195 Exercises Quotes

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Famous Exercises Quotes

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

Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise. - Sigmund Freud

Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise. — Sigmund Freud

When a government betrays the people by amassing too much power and becoming tyrannical, the people have no choice but to exercise their original right of self-defense — to fight the government. — Alexander Hamilton

Yoga is for internal cleansing, not external exercising. Yoga means true self-knowledge. — K. Pattabhi Jois

A democracy is no more than an aristocracy of orators. The people are so readily moved by demagogues that control must be exercised by the government over speech and press. — Thomas Hobbes

Help me, Lord, to remember that religion is not to be confined to the church... nor exercised only in prayer and meditation, but that every where I am in Thy Presence — Susanna Wesley

A revolution that is based on the people exercising their creativity in the midst of devastation is one of the great historical contributions of humankind. — Grace Lee Boggs

The practice of medicine is an art, not a trade; a calling, not a business; a calling in which your heart will be exercised equally with your head. — William Osler

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

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

Short Exercises Quotes

  • Health is like money, we never have a true idea of its value until we lose it. — Josh Billings
  • I really don't think I need buns of steel. I'd be happy with buns of cinnamon. — Ellen DeGeneres
  • I exercise strong self control. I never drink anything stronger than gin before breakfast. — W. C. Fields
  • The only way to define your limits is by going beyond them. — Arthur C. Clarke
  • If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough. — Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
  • Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it. — Oprah Winfrey
  • Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being — Plato
  • Dance is not an exercise. Dance is an art. — Alicia Alonso
  • The technical side of Ethereum's efficacy is 100% an engineering exercise. — Vitalik Buterin
  • Breathing exercises produce brain waves. — Wim Hof

Exercises Image Quotes

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. - Joseph Addison quote

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. — Joseph Addison

Drawing is exercise for a restless imagination. - Tim Burton quote

Drawing is exercise for a restless imagination. — Tim Burton

Exercise is the yuppie version of bulimia. - Barbara Ehrenreich quote

Exercise is the yuppie version of bulimia. — Barbara Ehrenreich

A lot of songs you write are just for exercise - just pencil sharpeners. - Harlan Howard quote

A lot of songs you write are just for exercise - just pencil sharpeners. — Harlan Howard

Exercise is labor without weariness. - Samuel Johnson quote

Exercise is labor without weariness. — Samuel Johnson

Exercises quote The six best doctors: Sunshine, water, rest, air, exercise and diet.
The six best doctors: Sunshine, water, rest, air, exercise and diet.

Healthy Diet And Exercise Quotes

When a woman is fit and healthy, everything else falls into place. We are conditioned to put others first, that 'burnt chop syndrome' we observed in our mothers. It takes discipline to pay attention to our diets, to exercise, to leave time for refreshment of mind, body and spirit. — Quentin Bryce

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

I know what I have to do if I want to lose weight and stay healthy: eat a proper diet and exercise. All I've got to do is apply it. — John Candy

Exercises quote Think positively; Exercise daily; Eat Healthy; Work Hard; Stay strong; Worry less; Dance more; Love
Think positively; Exercise daily; Eat Healthy; Work Hard; Stay strong; Worry less; Dance more; Love often.

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. — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

The medical literature tells us that the most effective ways to reduce the risk of heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, Alzheimer's, and many more problems are through healthy diet and exercise. Our bodies have evolved to move, yet we now use the energy in oil instead of muscles to do our work. — David Suzuki

Your body is incredible at 'detoxing'. It's called pooping & sweating. Best 'detox diet' = regular exercise, eating more veggies, fruit, healthy fats, lean meat, some grains and drinking more water. — Chris Mohr

Exercises quote Successful leaders understand that true power comes not from exercising control, but from empowering
Successful leaders understand that true power comes not from exercising control, but from empowering others.

