Physical fitness can neither be acquired by wishful thinking nor by outright purchase.
— Joseph Pilates
Emotional Exercise Health quotations
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.

Exercise is king. Nutrition is queen. Put them together and you've got a kingdom.


Health is like money, we never have a true idea of its value until we lose it.
I really don't think I need buns of steel. I'd be happy with buns of cinnamon.
Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning.

Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being
Regularity in the hours of rising and retiring, perseverance in exercise, adaptation of dress to the variations of climate, simple and nutritious aliment, and temperance in all things are necessary branches of the regimen of health.
Live in rooms full of light. Avoid heavy food. Be moderate in the drinking of wine. Take massage, baths, exercise, and gymnastics. Fight insomnia with gentle rocking or the sound of running water. Change surroundings and take long journeys. Strictly avoid frightening ideas. Indulge in cheerful conversation and amusements. Listen to music.

A man's health can be judged by which he takes two at a time: pills or stairs.
And I believe that the best buy in public health today must be a combination of regular physical exercise and a healthy diet.
Typically, people who exercise start eating better and becoming more productive at work. They smoke less and show more patience with colleagues and family. They use their credit cards less frequently and say they feel less stressed. It's not completely clear why. But for many people, exercise is a keystone habit that triggers widespread change.

There is in even the most selfish passion a large element of self-abnegation.
It is startling to realize that what we call extreme self-seeking is actually self-renunciation. The miser, health addict, glory chaser and their like are not far behind the selfless in the exercise of self-sacrifice.
The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor.
Living a healthy lifestyle will only deprive you of poor health, lethargy, and fat.

Exercise is like an addiction. Once you're in it, you feel like your body needs it.
You need to eat normally and healthfully, and you need to exercise.
I'm so passionate about this because I think people spend their lives not happy in their bodies.
Even when all is known, the care of a man is not yet complete, because eating alone will not keep a man well; he must also take exercise. For food and exercise, while possessing opposite qualities, yet work together to produce health.

Yoga is the only exercise in the world you can do at any age.
There is always some posture that will improve your health, mind and soul.
The health of nations is more important than the wealth of nations.
I am convinced that a calm, quiet and harmonious interior can be as beneficial to health as a sensible diet and regular exercise

Diseases of the soul are more dangerous and more numerous than those of the body.
We know today about nutrition and we know about exercise.
There's no reason for anybody to be sick and tired, fat and out of shape -- it's ridiculous! This has got to be taught in the schools. It's got to be taught in kindergarten. That's when kids should first get the idea that the most important thing in your life is your health and your body.
Exercise is the key not only to physical health but to peace of mind.

You've got to exercise. Your health account, your bank account, they're the same thing. The more you put in, the more you can take out.
Exercise is the single most powerful tool you have to optimize your brain function…exercise has a profound impact on cognitive abilities and mental health. It is simply one of the best treatments we have for most psychiatric problems.
We have to ask ourselves whether medicine is to remain a humanitarian and respected profession or a new but depersonalized science in the service of prolonging life rather than diminishing human suffering.

People think plus-size models don’t exercise – we do! But it’s about health, not forcing my body to be something it’s not meant to be.
It is exercise alone that supports the spirits, and keeps the mind in vigor.
The arrival of a good clown exercises a more beneficial influence upon the health of a town than of twenty asses laden with drugs.

The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body - and vice versa.
Health is worth more than learning.
Patients should have rest, food, fresh air, and exercise - the quadrangle of health.
Whatever kind of workout you settle on, it should include the Big Three of exercise for health and fitness-aerobics, resistance exercises, and stretching.
In an experiment by Dr. Robert Emmons at the University of California–Davis, people who kept a ‘gratitude journal,’ a weekly record of things they felt grateful for, enjoyed better physical health, were more optimistic, exercised more regularly, and described themselves as happier than a control group who didn’t keep journals.