15 Exercise Quotes to Move Your Body

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1. Those who think they have not time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness. -Edward Stanley 

2. Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical physical exercise save it and preserve it. -Plato 

3. Physical fitness can neither be achieved by wishful thinking nor outright purchase. -Joseph Pilates 

4. It is exercise alone that supports the spirits, and keeps the mind in vigor. -Marcus Tullius Cicero 

5. To enjoy the glow of good health, you must exercise. -Gene Tunney 

6. 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 

7. A lack of exercise robs the body of an essential ingredient. -Karen Sessions 

8. Exercise is good for your mind, body, and soul. -Susie Michelle Cortright 

9. Exercise is labor without weariness. -Samuel Johnson 

10. We were made to exercise. We feel better. - Bob Greene 

11. Exercise is the chief source of improvement in our faculties. -Hugh Blair 

12. Exercise is a journey, not a destination. It must be continued for the rest of your life. We do not stop exercising because we grow old - we grow old because we stop exercising. -Dr. Kenneth Cooper, 

13. Exercise is medicine. Literally. Just like a pill, it reliably changes brain function by altering the activity of key brain chemicals and hormones. -Stephen S. Ilardi 

 14. Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far. -Thomas Jefferson 

15. Exercise has a direct brain connection, when you consider what it actually does. What we tend to overlook are the feedback loops that connect the brain to every cell in the body. Therefore when you throw a ball, run on a treadmill, or jog along the shore, billions of cells are "seeing" the outside world. The chemicals transmitted form the brain are acting the way sense organs do, making contact with the outside world and offering stimulation from that world. This is why the jump from being sedentary to doing a minimal amount of exercise - such as walking, light gardening, and climbing the stairs instead of taking the elevator - is so healthy. Your cells want to be part of the world. -DEEPAK CHOPRA,