The number of kids affected by obesity has tripled since 1980, and this can be traced in large part to lack of exercise and a healthy diet. — Virginia Foxx

Our greatest individual challenge in life is self-discipline. The self-discipline of a healthy diet, daily exercise, controlling our thoughts, selflessly serving others, and living a life of integrity. — Bradford Winters

Healthy living involves taking care of myself - both mentally and physically. It means surrounding myself with positive and supportive people, as well as exercising and maintaining a well-balanced diet. At this point, healthy living is just a way of life. — Demi Lovato

As far as dieting and weight loss go, diet and exercise actually works. Lots of running and healthy eating. — Emile Hirsch

Food And Exercise Quotes

FOOD is the most widely abused anti-anxiety drug in America, and EXERCISE is the most potent yet underutilized antidepressant. — Bill Phillips

The physical and mental impairments caused by one night of bad sleep dwarf those caused by an equivalent absence of food or exercise. — Matthew Walker

There are young people today that move like old people from eating too much junk food and not getting enough exercise. — Dharma Mittra

Exercises quote Our whole life is solving puzzles.
Our whole life is solving puzzles.

Those who begin to exercise regularly and replace white flour, sugar and devitalized foods with live, organic natural foods begin to feel better immediately. Exercise is king, nutrition is queen -- put them together and you've got a kingdom. — Jack LaLanne

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. — Hippocrates

Follow your dreams, work hard, practice and persevere. Make sure you eat a variety of foods, get plenty of exercise and maintain a healthy lifestyle. — Sasha Cohen

Exercises quote Take care of your body, it's the only home you have.
Take care of your body, it's the only home you have.

Patients should have rest, food, fresh air, and exercise - the quadrangle of health. — William Osler

Fat people who want to reduce should take their exercise on an empty stomach and sit down to their food out of breath.... Thin people who want to get fat should do exactly the opposite and never take exercise on an empty stomach. — Hippocrates

Exercise is a dirty word. Every time I hear it I wash my mouth out with chocolate. — Charles M. Schulz

There are so many health nuts out there who eat nothing but natural foods but they don't exercise and they look terrible. Then there are other people who exercise like a son-of-a-gun but eat a lot of junk... Exercise is king. Nutrition is queen. Put them together and you've got a kingdom. — Jack LaLanne

What Is Diet Quotes

This fitness thing is blown out of proportion. What am I going to do on a treadmill - smoke a cigarette and drink a diet Coke? — John Daly

It's insane how much we focus on diet/exercise when what we should be focused on is sleep. We spend 33% of our time on earth sleeping. Make airway health your #1 priority. The other 66% of your life depends on it. — Mark Burhenne

We used to think that aging was a lot like, as if we were cars made fresh and youthful and then we've entered this breakdown in diet. What we didn't realize until recently is that we're much more complex than a car. We fix ourselves if we're broken. — David Sinclair

Exercises quote Hardest thing about exercise? Getting out the front door. Don't think. Just go.
Hardest thing about exercise? Getting out the front door. Don't think. Just go.

What we're really talking about is a wonderful day set aside on the fourth Thursday of November when no one diets. I mean, why else would they call it Thanksgiving? — Erma Bombeck

Your mental diet includes the things you watch, what you read, how you think, who you follow, and who you spend time with. If your goal is to improve your mental health, start by removing the junk from your mental diet. — Steven Bartlett

One way to identify the optimal human diet, pretty obvious to all but fundamentalist reductionists, is to survey and compare populations as they already exist, and see what they eat and how healthy they are. — T. Colin Campbell

Exercises quote Don't exercise your freedom of speech until you have exercises your freedom of thought.
Don't exercise your freedom of speech until you have exercises your freedom of thought.

As a coach you can influence the diet of your players. You can point out what is wrong. — Arsene Wenger

What every human being should do is eat a vegetarian diet based on whole foods. Period. That's it. Animal protein is bad for you. Dairy is bad for you. Forget the ads: Milk and eggs are bad for you. — Roger Ebert

The real reason French women don't get fat is not genetic, but cultural, and if the French subjected themselves to the American extremes of eating and dieting, the obesity problem in France would be much worse than what has struck America. — Mireille Guiliano

My mom is very religious and she said, 'Whatever you think about all the time, that's what you worship.' If that's the case I'd like everyone to pop open their Diet Coke cans and turn to page 37 of their People Magazines. In this holy scripture, we read the parable of Ms. Valerie Bertinelli. — Maria Bamford

Nutrition And Exercise Quotes

Optimal health is achieved through a balance of nutrition, exercise, and mindset. — Eric Berg

I'm not telling you it is going to be easy - I'm telling you it's going to be worth it. — Arthur L. Williams, Jr.

