Quotes on Physical Fitness

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

Since the time of the ancient Greeks, we have always felt that there was a close relationship between a strong, vital mind and physical fitness.

I am pushing sixty. That is enough exercise for me.

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.

Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being

The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character.

God never made his work for man to mend.

A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world.

Physical fitness is the first requisite of happiness. In order to achieve happiness, it is imperative to gain mastery of your body. If at the age of 30 you are stiff and out of shape, you are old. If at 60 you are supple and strong then you are young.

Intelligence and skill can only function at the peak of their capacity when the body is healthy and strong.

If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.

Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security.