--- title: "16 Exercise Quotes By Ralph Waldo Emerson" description: "16 Exercise quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Plus more from Ralph Waldo Emerson and more Exercise sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80d/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_better-way_there-is-no-better-way-to-exercise-the-i_3234278.png" --- > [There is no better way to exercise the imagination than the study of the law.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/there-is-no-better-way-to-exercise-the-imagination-than-the-study-of/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80d/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_better-way_there-is-no-better-way-to-exercise-the-i_3234278.png) > [There is, in all great poets, a wisdom of humanity which is superior to any talents they exercise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/there-is-in-all-great-poets-a-wisdom-of-humanity-which-is-superior-to/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e38/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_exercise_there-is-in-all-great-poets-a-wisdom-of_2252479.png) > [Health is the first muse, comprising the magical benefits of air, landscape, and bodily exercise on the mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/health-is-the-first-muse-comprising-the-magical-benefits-of-air/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/323/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_air_health-is-the-first-muse-comprising-the_2068188.png) > [Intellectual tasting of life will not supersede muscular activity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/intellectual-tasting-of-life-will-not-supersede-muscular-activity/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d1/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_activity_intellectual-tasting-of-life-will-not-su_3233635.png) > [Get Health. No labor, effort nor exercise that can gain it must be grudged.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/get-health-no-labor-effort-nor-exercise-that-can-gain-it-must-be/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/749/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_effort_get-health-no-labor-effort-nor-exercise_1577442.png) > [The exercise of all the senses is as intense pleasure, as anyone will find, who recovers the use of one after being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-exercise-of-all-the-senses-is-as-intense-pleasure-as-anyone-will/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/271/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_deprived_the-exercise-of-all-the-senses-is-as-int_1571327.png) > [In the great books of India, an empire spoke to us, nothing small or unworthy, but large, serene, consistent, the voice of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/in-the-great-books-of-india-an-empire-spoke-to-us-nothing-small-or/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b2/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_age_in-the-great-books-of-india-an-empire-sp_1012203.png) > [You take a weakness and start making it stronger.. You don't have to build your strengths - that you already possess... It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/you-take-a-weakness-and-start-making-it-stronger-you-don-t-have-to/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e50/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_art-making_you-take-a-weakness-and-start-making-it_1104042.jpg) > [Let a stoic open the resources of man, and tell men they are not leaning willows, but can and must detach themselves;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/let-a-stoic-open-the-resources-of-man-and-tell-men-they-are-not/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f00/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_exercise_let-a-stoic-open-the-resources-of-man-an_1556201.png) > [The wise man in the storm prays God not for safety from danger but for deliverance from fear. It is the storm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-wise-man-in-the-storm-prays-god-not-for-safety-from-danger-but-2/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2c/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_danger_the-wise-man-in-the-storm-prays-god-not_1139212.jpg) > [We must not inquire too curiously into the absolute value of literature. Enough that it amuses and exercises us. At least it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/we-must-not-inquire-too-curiously-into-the-absolute-value-of/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c1/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_absolutes_we-must-not-inquire-too-curiously-into-t_1407621.jpg) > [Almost every man we meet requires some civility; requires to be humored; - he has some fame, some talent, some whim of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/almost-every-man-we-meet-requires-some-civility-requires-to-be/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51b/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_civility_almost-every-man-we-meet-requires-some-c_2421815.png) > [We teach boys to be such men as we are. We do not teach them to aspire to be all they can.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/we-teach-boys-to-be-such-men-as-we-are-we-do-not-teach-them-to-aspire/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/689/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_able_we-teach-boys-to-be-such-men-as-we-are-w_492257.jpg) > [All goes to show that the soul in man is not an organ, but animates and exercises all the organs; is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/all-goes-to-show-that-the-soul-in-man-is-not-an-organ-but-animates/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/203/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_backgrounds_all-goes-to-show-that-the-soul-in-man-is_534259.png) > [I have just been conversing with one man, to whom no weight of adverse experience will make it for a moment appear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/i-have-just-been-conversing-with-one-man-to-whom-no-weight-of-adverse/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfb/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_adverse_i-have-just-been-conversing-with-one-man_177602.png) > [The reward of commercial civilization is the ability to consume a never-ending array of products.There are limits beyond which commodities cannot be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-reward-of-commercial-civilization-is-the-ability-to-consume-a/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/020/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_ability_the-reward-of-commercial-civilization-is_771695.jpg) ## Other authors on Exercise - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-jefferson-90435.jpg) Thomas Jefferson 67 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/exercise/thomas-jefferson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-jack-lalanne-45460.jpg) Jack LaLanne 45 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/exercise/jack-lalanne/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-denise-austin-28649.jpg) Denise Austin 38 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/exercise/denise-austin/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-arnold-schwarzenegger-14772.jpg) Arnold Schwarzenegger 33 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/exercise/arnold-schwarzenegger/) - [Toni Sorenson 27 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/exercise/toni-sorenson/) - [David Kirsch 26 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/exercise/david-kirsch/) - [Mark Rippetoe 20 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/exercise/mark-rippetoe/) - [Aristotle 19 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/exercise/aristotle/) - [Rich Froning Jr 18 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/exercise/rich-froning-jr/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-joseph-pilates-53468.jpg) Joseph Pilates 18 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/exercise/joseph-pilates/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-harley-pasternak-40431.jpg) Harley Pasternak 17 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/exercise/harley-pasternak/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-abu-ammaar-yasir-qadhi-9062.jpg) Phil