100 Fitness Quotes
Studies have shown that most people give up on their New Year's resolutions by now. I've noticed that fitness and overall wellness, are huge ones. I've compiled a list of some of the most inspirational quotes to inspire you on your weight loss journey.
100 Fitness Quotes
- ¨The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor.¨- William Temple
- “All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.”- Walt Disney
- ¨Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance.¨ – Samuel Johnson
- “A champion is someone who gets up when they can’t.”- Jack Dempsey
- “If something stands between you and your success, move it. Never be denied.”- Dwayne Johnson
- ¨The purpose of training is to tighten up the slack, toughen the body, and polish the spirit.¨ – Morihei Ueshiba
- ¨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.¨- Richard Simmons
- ¨Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.¨ – Newt Gingrich
- “You have to think it before you can do it. The mind is what makes it all possible.”- Kai Greene
- “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit.” —Aristotle
- “No pain, no gain.” — Unknown
- “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” —Wayne Gretzky
- ¨You must do the thing you think you cannot do.¨ – Eleanor Roosevelt
- “In training, you listen to your body. In competition, you tell your body to shut up.” – Rich Froning Jr.
- ¨I wanted to get really fit. I wanted to lose some weight. So I’ve been doing Pilates and yoga, trying to lean out my body so I won’t be bulky.¨- Serena Williams
- “Action is the foundational key to all success.”- Pablo Picasso
- ¨Setting goals is the first step into turning the invisible into the visible.¨ – Tony Robbins
- ¨Your body is the church where Nature asks to be reverenced.¨ – Marquis de Sade
- “Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.”- Abraham Lincoln
- ¨Get comfortable with being uncomfortable!¨ – Jillian Michaels
- “The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination.” —Tommy Lasorda
- “If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done.” —Thomas Jefferson
- ¨To enjoy the glow of good health, you must exercise. – Gene Tunney
- ¨Every champion was once a contender that refused to give up.¨ – Sylvester Stallone
- ¨Your current body is the only body that can take you to your new body — so be kind to it.¨ – Elaine Moran
- ¨Blood, sweat, and respect. First two you give. Last one you earn.¨ – The Rock
- ¨Exercise is king. Nutrition is queen. Put them together and you’ve got a kingdom.¨ – Jack LaLanne
- ¨The muscle and the mind must become one. One without the other is zero.¨ – Lee Haney
- ¨If it doesn’t challenge you, it won’t change you.¨ – Fred Devito
- ¨Living a healthy lifestyle will only deprive you of poor health, lethargy, and fat.¨ – Jill Johnson
- “I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” —Michael Jordan
- ¨Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.¨ – Confucius
- “Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” —Mahatma Gandhi
- ¨Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.¨ – Lou Holtz
- “No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn’t trying.” —Tony Robbins
- ¨Getting fit is all about mind over matter. I don’t mind, so it doesn’t matter.¨ – Adam Hargreaves
- “Just believe in yourself. Even if you don’t pretend that you do and, and some point, you will.” —Venus Williams
- ¨The more you sweat in training, the less you bleed in combat.¨ -Richard Marcinko
- “All great achievements require time.” —Maya Angelou
- “We cannot start over. But we can begin now and make a new ending.” —Zig Ziglar
- ¨Don’t train to be skinny. Train to be a bad ass.¨ – Demi Lovato
- ¨I train to be the best in the world on my worst day.¨ – Ronda Rousey
- ¨The deadlift also serves as a way to train the mind to do things that are hard.¨ – Mark Rippetoe
- ¨Tough times don’t last. Tough people do.¨ – Robert H. Schuller
- ¨A feeble body weakens the mind.¨ – Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- ¨Put all excuses aside and remember this: You are capable.¨ – Zig Ziglar
- ¨Bodybuilding is much like any other sport. To be successful, you must dedicate yourself 100% to your training, diet, and mental approach.¨ – Arnold Schwarzenegger
- ¨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
- ¨Swimming is normal for me. I’m relaxed. I’m comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It’s my home.¨- Michael Phelps
- “If you think lifting is dangerous, try being weak. Being weak is dangerous.” – Bret Contreras
- ¨There is a moment when you get older when your metabolism slows down and you don’t feel like working out anymore, so you don’t want to keep yourself fit anymore, but that’s your decision. Why should you be judged for it?¨ – Janet Jackson
- “The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.”- bruce Lee
- ¨What’s important is to get into shape and then not to have to worry about it. I don’t want to get on stage and not being able to do something. Not being physically fit doesn’t work for me.¨ – Chris Cornell
