Half the challenge of starting and keeping a healthy habit like getting in shape is staying motivated. Here are 20 creative fitness and workout quotes to help motivate you.
Many creatives throughout history share fitness and healthy habits to support their creative life. From going on a daily walk to adventure sports, staying healthy and getting in shape has many benefits for the creative mind.
“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
American essayist
“Sometimes you don’t realize your own strength until you come face to face with your greatest weakness.”
― Susan Gale
Author
“Exercise is labor without weariness.”
― Samuel Johnson
English writer
“Increased physical activity enhances positive energy.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita
Author
“A feeble body weakens the mind.”
― Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Philosopher
“Know that you can start late, look different, be uncertain, and still succeed.”
― Misty Copeland
American ballet dancer
“Bodybuilding is much like any other sport. To be successful, you must dedicate yourself 100% to your training, diet, and mental approach.”
― Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian-American actor, former bodybuilder, film producer, businessman, and former politician
“Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it.”
― Oprah Winfrey
Talk show host, actress, author, and philanthropist
“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
Greek physician
“Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection.”
― Mark Twain
American writer
“The groundwork for all happiness is good health.”
― Leigh Hunt
English critic, essayist and poet
“It’s never too late—never too late to start over, never too late to be happy.”
― Jane Fonda
American actress, political activist, environmentalist
“The human body is the best picture of the human soul.”
― Ludwig Wittgenstein
Philosopher
“All great achievements require time.”
― Maya Angelou
American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist
“Our bodies are our gardens – our wills are our gardeners.”
― William Shakespeare
English playwright, poet and actor
“The same voice that says “give up” can also be trained to say “keep going””
― Unknown
“Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t, you’re right.”
― Henry Ford
American industrialist, business magnate
“A year from now you may wish you had started today.”
― Karen Lamb
Illustrator
“The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.”
― Bruce Lee
Martial artist, actor, director, screenwriter, and philosopher
“Action is the foundational key to all success.”
― Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist
Zach is an international writer, photographer, filmmaker, martial artist, and creator of Creative Enso, the Zen art of creative living. His goal is to empower and inspire creatives to live healthier, happier, and more creative lifestyles.
