Body Quotes · Page 175

To have any doubt in your body is the biggest weakness an athlete can have.

— Shawn Johnson

You speak to me in riddles, you speak to me in rhymes, my body aches to breathe your breath, your word keeps…

— Sarah McLachlan

I redo the body of my poem like someone who tries to cure her own wound.

— Alejandra Pizarnik

Then is Love blest, when from the cup of the body he drinks the wine of the soul.

— Richard B. Garnett

Never be ashamed of your problems, your body, yourself. You are worth life.

— Demi Lovato

“My body—I do not fall to pieces and be reduced to a big pile of lovable mush over a woman, never!”

— A.R. Von

I hate a cramp, he thought. It is a treachery of one's own body.

— Ernest Hemingway

The human mind cannot be absolutely destroyed along with the body, but something of it remains, which is eternal.

— Baruch Spinoza

The spirit and the body carry different loads and require different attentions. Too often we put the saddlebags on Jesus and let…

— Rumi

Fasting gives your body time to heal itself. It relieves nervousness and tension and gives your digestive system a rest.

— Jentezen Franklin

I love action. I love to move my body. Any chance I have to do that in my youth, I'll definitely jump…

— Michelle Rodriguez

George: [On the 'Two Virgins' cover] 'What I thought of the sleeve then was the same as I think now: it's just…

— George Harrison

There's no better feeling than knowing I'm going to break the guy next to me. His body will shut down, and I…

— Joey Chestnut

Cancer essentially lives in us and becomes activated at some point, and then cells begin to psychotically divide. Initially, the cancer cell…

— Eve Ensler

I think there is a metaphysical problem of the relation between mind and body. Thinking that there is no metaphysical dimension to…

— Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra

I want to speak to the despisers of the body. I would not have them learn and teach differently, but merely say…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Beauty is only skin deep. I think what's really important is finding a balance of mind, body and spirit. Somebody said to…

— Jennifer Lopez

In other fitness pursuits, you may have learned to go through the motions first and perfect your form second. In Pilates, it's…

— Denise Austin

Without question, of the heterosexual men that I've spoken to over the years, that's usually - they say, you know, my favorite…

— Meryl Streep

Do not believe anything because it is said by an authority, or if it is said to come from angels, or from…

— Gautama Buddha

Wrangham cites several studies indicating that in fact humans don't do well on raw food: they can't maintain their body weight, and…

— Michael Pollan

In falling over in heels while trying to look attractive, you don't just hurt your body, you bear the humiliation of injuring…

— Kate Reardon

I have always been interested in conducting research that yielded new methods by which to make cloth, and in developing new materials…

— Issey Miyake

The spirit, if it could be seen with mortal eyes, would appear in bodily shape like a full-grown person with individual endowments…

— Harold B. Lee

We all have ouridiosyncrasies, but pretty much every dancer is going to have a strong, wiry body.

— Michaela DePrince

A man's body may grow old, but inside his spirit can still be as young and as restless as ever.

— Michael Caine

It is a shameful thing for the soul to faint while the body still perseveres.

— Marcus Aurelius

A woman's body is the gate to this life. A man's body is the gate to the next life.

— Louise Erdrich

When one thinks profusely and cleverly, not only his face but his body too takes on a clever appearance.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“His closeness makes my heart beat faster, my skin tingle, my body want things it doesn't even know.”

— Teri Terry

The burning embers within me burst into flame / My body becomes a fire-lit torch. / Ho someone! Send for the mid-wife.

— Amrita Pritam

Any body type is beautiful. It's all about loving what you got and rocking it.

— Meghan Trainor

First get rid of the delusion "I am the body," then only will we want real knowledge.

— Swami Vivekananda

In matters of healing the body or the mind, vacation is a true genius!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

An actor's body should be full of emotions, whether it is happiness or sorrow, pain or joy, enraged or elated.

— Sonny Chiba

You need to be aware, educated, and willing to do whatever it takes to remain healthy and keep the body healthy.

— Rich Piana

"not a scientific body capable of accurately assessing the facts about global warming".

— Vaclav Klaus

I am fully in sync with how my body works and what I need to do to feel good and stay good.

— Callum Wilson

“Once the body has known death, it never lives the same again.”

— Arthur W. Frank

If you have two loaves of bread, keep one to nourish the body, but sell the other to buy hyacinths for the…

— Herodotus