Don't Sweat It! These 101 Best Fitness and Workout Quotes Will Keep You Motivated

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Getting to the gym and prioritizing your fitness isn't easy—we know! But staying on track and working toward your health goals is essential. So for those days when you need some extra motivation, these motivating fitness and workout quotes can help.

From uplifting gym quotes that'll get you hyped for your workout to fitness motivation quotes that'll inspire you to get up and get going, think of these inspiring words like an on-demand personal trainer you can look to at any time for extra support and gym-spiration.

So whether you need help reaching your weight loss goals, want to exercise to improve your mental health or just need a little boost to get your butt going in 2024, these 101 best fitness quotes and funny fitness quotes will help you stay motivated. Get ready to write these ones down.

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101 Fitness Quotes

1. ¨The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.¨ – Ralph Waldo Emerson

2. "Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.¨ ― Vince Lombardi Jr

3. ¨A year from now you may wish you had started today.¨ – Karen Lamb

4. ¨Our growing softness, and our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security.¨— John F. Kennedy

5. ¨Don’t give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you.¨ – John Wooden

6. “The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides a champion from someone who is not a champion.”- Arnold Schwarzenegger

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7. ¨Most people fail, not because of lack of desire, but, because of lack of commitment.¨ – Vince Lombardi

8. “Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” -Henry David Thoreau

9. ¨Exercise is labor without weariness.¨ - Samuel Johnson

10. ¨Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.¨ – Michael Jordan

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

12. “All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.”- Michal Joan Bobak

13. ¨Look in the mirror. That’s your competition.¨ – John Assaraf

14. ¨Tough times don’t last. Tough people do.¨ – Robert H. Schuller

15. ¨A feeble body weakens the mind.¨ - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

16. ¨Put all excuses aside and remember this: You are capable.¨ – Zig Ziglar

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

18. ¨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

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

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20. “If you think lifting is dangerous, try being weak. Being weak is dangerous.” - Bret Contreras

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

22. ¨The groundwork for all happiness is good health.¨ – Leigh Hunt

23. “The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.”- Vidal Sassoon

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

25. ¨Our bodies are our gardens – our wills are our gardeners.¨ – William Shakespeare

26. “The clock is ticking. Are you becoming the person you want to be?” - Greg Plitt

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

28. ¨Exercise is king. Nutrition is queen. Put them together and you’ve got a kingdom.¨ – Jack LaLanne

29. ¨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

30. “Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t, you’re right.” - Henry Ford

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31. ¨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

32. ¨Success is what comes after your stop making excuses.¨ – Luis Galarza

33. “The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.”- Bruce Lee

34. ¨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 be able to do something. Not being physically fit doesn't work for me.¨ - Chris Cornell

35. ¨Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.¨ – Jim Rohn

36. ¨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

37. “You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them.”- Michael Jordan

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38. ¨The pain you feel today will be the strength you feel tomorrow.¨ – Arnold Schwarzenegger

39. ¨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

40. ¨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

41. “Action is the foundational key to all success.”- Pablo Picasso

42. ¨Setting goals is the first step into turning the invisible into the visible.¨ – Tony Robbins

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

44. “Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.”- Abraham Lincoln

45. ¨Get comfortable with being uncomfortable!¨ – Jillian Michaels

46. ¨The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor.¨- William Temple

47. “All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.”- Walt Disney

48. ¨Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance.¨ – Samuel Johnson

49. “A champion is someone who gets up when they can’t.”- Jack Dempsey

50. “If something stands between you and your success, move it. Never be denied.”- Dwayne Johnson

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

52. ¨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

53. ¨Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.¨ – Newt Gingrich

54. ¨Sometimes you don’t realize your own strength until you come face to face with your greatest weakness.¨ – Susan Gale

55. “Today I will do what others won’t, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can’t.” —Jerry Rice

56. ¨Confidence comes from discipline and training.¨ – Robert Kiyosaki

57. “You have to think it before you can do it. The mind is what makes it all possible.”- Kai Greene

58. “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit.” —Aristotle

59. "No pain, no gain." — Unknown

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60. “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” —Wayne Gretzky

61¨You must do the thing you think you cannot do.¨ – Eleanor Roosevelt

62. "In training, you listen to your body. In competition, you tell your body to shut up.” - Rich Froning Jr.

63. “The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination.” —Tommy Lasorda

64. “If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done.” —Thomas Jefferson

65. ¨One isn’t necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential.¨ – Maya Angelou

66. “You shall gain, but you shall pay with sweat, blood, and vomit.” - Pavel Tsatsouline

67. “To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.” —Steve Prefontaine

68. ¨The best way to gain self-confidence is to do what you are afraid to do.¨ – Swati Sharma

69. “There’s no secret formula. I lift heavy, work hard, and aim to be the best.” - Ronnie Coleman

70. “Nothing will work unless you do.” —Maya Angelou

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71. “There comes a certain point in life when you have to stop blaming other people for how you feel or the misfortunes in your life. You can’t go through life obsessing about what might have been.” - Hugh Jackman

72. “I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six 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

73. ¨Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time we fall.¨ – Confucius

74. “Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” —Mahatma Gandhi

75. ¨Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.¨ – Lou Holtz

76. ¨Increased physical activity enhances positive energy.¨ - Lailah Gifty Akita

77. ¨Believe in yourself. You are braver than you think, more talented than you know, and capable of more than you imagine.¨ – Roy T. Bennett

78. “Don’t count the days, make the days count.” —Muhammad Ali

79. ¨Those who think they have not time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness.¨ - Edward Stanley

80. “Do what you have to do until you can do what you want to do.” —Oprah Winfrey

81. ¨Nothing will work unless you do.¨ – John Wooden

82. “It’s going to be a journey. It’s not a sprint to get in shape.” —Kerri Walsh Jennings

83. ¨Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.¨ – Lance Armstrong

84. “No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn’t trying.” —Tony Robbins

85. ¨Getting fit is all about mind over matter. I don't mind, so it doesn't matter.¨ - Adam Hargreaves

86. “Just believe in yourself. Even if you don’t pretend that you do and, and some point, you will.” —Venus Williams

87. ¨The more you sweat in training, the less you bleed in combat.¨ -Richard Marcinko

88. “All great achievements require time.” —Maya Angelou

89. “We cannot start over. But we can begin now and make a new ending.” —Zig Ziglar

90. ¨Don’t train to be skinny. Train to be a bad ass.¨ – Demi Lovato

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91. ¨I train to be the best in the world on my worst day.¨ – Ronda Rousey

92. ¨The deadlift also serves as a way to train the mind to do things that are hard.¨ - Mark Rippetoe

93. ¨To enjoy the glow of good health, you must exercise. - Gene Tunney

94. ¨Every champion was once a contender that refused to give up.¨ – Sylvester Stallone

95. ¨Your current body is the only body that can take you to your new body — so be kind to it.¨ - Elaine Moran

96. ¨Fitness is not about being better than someone else. It’s about being better than you used to be.¨ - Khloe Kardashian

97. ¨Blood, sweat and respect. First two you give. Last one you earn.¨ – The Rock

98. ¨Exercise is king. Nutrition is queen. Put them together and you’ve got a kingdom.¨ - Jack LaLanne

99. ¨The muscle and the mind must become one. One without the other is zero.¨ – Lee Haney

100. ¨If it doesn’t challenge you, it won’t change you.¨ - Fred Devito

101. ¨Living a healthy lifestyle will only deprive you of poor health, lethargy, and fat.¨ – Jill Johnson

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