Our tactics in Medicine 3.0 fall into five broad domains: exercise, nutrition, sleep, emotional health, and exogenous molecules, meaning drugs, hormones, or supplements. — Peter Attia

Exercises quote Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

Manage distress tolerance and keep the window of well-being wide through exercise, sound sleep, good nutrition, time with family, and deep social connections. — Peter Attia

Exercise is the single biggest elixir for brain health. And it's amazing how much more powerful it appears to be than nutrition, even sleep. And those things are very important, but exercise is in a league of its own. — Peter Attia

Diseases of the soul are more dangerous and more numerous than those of the body. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

Exercises quote Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise ust like the muscles of the body.
Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise ust like the muscles of the body.

True beauty comes from the inside out. It emerges from proper thinking, as well as proper nutrition and exercise. — David Wolfe

A year ago I had a back injury and followed a good nutrition program to help speed up my recovery. I focused on exercise and staying healthy in order to get back out on the ice. — Sasha Cohen

Exercise and good nutrition helped make me what I am today and are critical in allowing me stay on top of my game. — Chris Paul

Health of body and mind is a great blessing, if we can bear it. — John Henry Newman

Exercise And Fitness Quotes

A man's health can be judged by which he takes two at a time: pills or stairs. - Joan Walsh Anglund

A man's health can be judged by which he takes two at a time: pills or stairs. — Joan Walsh Anglund

Living a healthy lifestyle will only deprive you of poor health, lethargy, and fat. — Jill Johnson

Exercise is like an addiction. Once you're in it, you feel like your body needs it. — Elsa Pataky

The hardest thing about exercise is to start doing it. Once you are doing exercise regularly, the hardest thing is to stop it. — Erin Gray

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself. — Elie Wiesel

I rest for 60 seconds between sets and for 2 minutes between exercises. I use forced sets, drop sets and negative reps for advanced techniques. — Martyn Ford

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. — Charles M. Schulz

Never give up what you want most for what you want today. — Neal A. Maxwell

I like sports, and swimming is my favorite. Doing physical exercises keeps one fit and healthy and helps one work more efficiently. I think we all need to strike a balance between work and relaxation. This can keep us energetic and help us do our job better. — Xi Jinping

If you want to be strong, exercise; if you want to be wise, study; if you want to be happy, smile; and if you want to be invincible, love. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Healthy Diet Quotes

Let nothing which can be treated by diet be treated by other means. - Maimonides

Let nothing which can be treated by diet be treated by other means. — Maimonides

I keep my diet simple by sticking to mostly fruits and vegetables all day and then having whatever I want for dinner. I end up making healthy choices, like sushi or grilled fish, because I feel so good from eating well. — Sayings

I think 'vegan' is a beautiful word. It is more than just a description for our diet. I see it as a visible template for an ethical, healthy, responsible, and rational life. Because it describes our character, it says we do not take the life of another living being to satisfy our wants. — Philip Wollen

Eating a low-carb, high-fat diet can help support healthy blood sugar levels and weight management. — Steven Gundry

The best diet is one you don't realise you're following. — Chris Williamson

Healthy fats are not the enemy, they are an essential part of a balanced diet. — Steven Gundry

A healthy diet is the foundation of good health, but it’s not the only piece of the puzzle. —

Eating a diet rich in whole, nutrient-dense foods can help support healthy aging and longevity. — Steven Gundry

The most important thing to remember about food labels is that you should avoid foods that have labels. — Joel Fuhrman

To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art. - Francois de la Rochefoucauld

To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art. — Francois de la Rochefoucauld

Exercise Health Quotes

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. — Thomas Jefferson

Exercise is the new probiotic. Aerobic exercise may be one of the most effective ways to promote gut health and help heal intestinal issues. Aerobic exercise increases butyrate-producing gut bacteria independent of diet. This reduces inflammation — Rhonda Patrick

No matter what we eat, how much we exercise, how resilient our genes are, how skinny or young or wise we are—none of it will matter unless we’re breathing correctly. That’s what these researchers discovered. The missing pillar in health is breath. It all starts there. — James Nestor

