Exercise Quotes

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Prayer and contemplation are both exercises in concentration. The normal deluge of conscious thought is restricted and the mind is brought to one conscious area… — Henepola Gunaratana
I shall discuss the broad patterns of hominoid evolution, an exercise made enjoyable by the need to integrate diverse kinds of information, and use that… — David Pilbeam
Blasphemy laws are...an outdated Orwellian thought-policing species of law that force people into psychological submission by making it a crime to question, criticise and exercise… — John Michael Sherlock
Know also that you will probably gain more by praying fifteen minutes before the Blessed Sacrament than by all the other spiritual exercises of the… — Alphonsus Liguori
I never used to bother with exercises. Now I spend at least 10 minutes each morning working out with small weights — Marilyn Monroe
I have evolved my own exercises, for the muscles I wish to keep firm, and I know they are right for me because I can… — Marilyn Monroe
As the strong man exults in his physical ability, delighting in such exercises as call his muscles into action, so glories the analyst in that… — Edgar Allan Poe
Writing prejudicial, off-putting reviews is a precise exercise in applied black magic. The reviewer can draw free-floating disagreeable associations to a book by implying that… — William S. Burroughs
Even when all is known, the care of a man is not yet complete, because eating alone will not keep a man well; he must… — Hippocrates
Laughter is a most healthful exercise; it is one of the greatest helps to digestion with which I am acquainted; and the custom prevalent among… — Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland
Physic, for the most part, is nothing else but the substitute of exercise and temperance. — Joseph Addison
Use now and then a little Exercise a quarter of an Hour before Meals, as to swing a Weight, or swing your Arms about with… — Benjamin Franklin
With your talents and industry, with science, and that steadfast honesty which eternally pursues right, regardless of consequences, you may promise yourself every thing-but health,… — Thomas Jefferson
Keep the faculty of effort alive in you by a little gratuitous exercise every day. — William James
I got up early and bathed in the pond; that was a religious exercise, and one of the best things which I did. They say… — Henry David Thoreau
We cannot exercise our faith beyond what we believe to be possible. — John G. Lake
Jurors should acquit, even against the judge's instruction . . . if exercising their judgment with discretion and honesty they have a clear conviction the… — Alexander Hamilton
I started reading all these men's magazines, trying to follow all the tips: what you're supposed to wear, what you're supposed to have, things you're… — Ryan Gosling
I can honestly say that I have never gone into any business purely to make money. If that is the sole motive then I believe… — Richard Branson
FOOD is the most widely abused anti-anxiety drug in America, and EXERCISE is the most potent yet underutilized antidepressant. — Bill Phillips

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