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title: "8 Body Purpose Quotes by 6 authors"
description: "Browse 8 Body Purpose quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Body Purpose sayings and thoughts."
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> [Wrestling introduced me to the idea that my body has a purpose besides trying to look five years younger for the first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-gilpin/wrestling-introduced-me-to-the-idea-that-my-body-has-a-purpose/)

[Betty Gilpin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-gilpin/)

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> [It is the part of a Christian to take care of his own body for the very purpose that by its soundness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/it-is-the-part-of-a-christian-to-take-care-of-his-own-body-for-the/)

[Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/)

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> [It is the part of a Christian to take care of his own body for the very purpose that, by its soundness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/it-is-the-part-of-a-christian-to-take-care-of-his-own-body-for-the-2/)

[Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/)

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> [“Am I, then, a beast, that I should risk my life merely for the sake of my body, and for the purpose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ioannes-amos-commenius/am-i-then-a-beast-that-i-should-risk-my-life-merely-for-the-sake-of/)

[Ioannes Amos Commenius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ioannes-amos-commenius/)

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> [Ballet is the repetitive training of the body for the purpose of executing steps in traditional fashion. It is tied to and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-maclaine/ballet-is-the-repetitive-training-of-the-body-for-the-purpose-of/)

[Shirley MacLaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-maclaine/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/caa/shirley-maclaine-1977_appreciative_ballet-is-the-repetitive-training-of-the_2010886.jpg)

> [“Just as you cannot see, at pleasure, with your ears and you cannot, at will, hear with your eyes so too you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolf-rocker/just-as-you-cannot-see-at-pleasure-with-your-ears-and-you-cannot-at/)

[Rudolf Rocker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudolf-rocker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec2/rudolf-rocker-14426_class-struggle_just-as-you-cannot-see-at-pleasure-with_2227404.png)

> [Everything I put in my body has a purpose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zdeno-chara/everything-i-put-in-my-body-has-a-purpose/)

[Zdeno Chara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zdeno-chara/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3b/zdeno-chara-17585_body_everything-i-put-in-my-body-has-a-purpos_2359819.jpg)

> [Wrestling was the first time I thought, 'My leg is the thing that functions in this way to do this move, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-gilpin/wrestling-was-the-first-time-i-thought-my-leg-is-the-thing-that/)

[Betty Gilpin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-gilpin/)

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