Exercise, from a public health perspective, is an unmitigated failure. The world's longest-lived people live in environments that nudge them into more movement. They don't use power tools, they do their own yard work, they grow a garden. — Dan Buettner

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. — Lord Chesterfield

We've always known that our bodies are capable of healing themselves under the right conditions: Diet and exercise improve our health. But there are also ancient genetic survival pathways in every living thing. — David Sinclair

Exercise is remarkably beneficial for the brain. High fitness levels in midlife delayed dementia onset by 9.5 years in women. Larger brain volumes have also been linked to increased physical activity. Maintain youthful brain volume by embracing exercise. We can transform our brain health as we age. — Rhonda Patrick

There are plenty of stressors that will activate longevity genes without damaging the cell, including certain types of exercise, intermittent fasting, low-protein diets, and exposure to hot and cold temperatures. — David Sinclair

Brain health depends on periods of high heart rate. Failing that, brain capillary health is compromised, and neurons are lost. 90% of our brain vasculature are tiny blood vessels - without exercise, they collapse, and neurons die. — Rhonda Patrick

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. — Eric Hoffer

Health And Nutrition Quotes

Our food should be our medicine and our medicine should be our food. — Hippocrates

Show me who your friends are, and I will tell you what you are. - Unknown Author

Show me who your friends are, and I will tell you what you are. — Unknown Author

The doctor of the future will no longer treat the human frame with drugs, but rather will cure and prevent disease with nutrition. — Thomas A. Edison

Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you who you are. — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

The human body heals itself and nutrition provides the resources to accomplish the task. — Roger Williams

Children who grow up getting nutrition from plant foods rather than meats have a tremendous health advantage. They are less likely to develop weight problems, diabetes, high blood pressure and some forms of cancer — Benjamin Spock

The food you eat can either be the safest and most powerful form of medicine, or the slowest form of poison — Ann Wigmore

An apple a day keeps the doctor away. — Benjamin Franklin

Healthy gut bacteria create a craving for healthy foods, while pathogenic bacteria create a craving for unhealthy foods. Change your microbes and you change your cravings. Change your cravings and you change your life. — Rich Roll

When it comes to medicine and nutrition, subtract before you add. — Naval Ravikant

Health And Fitness Quotes

Good things come to those who hustle — Chuck Noll

Good things come to those who wait. - Jess C Scott

Good things come to those who wait. — Jess C Scott

There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. — Bruce Lee

There is no one-size-fits-all approach to health, everyone is unique and requires individualized care. — Eric Berg

It's been a long road back to health and fitness for me. I am just glad to have been given the opportunity to do what I love most. — Jonah Lomu

During the winter, you head out into the darkness for a run. When spring comes, and the first crocus pokes up its head...you know it was worthwhile. — Nina Kuscsik

The doctor of the future will give no medication, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, diet and in the cause and prevention of disease. ~ — Thomas A. Edison

Creating a world that is truly fit for children does not imply simply the absence of war... It means having primary schools nearby that educate children, free of charge... It means building a world fit for children, where every child can grow to adulthood in health, peace and dignity. — Carol Bellamy

Keep the juices flowing by jangling around gently as you move. — Satchel Paige

The word aerobics comes from two Greek words: aero, meaning “ability to,” and bics, meaning “withstand tremendous boredom. — Dave Barry

Healthy Nutrition Quotes

For protein I am pretty simple, I like chicken, steak, and eggs. For carbs I love low fat popcorn. It has a lot of volume for very little calories and is very filling. It also has about 10g of fiber per bag! — Layne Norton

A healthy attitude is contagious but don't wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier. — Tom Stoppard

Food is not reward... you do not 'earn.' Training should not be punishment. Both should be enjoyable. If not, you have an unhealthy mindset. — Layne Norton

Looking good and feeling good go hand in hand. If you have a healthy lifestyle, your diet and nutrition are set and you're working out, you're going to feel good. — Jason Statham

The best doctor gives the least medicines. — Benjamin Franklin

We are indeed much more than what we eat, but what we eat can nevertheless help us to be much more than what we are. — Adelle Davis

The healthy man is the thin man. But you don’t need to go hungry for it: Remove the flours, starches and sugars; that’s all. — Samael Aun Weor

