Exercising, dieting, trips to the gym…. These can be overwhelming and hard to stay motivated with. Use these fitness quotes to keep your motivation high, attitude positive and inspiration lasting to achieve your personal goals in the gym, for your body and in life.
If you want more motivation for working out, take a look at these gym quotes.
Fitness Quotes
“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
“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“Every day is another chance to get stronger, to eat better, to live healthier, and to be the best version of you.” – Unknown
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“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.” – Joseph Addison
“The purpose of training is to tighten up the slack, toughen the body, and polish the spirit.” – MORIHEI UESHIBA
“All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.” – Michal Joan Bobak
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“There is a moment when you get older when your metabolism slows down and you don’t feel like working out any more, so you don’t want to keep yourself fit any more, but that’s your decision. Why should you be judged for it?” – Janet Jackson
“The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor.” – William Temple
“In training, you listen to your body. In competition, you tell your body to shut up.” – Rich Froning Jr.
“If you don’t make time for exercise, you’ll probably have to make time for illness.” – Robin Sharma
“Time and health are two precious assets that we don’t recognize and appreciate until they have been depleted.” – Denis Waitley
“The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination.” – Tommy Lasorda
“In the midst of an ordinary training day, I remind myself that I am preparing for the extraordinary” – Shalane Flanagan
“Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it.” – George Halas
“Exercise should be regarded as a tribute to the heart.” – Gene Tunney
“Stop saying I wish, start saying I will.” – Unknown
“I often hear someone say I’m not a real runner. We are all runners, some just run faster than others. I never met a fake runner.” – Bart Yasso
“If you train hard. You’ll not only be hard, you’ll be hard to beat.” – Hershel Walker
“When it comes to eating right and exercising, there is no, ‘I’ll start tomorrow.’” – VL Allineare
“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
“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
“Get ready, be prepared. So when opportunities finally show themselves, you’ll be able to own them.” – Hannah Gabriels
“Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security.” – John F. Kennedy
“Find fitness with fun dancing. It is fun and makes you forget about the dreaded exercise.” – Paula Abdul
“Training gives us an outlet for suppressed energies created by stress and thus tones the spirit just as exercise conditions the body.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger
“All great achievements require time.” – Maya Angelou
“Exercise is labor without weariness.” – Samuel Johnson
“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
“You can either suffer the pain of discipline or the pain of regret.” – Jim Rohn
“Physical fitness is the first requisite of happiness.” – Joseph Pilates
“Sweat is fat crying.” – Unknown
“Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual ability.” – John F. Kennedy
“If you think lifting is dangerous, try being weak. Being weak is dangerous.” – Bret Contreras
“Train hard, turn up, run your best and the rest will take care of itself.” – Usain Bolt
“A fit, healthy body—that is the best fashion statement.” – Jess C. Scott
“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” – Henry David Thoreau
“I hate every minute of training. But I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.’” – Muhammad Ali
“Tough times don’t last. Tough people do.” – Robert H. Schuller
“To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.” – Steve Prefontaine
“If you have a body, you are an athlete!” – Bill Bowerman
“Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.” – Vince Lombardi Jr
“Today I will do what others won’t, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can’t.” – Jerry Rice
“The groundwork for all happiness is good health.” – Leigh Hunt
“When you are not practicing, someone else is getting better.” – Allen Iverson
“Set your goals high, and don’t stop until you get there.” – Bo Jackson
“Don’t train to be skinny. Train to be a badass.” – Demi Lovato
“Once you are exercising regularly, the hardest thing is to stop it.” – Erin Gray
“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
“Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.” – Michael Jordan
“Your health is what you make of it. Everything you do and think either adds to the vitality, energy, and spirit you possess or takes away from it.” – Ann Wigmore
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” – Mark Twain
“Put all excuses aside and remember this: You are capable.” – Zig Ziglar
“When I do get time, I like to hike and I take lots of vitamins and powders to keep healthy.” – Catherine Bell
“Don’t limit your challenges, challenge your limits.” – Jerry Dunn
“If you ever lack the motivation to train then think what happens to your mind and body when you don’t.” – Shifu Lan Yei
“The reason I exercise is for the quality of life I enjoy.” – Kenneth H. Cooper
“Do something today that your future self will thank you for.” – Sean Patrick Flanery
“Bodybuilding is much like any other sport. To be successful, you must dedicate yourself 100% to your training, diet and mental approach.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger
“A year from now you may wish you had started today.” – Karen Lamb
“Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live.” – Jim Rohn
“Time, Effort, Sacrifice, and Sweat. How will you pay for your goals?” – Usain Bolt
“We do not stop exercising because we grow old—we grow old because we stop exercising.” – Dr. Kenneth Cooper
“A champion is simply someone who didn’t give up when they wanted to.” – Tom Landry
“Don’t give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you.” – John Wooden
“The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.” – Vidal Sasson
“Look in the mirror. That’s your competition.” – John Assaraf
“Take plenty of exercise. Always be cheerful. Take all the sleep you need. You may expect to be well.” – James Freeman Clarke
“If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done.” – Thomas Jefferson
“I don’t count my sit-ups. I only start counting when it starts hurting because they’re the only ones that count.” – Muhammad Ali
“Energy & persistence conquer all things.” – Benjamin Franklin
“Exercise is done against one’s wishes and maintained only because the alternative is worse.” – George A. Sheehan
“Our bodies are our gardens – our wills are our gardeners.” – William Shakespeare
“A muscle is like a car. If you want it to run well early in the morning, you have to warm it up.” – FLORENCE GRIFFITH JOYNER
“If it doesn’t challenge you it doesn’t change you!” – Fred Devito
“If you do not believe in yourself, no one will do it for you” – Kobe Bryant
“True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united.” – Wilhelm von Humboldt
“My fitness journey will be a lifelong journey.” – Khloe Kardashian
“Exercise is king. Nutrition is queen. Put them together and you’ve got a kingdom.” – Jack Lalanne
“The secret of our success is that we never, never give up.” – Wilma Mankiller
“Swimming is normal for me. I’m relaxed. I’m comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It’s my home.” – Michael Phelps
“It’s challenging, but you have to at least try to eat right and exercise.” – Joely Fisher
“A feeble body weakens the mind. – Jean” – Jacques Rousseau
“In fitness, there are no shortcuts. It involves immense discipline and hard work.” – Mahesh Babu
