health is a duty… otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.”

“It is better to make many small steps in the right direction than to make a great leap forward only to stumble backward.”

“Every living cell in your body is made from the food you eat. If you consistently eat junk food then you’ll have a junk body.”

“The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body. The more efficient your body, the better you feel and the more you will use your talent to produce outstanding results.”

“The doctor of the future will no longer treat the human frame with drugs, but rather will cure and prevent disease with nutrition.”

“The secret to living well and longer is this: eat half, walk double, laugh triple, and love without measure.”

“If you’re fifty, exercise your mind and body regularly, eat well, and have a general zest for life, you’re likely younger – in very real, physical terms – than your neighbor who is forty-four, works in a dead-end job, eats chicken wings twice a day, considers thinking too strenuous, and looks at lifting a beer glass as a reasonable daily workout.”

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

“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.”

“All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.”

“I don’t count my sit-ups. I only start counting when it starts hurting because they’re the only ones that count.”

“Go the extra mile. It’s never crowded.”

“You just can’t beat the person who never gives up.”

“Success is usually the culmination of controlling failure.”

“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.”

“Your body can stand almost anything. It’s your mind that you have to convince.”

“When you hit failure, your workout has just begun.”

“I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'”

“I think in life you should work on yourself until the day you die.”

“I train to be the best in the world on my worst day.”

“My job is to be fit and I’m really blessed that I get to go and work out and live a really healthy lifestyle.”

“I didn’t have the same fitness or ability as other girls, so I had to beat them with my mind.”

“Real purpose of running isn’t to win a race. It’s to test the limits of the human heart.”

“If you turn up worrying about how you’re going to perform, you’ve already lost. Train hard, turn up, run your best, and the rest will take care of itself.”

“Everything is possible as long as you put your mind to it and you put the work and time into it.”

“I’ve always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come.”

“The best abs exercise is 5 sets of stop eating so much crap.”

“Unless you puke, faint, or die, keep going.”

“The pain you feel today will be the strength you feel tomorrow.”

“Exercise is king. Nutrition is queen. Put them together and you’ve got a kingdom.”

“You’re the only one who can make the difference whatever your dream is, go for it.”

“A year from now you may wish you had started today.”

“I’m not a waif-y girl and never will be. I think it’s healthy when fitness experts encourage fitness rather than getting a certain body shape.”

“You must do the thing you think you cannot do.”

“Nothing will work unless you do.”

“Increased physical activity enhances positive energy.”

“It’s going to be a journey. It’s not a spring to get in shape.”

“Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.”

“Just believe in yourself. Even if you don’t pretend that you do and, at some point, you will.”

“Don’t train to be skinny. Train to be a badass.”

“Every champion was once a contender that refused to give up.”

“Your current body is the only body that can take you to your new body — so be kind to it.”

“Fitness is not about being better than someone else. It’s about being better than you used to be.”

“Don’t get hung up on the size. If you feel bad about yourself because a 12 is what fits, take a Sharpie, and write ‘6’ on the label.”

“Women have fought so long and hard for our rights and equality, and now all our attention is put on being a size 0.”

“Like most people I can be lazy, so it’s nice to have a goal or deadline or reason to work out. I feel better when I get to exercise, or when I’m outdoors. I like to hike, swim and run, and I love to play soccer.”

“I do yoga, I do Bikram and I run, and I eat really healthy.”

“I think it’s more important to be fit so you can be healthy and enjoy activities than it is to have a good body.”

“Even though I’m not a competitive athlete, I have to still maintain things and try to keep myself fit because I am at that age where I need to make sure to get those regular checkups and make sure everything is intact.”