Early to bed and early to rise makes a person dull, boring, and despised. — Ernie J Zelinski

These small things - nutrition, place, climate, recreation, the whole casuistry of selfishness - are inconceivably more important than everything one has taken to be important so far. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Proper school nutrition must be complemented by activities outside of the cafeteria. The decisions parents make to keep their kids healthy are critical in fighting this battle on the home front. — Tom Vilsack

Eating Healthy Quotes

We have thousands of opportunities every day to be grateful: for having good weather, to have slept well last night, to be able to get up, to be healthy, to have enough to eat. ... There's opportunity upon opportunity to be grateful; that's what life is. — David Steindl-Rast

Taking all vegetable-eating nations together . . . they are a larger and much better formed race than the flesh eaters. — Sylvester Graham

We didn’t evolve to be healthy, but instead we were selected to have as many offspring as possible under diverse, challenging conditions. As a consequence, we never evolved to make rational choices about what to eat or how to exercise in conditions of abundance and comfort. — Daniel Lieberman

A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite. — Leo Tolstoy

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

Eating healthy fats is essential for optimal brain function. — Steven Gundry

There’s rich people who wake up really early, and there are rich people who wake up really late. There’s rich people who eat really healthy, and there are rich people who eat unhealthy. So there’s no one-size fits all approach to success. — Alex Hormozi

To speak less is wisdom, to eat less is healthy, and to mingle less with te people is safe and serene. — Umar

We all love animals. Why do we call some 'pets' and others 'dinner?' — K. D. Lang

A cultural fixation on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty but an obsession about female obedience. — Naomi Wolf

Diet Motivation Quotes

The body does not want you to do this. As you run, it tells you to stop but the mind must be strong. You always go too far for your body. You must handle the pain with strategy...It is not age; it is not diet. It is the will to succeed. — Jacqueline Gareau

I’ve never wanted to be a lady who lunches – I’ve always wanted to be a woman who works. — Meghan Markle

Lemonade is not just made of lemons. It’s barely lemons! It’s mostly water and sugar! Life didn’t give us that. — Ryan Higa

My advice if you insist on slimming: Eat as much as you like - just don't swallow it. — Harry Secombe

Absolutely fell in love with the idea and the power that the training and food has and can have over your life. — Martyn Ford

The older you get, the tougher it is to lose weight, because by then your body and your fat are really good friends. — Bob Hope

If you wish to grow thinner, diminish your dinner — Henry Sambrooke Leigh

Without quality sleep, NOTHING else matters. You won't make the right choices with diet and you won't have energy or motivation to work out. — Mark Burhenne

I used to bulk and cut, but never to extremes. I have always been more into what my body can do versus how it looks. — Martyn Ford

I think there’s this misconception about vegans, that it’s impossible, and they’re crazy or whatever. But it’s not like that. You can be vegan and still be really chill. — Sadie Sink

Diet Quotes

If soccer was an American soft drink, it would be Diet Pepsi — Lewis Grizzard

Life is too short for cuisine minceur and for diets. Dietetic meals are like an opera without the orchestra. — Paul Bocuse

No diet will remove all the fat from your body because the brain is entirely fat. Without a brain, you might look good, but all you could do is run for public office. — George Bernard Shaw

Some people think plant-based diet, whole foods diet is extreme. Half a million people a year will have their chests opened up and a vein taken from their leg and sewn onto their coronary artery. Some people would call that extreme. — Caldwell Esselstyn

The best remedy for a sick church is to put it on a missionary diet. — David Livingstone

There's nothing on it worthwhile, and we're not going to watch it in this household, and I don't want it in your intellectual diet. — Philo Farnsworth

You have this one life. How do you wanna spend it? Apologizing? Regretting? Questioning? Hating yourself? Dieting? Running after people who don't see you? Be brave. Believe in yourself. Do what feels good. Take risks. You have this one life. Make yourself proud. — Cara Delevingne

Homicide is 0.8% of deaths. Diet-related disease is over 60%. But no one talks about it. — Jamie Oliver

The second day of a diet is always easier than the first. By the second day you're off it. — Jackie Gleason

The only time to eat diet food is while you're waiting for the steak to cook. - Julia Child

The only time to eat diet food is while you're waiting for the steak to cook. — Julia Child

