Exercise Quotes

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The exercises of practical life are formative activities, a work of adaptation to the environment. Such adaptation to the environment and efficient functioning therein is… — Maria Montessori
At a given moment a child becomes interested in a piece of work, showing it by the expression of his face, by his intense attention,… — Maria Montessori
Far too many times over the next 12 to 15 years, it was brought to my attention that people who followed my exercise guidelines exactly… — Kenneth H. Cooper
I think investments in general related to the exercise industry are going to be good for a long time. — Kenneth H. Cooper
The film industry has become a universal medium exercising a profound influence on the development of people's attitudes and choices, and possessing a remarkable ability… — Pope John Paul II
Exercise is an unnatural act. — Peter De Vries
Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation, plan carefully before making a move, and be alert in… — Horace
Whatever folly men commit, be their shortcomings or their vices what they may, let us exercise forbearance; remember that when these faults appear in others… — Arthur Schopenhauer
There is a universal need to exercise some kind of power, or to create for one's self the appearance of some power, if only temporarily,… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Just eat less and exercise more. — Mark Hyman, M.D.
He who lives in the single exercise of his mental faculties, however usefully or curiously directed, is equally an imperfect animal with the man who… — Frances Wright
The defects of human nature afford us opportunities of exercising our philosophy, the best employment of our virtues. If all men were righteous, all hearts… — Moliere
Compassion, however, should mean providing a mechanism to escape poverty rather than simply maintaining people in an impoverished state by supplying handouts. By doing this… — Benjamin Carson
A State which has universal suffrage and a wide extension of the jury franchise, must qualify the people by education to rightly exercise the great… — Edmund Barton
Shall we not, then, lay down a law, in the first place, that boys shall abstain altogether from wine till their eighteenth year, thereby teaching… — Plato
[W]ith an unquiet mind, neither exercise, nor diet, nor physick can be of much use. — Samuel Johnson
[S]leep, and enough of it, is the prime necessity. Enough exercise, and good food and enough, are other necessities. But sleepâ€”good sleep, and enough of… — Edward Everett Hale
I was an embarrassment to the department when they did research assessment exercises. A message would go round the department: 'Please give a list of… — Peter Higgs
Yes, flexibility of body and physical perfection for Yogasana is important. However more important is the state of your mind, Meditative mind. Your flexibility might… — B.K.S. Iyengar
The church is often like a football stadium where 22 people need a rest and thousands of people need exercise. — Timothy Keller

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