Quotes and anectdotes from the wise to the foolish, and the courageous to the drunk

fitness

Exercise is done against one's wishes and maintained only because the alternative is worse. 3 sayings from George A. Sheehan

Jogging is very beneficial. It's good for your legs and your feet. It's also very good for the ground. If makes it feel needed. 9 quotes from Charles M. Schulz

Health is the thing that makes you feel that now is the best time of the year. 8 quotes from Franklin P. Adams

He who has health, has hope and he who has hope, has everything. 58 more thoughts from Thomas Carlyle

The goodness of a thing created is the perfection of its fitness for the use which it serves. Now that use is either particular or universal. 2 quotes from William Ames

If it weren't for the fact that the TV set and the refrigerator are so far apart, some of us wouldn't get any exercise at all. 7 more views from Joey Adams

Happiness lies first of all in health. 6 thoughts from George William Curtis

Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very fast. 70 views from Thomas Jefferson

Never hurry. Take plenty of exercise. Always be cheerful. Take all the sleep you need. You may expect to be well. 4 other quotes from James Freeman Clarke

The human body is the best picture of the human soul. 9 other views from Ludwig Wittgenstein

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. 42 more views from Josh Billings

Exercise should be regarded as tribute to the heart. 2 quotes from Gene Tunney

Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security. 46 sayings from John F. Kennedy

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. 46 views from John F. Kennedy

The first wealth is health. 135 other quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson

To enjoy the glow of good health, you must exercise. 2 more wisdom & wit from Gene Tunney

Your body is the church where Nature asks to be reverenced. 12 thoughts from Marquis de Sade

Parentage is a very important profession, but no test of fitness for it is ever imposed in the interest of the children. 115 thoughts from George Bernard Shaw

A runner must run with dreams in his heart, not money in his pocket. 6 thoughts from Emil Zatopek

Exercise is labor without weariness. 63 sayings from Samuel Johnson

If a man achieves victory over this body, who in the world can exercise power over him? He who rules himself rules over the whole world. 2 other thoughts from Vinoba Bhave

Health is the vital principle of bliss, and exercise, of health. 5 thoughts from James Thomson

The groundwork of all happiness is health. 6 thoughts from Leigh Hunt

It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver. 100 quotes from Mahatma Gandhi