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More Exercises Quotes

All parts of the body which have a function, if used in moderation and exercised in labors in which each is accustomed, become thereby healthy, well developed and age more slowly, but if unused they become liable to disease, defective in growth and age quickly. — Hippocrates

There is no exercise that can take the place of walking. by it the circulation of the blood is greatly improved. Walking, in all cases where it is possible, is the best remedy for the diseased bodies, because in this, all of the organs of the body are brought into use. — Ellen G. White

Life should be lived on the edge of life. You have to exercise rebellion: to refuse to tape yourself to rules, to refuse your own success, to refuse to repeat yourself, to see every day, every year, every idea as a true challenge - and then you are going to live your life on a tightrope. — Philippe Petit

This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it. — Abraham Lincoln

The Jews belong to a dark and repulsive force. One knows how numerous this clique is, how they stick together and what power they exercise through their unions. They are a nation of rascals and deceivers. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not sufficient warrant. — John Stuart Mill

Karate is not a game. It is not a sport. It is not even a system of self-defense. Karate is half physical exercise and half spiritual. The karateist who has given the necessary years of exercise and meditation is a tranquil person. He is unafraid. He can even be calm in a burning building. — Mas Oyama

Liberty consists in the freedom to do everything which injures no one else; hence the exercise of the natural rights of each man has no limits except those which assure to the other members of the society the enjoyment of the same rights. — Marquis de Lafayette

I must be right. Never an aspirin. Never injured a day in my life. The whole country, the whole world, should be doing my exercises. They'd be happier. — Joseph Pilates

So long as the people do not care to exercise their freedom, those who wish to tyrannize will do so; for tyrants are active and ardent, and will devote themselves in the name of any number of gods, religious and otherwise, to put shackles upon sleeping men. — Voltaire

...it's my hypothesis that the individual is not a pre-given entity which is seized on by the exercise of power. The individual, with his identity and characteristics, is the product of a relation of power exercised over bodies, multiplicities, movements, desires, forces. — Michel Foucault

We need to give each other the space to grow, to be ourselves, to exercise our diversity. We need to give each other space so that we may both give and receive such beautiful things as ideas, openness, dignity, joy, healing, and inclusion. — Max De Pree

Contrology (Pilates) is complete coordination of body, mind, and spirit. Through Contrology you first purposefully acquire complete control of your own body and then through proper repetition of its exercises you gradually and progressively acquire that natural rhythm and coordination associated with all your subconscious activities. — Joseph Pilates

When Heaven is about to confer a great office on a man, it first exercises his mind with suffering, and his sinews and bones with toil ; it exposes his body to hunger, and subjects him to extreme poverty ; it confounds his undertakings. By all these methods it stimulates his mind, hardens his nature, and supplies his incompetencies. — Mencius

The joy of life consists in the exercise of one's energies, continual growth, constant change, the enjoyment of every new experience. To stop means simply to die. The eternal mistake of mankind is to set up an attainable ideal. — Aleister Crowley

Happiness exists on earth, and it is won through prudent exercise of reason, knowledge of the harmony of the universe, and constant practice of generosity. — Jose Marti

Doing a kindness produces the single most reliable momentary increase in well-being of any exercise we have tested. — Martin Seligman

The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it becomes another's, smile at someone and receive a smile in return, are to me continual spiritual exercises. — Leo Buscaglia

The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. — John Kenneth Galbraith

Instead of mindless exercise, train with a specific purpose to become a kick-ass one-hundred-year-old. — Peter Attia

Childhood obesity is best tackled at home through improved parental involvement, increased physical exercise, better diet and restraint from eating. — Bob Filner

Sustainable development is the pathway to the future we want for all. It offers a framework to generate economic growth, achieve social justice, exercise environmental stewardship and strengthen governance. — Ban Ki-moon

A social group can, indeed must, already exercise 'leadership' before winning governmental power (this is indeed one of the principal conditions for the winning of such power); it subsequently becomes dominant when it exercises power, but even if it holds it firmly in its grasp, it must continue to 'lead' as well. — Antonio Gramsci

Adopting a new healthier lifestyle can involve changing diet to include more fresh fruit and vegetables as well as increasing levels of exercise. — Linford Christie

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