150+ Quotes About the body
Quotes About the Body
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Quotes About The Body
Quotes, learnings, teachings and philosophy to help us learn about and understand the body.
Over 150 quotes about the body including 30 inspirational quotes about the body, 60 quotes about exercise, 30 quotes about healthy eating and 30 quotes about sleep.
30 Inspirational Quotes About the Body
1. “The human body is the best picture of the human soul.”
Ludwig Wittgenstein
2. “Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live."
Jim Rohn
3. “I feel like the human body is what it is, and the more you make yourself comfortable with it, the better off you are. Love your body and embrace that."
Mehcad Brooks
4. “Love yourself enough to live a healthy lifestyle"
Jules Robson
5. "You aren't your work, your accomplishments, your possessions, your home, your family... your anything. You're a creation of your Source, dressed in a physical human body intended to experience and enjoy life on Earth."
Wayne Dyer
6. “To me, good health is more than just exercise and diet. Its really a point of view and a mental attitude you have about yourself.”
Albert Schweitzer
7. "Your body hears everything your mind says."
Naomi Judd
8. "There are moments when the human body can overcome things you would never expect."
Andres Iniesta
9. "To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear."
Buddha
10. “The human body is the best work of art.”
Jess C. Scott
11. “Listen to your body it's smarter than you”
Anonymous
12. “Every human being is the author of his own health or disease.”
Buddha
13. "If anything is sacred, the human body is sacred."
Walt Whitman
14. "The body says what words cannot."
Martha Graham
15. “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
16. "It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver."
Mahatma Gandhi
17. “Your body is precious. It is our vehicle for awakening. Treat it with care.”
Buddha
18. “Throw away all weakness. Tell your body that it is strong, tell your mind that it is strong and have unbounded faith and hope in yourself.”
Swami Vivekananda
19. “I believe depression is legitimate. But I also believe that if you don’t exercise, eat nutritious food, get sunlight, get enough sleep, consume positive material, surround yourself with support, then you aren’t giving yourself a fighting chance.”
Jim Carey
20. “Keep your blood clean, your body lean, and your mind sharp.”
Henry Rollins
21. “Stop trying to fix your body. It was never broken.”
Eve Ensler
22. “I finally realized that being grateful to my body was key to giving more love to myself.”
Oprah Winfrey
23. “Only by understanding how the world around us works, can we understand our bodies and live well in and with nature and among others.”
Julia H Sun
24. “One should strive to understand what underlies sufferings and diseases – and aim for health and well-being while gaining in the path.”
Buddha
25. “A fit, healthy body—that is the best fashion statement”
Jess C. Scott
26. "Speak to your body in a loving way. It's the only one you've got, your home and it deserves respect."
Iskra Lawrence
27. "I definitely have body issues, but everybody does. When you come to the realization that everybody does — even the people that I consider flawless — then you can start to live with the way you are."
Taylor Swift
28. "The body is a self-healing organism, so it's really about clearing things out of the way so the body can heal itself."
Barbara Brenna
29. "Health is a state of complete harmony of the mind, body and spirit."
BKS Iyengar
30. "You don't need to buy into any lifestyle besides your own and what best fits your body."
Gina Rodriguez
Quotes About Exercise
1. "It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable."
Socrates
2. "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
3. "The modern mind is overstimulated and the modern body is understimulated and overfed. Meditation, exercise, and fasting restore an ancient balance."
James Pierce
4. "Exercise should be regarded as tribute to the heart."
GENE TUNNEY
5. "The purpose of training is to tighten up the slack, toughen the body, and polish the spirit."
MORIHEI UESHIBA
6. “I’m addicted to exercising and I have to do something every day.”
Arnold Schwarzenegger
7. “Working out for me really depends on my shoot schedule, but I try to move my body every day. I really believe in exercise as an anti-depressant. It’s a great way to feel better.”
Alysia Reiner
8. “Physical fitness is the first requisite of happiness.”
JOSEPH PILATES
9. “Exercise: You don't have time not to.”
