Exercise Quotes

Exercise is labor without weariness. Samuel Johnson

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

Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical physical exercise save it and preserve it Plato

My idea of exercise is a good brisk sit. Phyllis Diller

A feeble body weakens the mind. Jean-Jacques Rousseau

The only way you get that fat off is to eat less and exercise more. Jack LaLanne

Exercise is bunk. If you are healthy, you don't need it: if you are sick you should not take it. Henry Ford

Many exercise forms - aerobic, yoga, weights, walking and more - have been shown to benefit mood. Andrew Weil

In my seventies, I exercised to stay ambulatory. In my eighties, I exercise to avoid assisted living. Dick Van Dyke

I am pushing sixty. That is enough exercise for me. Mark Twain

I don't exercise. If God had wanted me to bend over, he would have put diamonds on the floor. Joan Rivers

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

An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day. Henry David Thoreau

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

All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking. Friedrich Nietzsche

A bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise. A.A. Milne (author of Winnie the Pooh)

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. Charles M. Schulz

Exercise and temperance can preserve something of our early strength even in old age. Cicero

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

Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far. Thomas Jefferson

To feel 'fit as a fiddle', you must tone down your middle. Anonymous

We were made to exercise. We feel better. Bob Greene

By exercise. I'll tell you one thing, you don't always have to be on the go. I sit around a lot, I read a lot, and I do watch television. But I also work out for two hours every day of my life, even when I'm on the road. Jack La Lanne

Exercise is the chief source of improvement in our faculties. Hugh Blair