1. 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 

2. Exercise is done against one's wishes and maintained only because the alternative is worse. - George A. Sheehan 

3. I have never taken any exercise, except sleeping and resting, and I never intend to take any. - Mark Twain 

4. A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I'm afraid of widths. - Steven Wright 

5. 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. - John F. Kennedy 

6. Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security. - John F. Kennedy 

7. 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 

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

9. Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live. - Jim Rohn

 10. Even though I'm not a competitive athlete, I have to still maintain things and try to keep myself fit because I am at that age where I need to make sure to get those regular checkups and make sure everything is in tact. - Jackie Joyner-Kersee 

11. I've exercised with women so thin that buzzards followed them to their cars. - Erma Bombeck 

12. Exercise is labor without weariness. - Samuel Johnson 

13. It's not like I was trying to be sexy but I had to get fit because I had to be able to do stunts. Also I wanted that, if Bond took his clothes off, he looked like a man who did what he did, which was kill people for a living. I thought the only way to do that was to work out and get fit and buff and get physically into shape. - Daniel Craig 

14. A feeble body weakens the mind. - Jean-Jacques Rousseau 

15. Bodybuilding is much like any other sport. To be successful, you must dedicate yourself 100% to your training, diet and mental approach. - Arnold Schwarzenegger 

16. Time and health are two precious assets that we don't recognize and appreciate until they have been depleted. - Denis Waitley 

17. Swimming is normal for me. I'm relaxed. I'm comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It's my home. - Michael Phelps 

18. 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 

19. I swim like a fish and I have an amazing kick. - Gordon Ramsay 

20. I do yoga, I do Bikram and I run, and I eat really healthy. - Lady Gaga 

21. I wanted to get really fit. I wanted to lose some weight. So I've been doing Pilates and yoga, trying to lean out my body so I won't be bulky. - Serena Williams 

22. The purpose of training is to tighten up the slack, toughen the body, and polish the spirit. - Morihei Ueshiba 

23. There's a lot of people in this world who spend so much time watching their health that they haven't the time to enjoy it. - Josh Billings 

24. The first time I see a jogger smiling, I'll consider it. - Joan Rivers 

25. The human body is the best picture of the human soul. - Ludwig Wittgenstein 

26. If I don't feel confident about my body, I'm not going to sit at home and feel sorry for myself and not do something about it. It's all about taking action and not being lazy. So you do the work, whether it's fitness or whatever. It's about getting up, motivating yourself and just doing it. - Kim Kardashian 

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

28. I'm not a waif-y girl and never will be. I think it's healthy when fitness experts encourage fitness rather than getting a certain body shape. - Sophia Bush

29. What's important is to get into shape and then not to have to worry about it. I don't want to get on stage and not being able to do something. Not being physically fit doesn't work for me. - Chris Cornell 

30. There is a moment when you get older when your metabolism slows down and you don't feel like working out any more, so you don't want to keep yourself fit any more, but that's your decision. Why should you be judged for it? - Janet Jackson 

31. Women have fought so long and hard for our rights and equality, and now all our attention is put on being a size 0. - Pink 

32. 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 

33. Your body is the church where Nature asks to be reverenced. - Marquis de Sade 

34. Like most people I can be lazy, so it's nice to have a goal or deadline or reason to work out. I feel better when I get to exercise, or when I'm outdoors. I like to hike, swim and run, and I love to play soccer. - Viggo Mortensen 

35. A runner must run with dreams in his heart, not money in his pocket. - Emil Zatopek 

36. You can't get rid of it with exercise alone. You can do the most vigorous exercise and only burn up 300 calories in an hour. If you've got fat on your body, the exercise firms and tones the muscles. But when you use that tape measure, what makes it bigger? It's the fat! - Jack LaLanne 

37. 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. - Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield 

38. I'm French, so I'm quite lazy about exercising, and I smoke. But I do love going for a run in the morning with my dog. That's all. - Eva Green 

39. My wife and I work out together almost every day. It's just a great way to spend time together. We're going to run a marathon together later this year, and that's one more goal that we'll accomplish as husband and wife. - Bill Rancic 

40. I have been through various fitness regimes. I used to run about five miles a day and I did aerobics for a while. - Sting 

41. Here's what I tell anybody and this is what I believe. The greatest gift we have is the gift of life. We understand that. That comes from our Creator. We're given a body. Now you may not like it, but you can maximize that body the best it can be maximized. - Mike Ditka 

42. My job is to be fit and I'm really blessed that I get to go and work out and live a really healthy lifestyle. - Kerri Walsh Jennings 

43. A muscle is like a car. If you want it to run well early in the morning, you have to warm it up. - Florence Griffith Joyner 

44. So I've broadened the fitness concept to make it one of moderation and balance. - Kenneth H. Cooper 

45. The reason I exercise is for the quality of life I enjoy. - Kenneth H. Cooper 

46. You can't be fat and fast, too; so lift, run, diet and work. - Hank Stram 

47. Practice puts brains in your muscles. - Sam Snead 

48. If it weren't for the fact that the TV set and the refrigerator are so far apart, some of us wouldn't get any exercise at all. - Joey Adams 

49. I don't smoke, don't drink much, and go to the gym five times a week. I live a healthy lifestyle and feel great. I can run a marathon, you know. - Sarah Michelle Gellar 

50. 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 

51. Never hurry. Take plenty of exercise. Always be cheerful. Take all the sleep you need. You may expect to be well. - James Freeman Clarke 

52. Muscles come and go; flab lasts. - Bill Vaughan 

53. Exercise to stimulate, not to annihilate. The world wasn't formed in a day, and neither were we. Set small goals and build upon them. - Lee Haney 

54. If a man achieves victory over this body, who in the world can exercise power over him? He who rules himself rules over the whole world. - Vinoba Bhave 

55. You gotta have a body. - Jayne Mansfield