George A. Sheehan
10. "If you run, you are a runner. It doesn't matter how fast or how far. It doesn't matter if today is your first day or if you've been running for 20 years. There is no test to pass, no license to earn, no membership card to get. You just run."
John Bingham
11. “I enjoy working out because I struggle with anxiety, and exercise has been a great way for me to combat that.”
Franchesca Ramsey
12. “Exercise should be regarded as a tribute to the heart.”
Gene Tunney
13. “I think that making love is the best form of exercise.”
Cary Grant
14. “Rest and play, are as vital to our health as nutrition and exercise.”
Brené Brown
15. “You think you’re fatigued, therefore you can’t exercise. In fact, you choose not to move, therefore you feel fatigued.”
Tim Ferriss
16. "Health is the vita principle of bliss, and exercise, of health.”
James Tomson
17. "True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united."
WILHELM VON HUMBOLDT
18. "It is exercise alone that supports the spirits, and keeps the mind in vigor."
Cicero
19. "Training gives us an outlet for suppressed energies created by stress and thus tones the spirit just as exercise conditions the body."
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER
20. "For me exercise is more than just physical, it's therapeutic."
Michelle Obama
21. “Exercise is the key not only to physical health but also peace of the mind.”
Nelson Mandela
22. “Nothing will work unless you do.”
John Wooden
23. “Exercise is therapy.”
Anonymous
24. “Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical physical exercise save it and preserve it.”
Plato
25. “The reason I exercise is for the quality of life I enjoy.”
Kenneth Cooper
26. “Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very fast"
Thomas Jefferson
27. "Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going."
Jim Ryun
28. "I have to exercise in the morning before my brain figures out what I'm doing."
Marsha Doble
29. "The pain you feel today is the strength you feel tomorrow."
Anonymous
30. "We were made to exercise. We feel better."
Bob Greene
31. "When it comes to health and well-being, regular exercise is about as close to a magic potion as you can get.”
Nhat Hanh
32. “I exercise every day. It’s what makes me happy.”
Andie MacDowell
33. “An early morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.”
Henry David Thoreau
34. “Exercise to live. Never live to exercise.”
Jack lalanne
35. “Exercise not only changes your body, it changes your mind, your attitude and your mood.”
Anonymous
36. “Only exercise on the days you want to improve.”
Anonymous
37. “Movement is a medicine for creating change in a person’s physical, emotional and mental states.”
Carol Welch
38. “If you don’t make time for exercise, you’ll probably have to make time for illness.”
Robin S. Sharma
39. “Our minds are rendered buoyant by exercise.”
Cicero
40. "To enjoy the glow of good health, you must exercise."
GENE TUNNEY
41. "Exercise also has great benefits for mental health. It releases endorphins that make you feel happy."
Michelle Davis
42. "It's not so much that I began to run, but that I continued."
Hal Higdon
43. "Exercise should be fun otherwise you won't be consistent."
Laura Ramirez
44. "Going to the gym is great for your body, but it's also great for your mind."
Rory MCILROY
45. “Running is not just exercise; it is a lifestyle.”
John Bingham
46. “I find if my body feels well and I exercise regularly, I think better, work better and feel better.”
Helmut Jahn
47. “The only bad workout is the one that didn't happen."
Anonymous
48. "I feel better in my mind when I work out. It makes everything better."
Keri Russel
48. "Fitness is not about being better than someone else. It's about being better than you used to be."
KHLOE KARDASHIAN
49. "Exercise is the chief source of improvement to our faculties."
Hugh Blair
50. “You have to exercise, or at some point you’ll just break down.”
Barack Obama
51. "It's going to be a journey. It's not a sprint to get in shape."
Kerri Walsh Jennings
52. “Laughing is good exercise. It’s like jogging on the inside.”
Kurt Vonnegut
53. "I do have to take care of myself, not only because I’m in the movies, just for mental health reasons. I exercise for me. You know, maybe it would be nice to not have to do that in order to feel good, but I do. I feel like I have to, to feel good. To clear my head and all of that,."