Heath 16 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/exercise/phil-heath/) ## More by Ralph Waldo Emerson > [The history of mankind interests us only as it exhibits a steady gain of truth and right, in the incessant conflict which it records…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-history-of-mankind-interests-us-only-as-it-exhibits-a-steady-gain/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [If we will not interfere with our thought, but will act entirely, or see how the thing stands in God, we know the particular…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/if-we-will-not-interfere-with-our-thought-but-will-act-entirely-or/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not the age of Revolution; when the old and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/if-there-is-any-period-one-would-desire-to-be-born-in-is-it-not-the/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [A man cannot speak but he judges himself. With his will or against his will he draws his portrait to the eye of his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/a-man-cannot-speak-but-he-judges-himself-with-his-will-or-against-his/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [Consideration is the soil in which wisdom may be expected to grow, and strength be given to every up-springing plant of duty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/consideration-is-the-soil-in-which-wisdom-may-be-expected-to-grow-and/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [“There is then creative reading as well as creative writing. When the mind is braced by labor and invention, the page of whatever book…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/there-is-then-creative-reading-as-well-as-creative-writing-when-the/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [The order of things consents to virtue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-order-of-things-consents-to-virtue/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [Life only avails, not the having lived.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/life-only-avails-not-the-having-lived/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [Another success is the post-office, with its educating energy augmented by cheapness and guarded by a certain religious sentimentin mankind; so that the power…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/another-success-is-the-post-office-with-its-educating-energy/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [A child reminds us that playtime is an essential part of our daily routine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/a-child-reminds-us-that-playtime-is-an-essential-part-of-our-daily/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [No man can be criticised but by a greater than he. Do not, then, read the reviews.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/no-man-can-be-criticised-but-by-a-greater-than-he-do-not-then-read/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [Coal lay in ledges under the ground since the Flood, until a laborer with pick and windlass brings it to the surface. We may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/coal-lay-in-ledges-under-the-ground-since-the-flood-until-a-laborer/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [I am; therefore, I had nothing better to do than to think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/i-am-therefore-i-had-nothing-better-to-do-than-to-think/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [In a library we are surrounded by many hundreds of dear friends, but they are imprisoned by an enchanter in these paper and leathern…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/in-a-library-we-are-surrounded-by-many-hundreds-of-dear-friends-but/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [The compensations of calamity are made apparent to the understanding also, after long intervals of time. A fever, a mutilation, a cruel disappointment, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-compensations-of-calamity-are-made-apparent-to-the-understanding/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/exercise/ralph-waldo-emerson/#itemlist", "name": "16 Exercise Quotes By Ralph Waldo Emerson", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There is no better way to exercise the imagination than the study of the law.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ralph Waldo Emerson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/there-is-no-better-way-to-exercise-the-imagination-than-the-study-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80d/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_better-way_there-is-no-better-way-to-exercise-the-i_3234278.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80d/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_better-way_there-is-no-better-way-to-exercise-the-i_3234278.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80d/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_better-way_there-is-no-better-way-to-exercise-the-i_3234278.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There is no better way to exercise the imagination than the study of the law.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There is, in all great poets, a wisdom of humanity which is superior to any talents they exercise.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ralph Waldo Emerson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/there-is-in-all-great-poets-a-wisdom-of-humanity-which-is-superior-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e38/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_exercise_there-is-in-all-great-poets-a-wisdom-of_2252479.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e38/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_exercise_there-is-in-all-great-poets-a-wisdom-of_2252479.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e38/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_exercise_there-is-in-all-great-poets-a-wisdom-of_2252479.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There is, in all great poets, a wisdom of humanity which is superior to any talents they exercise.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Health is the first muse, comprising the magical benefits of air, landscape, and bodily exercise on the mind.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ralph Waldo Emerson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/health-is-the-first-muse-comprising-the-magical-benefits-of-air/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/323/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_air_health-is-the-first-muse-comprising-the_2068188.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/323/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_air_health-is-the-first-muse-comprising-the_2068188.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/323/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_air_health-is-the-first-muse-comprising-the_2068188.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Health is the first muse, comprising the magical benefits of air, landscape, and bodily exercise on the mind.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Intellectual tasting of life will not supersede muscular activity.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ralph Waldo Emerson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/intellectual-tasting-of-life-will-not-supersede-muscular-activity/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d1/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_activity_intellectual-tasting-of-life-will-not-su_3233635.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d1/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_activity_intellectual-tasting-of-life-will-not-su_3233635.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d1/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_activity_intellectual-tasting-of-life-will-not-su_3233635.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Intellectual tasting of life will not supersede muscular activity.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Get Health. 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