“The important thing in life is not the triumph, but the struggle; the essential thing is not to have conquered, but to have fought well.”
Pierre de Coubertin
SportsOlympics
Fitness Quotes
200 FAMOUS QUOTES · FITNESS
Fitness Quotes
Read the best fitness quotes from Socrates, Thomas Jefferson, Swami Vivekananda, Seneca and more, with timeless words to keep you moving and motivated.
“Citius, Altius, Fortius - Faster, Higher, Stronger.”
Henri Didon
OlympicsMotivation
“Best is Water.”
Pindar
HydrationShort Quotes
“Nothing in life has any chance of succeeding without strenuous practice; and this is capable of overcoming anything.”
Diogenes
PracticeDiscipline
“Difficulties are the things that show what men are. For the future, in case of any difficulty, remember that God, like a trainer of wrestlers, has matched you with a rough young man.”
Epictetus
ChallengeResilience
“In the gymnastic exercises suppose that a man has torn thee with his nails, and by dashing against thy head has inflicted a wound. Well, we neither show any signs of vexation, nor are we offended.”
Marcus Aurelius
SportsmanshipStoicism
“When your strenuous gentleman is exercising himself by flourishing leaden weights; when he is working hard, or else pretends to be working hard, I can hear him grunt.”
Seneca
Gym LifeFunny
“What blows do athletes receive on their faces and all over their bodies! Nevertheless, through their desire for fame they endure every torture.”
Seneca
AthletesToughness
“The mind must be exercised both day and night, for it is nourished by moderate toil.”
Seneca
Mind And BodyBalance
“He ordered the maidens to exercise themselves with wrestling, running, throwing the quoit, and casting the dart.”
Plutarch
Women's FitnessHistory
“Nay, friend, if this be all true there is no need of witnesses; for suppose this to be Rhodes, and leap for us.”
Aesop
Show Dont TellFables
“Better starve free than be a fat slave.”
Aesop
FreedomFables
“The gods help them that help themselves.”
Aesop
Self HelpMotivation
“Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed down-stairs a step at a time.”
Mark Twain
HabitsSmall Steps
“Few men know how to take a walk.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
WalkingMindfulness
“I got up early and bathed in the pond; that was a religious exercise, and one of the best things which I did.”
Henry David Thoreau
Morning RoutineCold Plunge
“Some years ago, a temporary inability to sleep caused me to walk about the streets all night, for a series of several nights.”
Charles Dickens
WalkingSleep
“For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.”
Rudyard Kipling
TeamworkWorkout Buddies
“As to the species of exercise, I advise the gun. While this gives a moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind.”
Thomas Jefferson
OutdoorsMind And Body
“I have of late - but wherefore I know not - lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises.”
William Shakespeare
MotivationMood
“He's fat, and scant of breath.”
William Shakespeare
CardioFunny
“A hit, a very palpable hit.”
William Shakespeare
FencingSports
“Let Hercules himself do what he may, the cat will mew and dog will have his day.”
William Shakespeare
PersistencePatience
“Where is this young gallant that is so desirous to lie with his mother earth?”
William Shakespeare
WrestlingFunny
“Eight yards of uneven ground is threescore and ten miles afoot with me.”
William Shakespeare
WalkingFunny