Fitness Magazine
I am addicted to motivational words and phrases. I have them on my laptop screen saver and on my iPhone. I wear a necklace that says “Live Life Well”. I have bracelets with coins saying “Believe, Sweat, and Inspire”. I get energy from words. I glance at them, read them, repeat them and they channel my thoughts in a positive way. It’s a great way to keep you motivated with your fitness program. It can be as simple as putting the word or phrase on a post-it note on your computer or bathroom mirror – somewhere you will see it every day.
Here are 25 of my favorite motivational quotes from some famous and not-so-famous folks. I hope you find inspiration in them like I have!
1. Strive for progress, not perfection. -Unknown
2. You want me to do something... tell me I can't do it. -Maya Angelou
3. You miss 100% of the shots you don't take. -Wayne Gretzky
4. If you don’t make mistakes, you aren’t really trying. -Unknown
5. You live longer once you realize that any time spent being unhappy is wasted. -Ruth E. Renkl
6. Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. -Mahatma Gandhi
7. Motivation will almost always beat mere talent. -Norman R. Augustine
8. I'd rather be a failure at something I enjoy than a success at something I hate. -George Burns
9. Energy and persistence conquer all things. -Benjamin Franklin
10. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
11. No act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted. -Aesop
12. Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. -Albert Einstein
13. Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. -Lou Holtz
14. Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. -Jim Ryan
15. I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. -Michael Jordan
16. Fear is what stops you... courages is what keeps you going. -Unknown
17. The finish line is just the beginning of a whole new race. -Unknown
18. The difference between a goal and a dream is a deadline. -Steve Smith
19. Just do it.™ -Nike 20. In seeking happiness for others, you find it for yourself. -Anonymous
21. The secret of getting ahead is getting started. -Mark Twain
22. It's not who you are that holds you back, it’s who you think you’re not. -Anonymous
23. Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity. -Oprah Winfrey
24. It's never too late to become what you might have been. -George Elliot
25. Clear your mind of can’t. -Samuel Johnson
26. Our health always seems much more valuable after we lose it. -Unknown (Simple but love this one!)
27. The good Lord gave you a body that can stand most anything. It’s your mind you have to convince. – Vincent Lombardi
28. Those who do not find time for exercise will have to find time for illness.
- Earl of Derby
29. Health is the thing that makes you feel that now is the best time of the
year. – Franklin P. Adams
Personal Trainer Lindsey made it to the top of her first mountain in AZ! 30. The first wealth is health – Emerson
31. The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body. The more
efficient your body, the better you feel and the more you will use your
talent to produce outstanding results. – Anthony Robbins
32. You can set yourself up to be sick, or you can choose to stay well. – Wayne
Dyer
33. Money is the most envied, but the least enjoyed. Health is the most enjoyed,
but the least envied. – Charles Caleb Colton
34. 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
35. True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the
body; the two are united. – Alexander von Humboldt
36. Self-delusion is pulling in your stomach when you step on the scales. -Paul Sweeney- If this one applies to you, you need a personal trainer asap!
37. To be successful, you must dedicate yourself 100% to your training,
diet and mental approach. – Arnold Schwarzenegger- He is the man, am I right?
38. You have to stay in shape. My grandmother, she started walking five
miles a day when she was 60. She’s 97 today and we don’t know where
the hell she is. – Ellen Degeneres
39. You must begin to think of yourself as becoming the person you want
to be. – David Viscott
40. The difference between try and triumph is just a little umph! – Marvin
Phillips
41. Look to your health; and if you have it, praise God and value it next to
conscience; for health is the second blessing that we mortals are
capable of, a blessing money can’t buy. – Izaak Walton
42. Whether you think you can or whether you think you can’t, you’re right!
- Henry Ford
43. Enter every activity without giving mental recognition to the possibility
of defeat. Concentrate on your strengths instead of your weaknesses, on
your powers instead of your problems. – Paul J. Meyer
44. We do not stop exercising because we grow old – we grow old because
we stop exercising. – Dr. Kenneth Cooper
45. Eighty percent of success is showing up. – Woody Allen