Annette Bening
54. "Exercise keeps me occupied, which is good for my mental health."
Gail Porter
55. "Exercise is the most potent and underutilized antidepressant."
Bill Phillips
56. “I think by planning an exercise regime, your diet follows to some extent.”
Dolph Lundgren
57. “Exercise is amazing from the inside out. I feel so alive and have more energy.”
Vanessa Hudgens
58. “I like exercise.I like a healthy body.”
Erin Gray
59. “A bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise.”
A. A. Milne
60. “I feel like my mind is a little quieter when I exercise.”
Kelly Ripa
30 Quotes About Healthy Eating
1. “The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will involve the patient in the proper use of food, fresh air and exercise.”
Thomas A. Edison
2. “As I mentioned previously, the tools that allow for optimum health are diet and exercise."
Bill Toomey
3. “Sorry there is no magic bullet. You gotta eat healthy and live healthy to be healthy and live healthy. End of story."
Morgan Spurlock
4. “One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.”
VIRGINIA WOOLF
5. “The human body is a miraculous self-healing machine, but those self-repair systems require a nutrient-dense diet.”
Joel Fuhrman
6. “Eating healthy foods fills your body with energy and nutrients. Imagine your cells smiling back at you and saying 'Thank You!'”
MICHAEL GREGER
7. "Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon."
Doug Larson
8. “If you keep good food in your fridge, you will eat good food."
Erick McAdams
9. “By choosing healthy over skinny you are choosing self-love over self-judgement.”
Steve Maraboli
10. "A healthy outside starts from the inside."
Robert Urich
11. "Came from a plant, eat it; was made in a plant, don't."
Michael Pollan
12. “I believe that water is the only drink for a wise man.”
HENRY DAVID THOREAU
13. “The food you eat can be either the safest and most powerful form of medicine or the slowest form of poison.”
Ann Wigmore
14. “Your food is a bank account. Good food choices are good investments.”
Bethenny Frankel
15. “The foods we eat make a difference”
MICHAEL GREGER
16. “Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper.”
Adelle Davis
17. “Keep Calm & Eat Your 5 a Day”
Anonymous
18. “Any food that requires enhancing by the use of chemical substances should in no way be considered a food.”
John H. Tobe
19. “You are what you eat"
ANTHELME BRILLAT-SAVARIN
20. “Healthy eating is a way of life, so it’s important to establish routines that are simple, realistically, and ultimately livable.”
Horace
21. “Healthy eating isn't about counting fat grams, dieting, cleanses and antioxidants; it's about eating food untouched from the way we find it in nature in a balanced way."
Pooja Motil
22. “An apple a day keeps the doctor away."
Proverb
23. “Drinking water is like washing out your insides. The water will cleanse the system, fill you up, decrease your caloric load and improve the function of all your tissues.”
KEVIN R. STONE
24. “Let food be thy medicine, thy medicine shall be thy food."
Hippocrates
25. “Moderation. Small helpings. Sample a little bit of everything. These are the secrets of happiness and good health.”
Julia Child
26. “To ensure good health: eat lightly, breathe deeply, live moderately, cultivate cheerfulness and maintain an interest in life.”
William Londen
27. “Proper nutrition is the difference between feeling exhausted and getting the most out of a workout.”
Summer Sanders
28. “Exercise is king. Nutrition is queen. Put them together and you’ve got a kingdom.”
Jack LaLanne
29. “Forget about nuclear war; the real weapons of mass destruction are fast food, highly processed carbs, and high-fructose corn syrup!”
Brian Quebbemann, M.D.
30. “Eat healthy food until you lose your health.”
Tamerlan Kuzgov
30 Quotes About Sleep
1. “Sleep is the best meditation”
Buddha
2. “Your future depends on your dreams, so go to sleep.”
Mesut Barazany
3. “Sleep is the golden chain that ties health and our bodies together.”