- ¨Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.¨ – Jim Rohn
- ¨Here’s what I tell anybody and this is what I believe. The greatest gift we have is the gift of life. We understand that. That comes from our Creator. We’re given a body. Now you may not like it, but you can maximize that body the best it can be maximized.¨ – Mike Ditka
- “You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them.”- Michael Jordan
- ¨The pain you feel today will be the strength you feel tomorrow.¨ – Arnold Schwarzenegger
- ¨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.¨- Sophia Bush
- ¨Exercise is labor without weariness.¨ – Samuel Johnson
- ¨Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.¨ – Michael Jordan
- ¨The first time I see a jogger smiling, I’ll consider it.¨- Joan Rivers
- “All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.”- Michal Joan Bobak
- ¨Look in the mirror. That’s your competition.¨ – John Assaraf
- ¨The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.¨ – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.¨ ― Vince Lombardi Jr
- ¨A year from now you may wish you had started today.¨ – Karen Lamb
- ¨Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security.¨— John F. Kennedy
- ¨Don’t give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you.¨ – John Wooden
- “The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides a champion from someone who is not a champion.”- Arnold Schwarzenegger
- ¨Most people fail, not because of lack of desire, but, because of lack of commitment.¨ – Vince Lombardi
- “Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” -Henry David Thoreau
- ¨The groundwork for all happiness is good health.¨ – Leigh Hunt
- “The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.”- Vidal Sassoon
- ¨The human body is the best picture of the human soul.¨ – Ludwig Wittgenstein
- ¨Our bodies are our gardens – our wills are our gardeners.¨ – William Shakespeare
- “The clock is ticking. Are you becoming the person you want to be?” – Greg Plitt
- ¨Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.¨- Joseph Addison
- ¨Exercise is king. Nutrition is queen. Put them together and you’ve got a kingdom.¨ – Jack LaLanne
- ¨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
- “Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t, you’re right.” – Henry Ford
- ¨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.¨- Josh Billings
- ¨Success is what comes after your stop making excuses.¨ – Luis Galarza
- ¨Sometimes you don’t realize your own strength until you come face to face with your greatest weakness.¨ – Susan Gale
- “Today I will do what others won’t, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can’t.” —Jerry Rice
- ¨Confidence comes from discipline and training.¨ – Robert Kiyosaki
- ¨One isn’t necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential.¨ – Maya Angelou
- “You shall gain, but you shall pay with sweat, blood, and vomit.” – Pavel Tsatsouline
- “To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.” —Steve Prefontaine
- ¨The best way to gain self-confidence is to do what you are afraid to do.¨ – Swati Sharma
- “There’s no secret formula. I lift heavy, work hard, and aim to be the best.” – Ronnie Coleman
- “Nothing will work unless you do.” —Maya Angelou
- “There comes a certain point in life when you have to stop blaming other people for how you feel or the misfortunes in your life. You can’t go through life obsessing about what might have been.” – Hugh Jackman
- ¨Increased physical activity enhances positive energy.¨ – Lailah Gifty Akita
- ¨Believe in yourself. You are braver than you think, more talented than you know, and capable of more than you imagine.¨ – Roy T. Bennett
- “Don’t count the days, make the days count.” —Muhammad Ali
- ¨Those who think they have no time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness.¨ – Edward Stanley
- “Do what you have to do until you can do what you want to do.” —Oprah Winfrey
- ¨Nothing will work unless you do.¨ – John Wooden
- “It’s going to be a journey. It’s not a sprint to get in shape.” —Kerri Walsh Jennings
- ¨Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.¨ – Lance Armstrong
8 comments
My favorite is If you think lifting is dangerous, try being weak. Being weak is dangerous.
ReplyDeleteI'm sending this to a friend who would love it! My favorite is ¨Look in the mirror. That’s your competition.¨
ReplyDeleteWow, so much motivation in this post! I LOVE Oprah's quote, “Do what you have to do until you can do what you want to do.” <3
ReplyDeleteso much motivation in here. I picked some favorites and added to my vision board
ReplyDeleteLeading a healthier lifestyle is my goal for 2022. This is what I need to keep at it
ReplyDeleteI love all these motivational quotes. We need it to keep going with our fitness goals
ReplyDeleteI think I can change some of these into affirmations! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteI am sharing these with my co teacher, she teaches physical Education and would love it.
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