Thomas Dekker
4. "The best bridge between despair and hope is a good night’s sleep.”
E. Joseph Cossman
5. “I think sleeping was my problem in school. If school had started at four in the afternoon, I’d be a college graduate today.”
George Foreman
6. “Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I’m reborn.”
Mahatma Gandhi
7. “All life is a nap. The more naps you take the better.”
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
8. “I'm envious of people who can sleep as long as they want. I have the circadian rhythm of a farmer”
Moby
9. “Living out of touch with the primal rhythms of life takes a toll on us”
FRANK OSTASEKI
10. “There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in all the alcohol ever distilled.”
Edward Lucas
11. “You can get the highest quality sleep by keeping your sleep cycles in tune with the rhythms of the universe (known as circadian rhythms)”
Deepak Chopra
12. “The more naps you take, the more awakenings you experience.”
SARAH BAN BREATHNACH
13. “We are such stuff as dreams are made on.”
William Shakespeare
14. “True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.”
William Penn
15. “The nicest thing for me is sleep. Then at least I can dream.”
Marilyn Monroe
16. “There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep.”
Homer
17. “Sleep solves everything.”
Anonymous
18. “A well-spent day brings happy sleep.”
Leonardo da Vinci
19. “Man is a genius when he is dreaming.”
Akira Kurosawa
20. "Learn from yesterday, live for today, look to tomorrow, rest this afternoon."
Charles M. Schulz
21. “The more naps you take, the more awakenings you experience.”
SARAH BAN BREATHNACH
22. “Let her sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world.”
Napoleon Bonaparte
23. “Laugh and the world laughs with you. Snore and you sleep alone.”
Anthony Burgess
24. “You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
Dr. Seuss
25. “I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?”
Ernest Hemingway
26. “Before you sleep, read something that is exquisite, and worth remembering.”
Desiderius Erasmus
27. “Let’s start by taking a smallish nap or two …”
Winnie the Pooh
28. “There is no sunrise so beautiful that it is worth waking me up to see it.”
Mindy Kaling
29. “I don't feel old. I don't feel anything till noon. That's when it's time for my nap.”
Bob Hope
30. “When the going gets tough, the tough take a nap.”
Tom Hodgkinson
Quotes from The Physical Wellbeing 5 Project Interviews
1. “You control the food, not the other way around…”
Dr. Lori Shemek
2. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there,”
Theodore Roosevelt
3. "Cope, challenge, change”
Ollie Martin
4. “Age is just a number”
Dara Torres
5. “To keep the body in good health is a duty…otherwise we shall not be able to keep our minds strong and clear.”
Buddha
6. “The worst thing in the world is to try to sleep and not to.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald
7. “Be present”
Tina wieland
8. “Keep Showing Up”
Tina Wieland
9. "This too shall pass
When things are bad, remember
It won’t always be this way.
Take one day at a time.
When things are good, remember
It won’t always be this way.
Take one day at a time.
Enjoy every great moment."
When things are bad, remember
It won’t always be this way.
Take one day at a time.
When things are good, remember
It won’t always be this way.
Take one day at a time.
Enjoy every great moment."
Pliny
10. "Too much of one thing is good for nothing."
James Somers
11. “The greatest investment in life is in people.”
Dr. Myles Monroe
12. “Happiness is waking up, looking at the clock and finding that you still have two hours left to sleep.”
Charles M. Schulz
13. ‘Richness in ends, simpleness in means’.
Arne Næss
14. “You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.”
Wayne Dyer
15. “The Universe Will Rearrange Itself to Accommodate Your Perception of Reality.”
Tom Blue Wolf
16. "Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”
Theodore Roosevelt
17. “Know what you know and know it confidently.”
Anonymous
18. ”Make Tomorrow Happen Today”
Heath & Nicole Wilt
19. "Sleep is the best meditation.”
Buddha
20. “You’re not healthy, unless your sleep is healthy.”
Dr. William Dement
20. “Life has no limitations, except the ones you make”
Les Brown
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