Exercise Quotes - page 2

The courts must declare the sense of the law and if they should be disposed exercise will, instead of judgment, the consequences would be the substitution of their pleasure for that of the legislative body. (Alexander Hamilton)
A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts. View quote
Richard Branson
Our delight in any particular study, art, or science rises and improves in proportion to the application which we bestow upon it. Thus, what was at first an exercise becomes at length an entertainment. View quote
Joseph Addison
Fearlessness is like a muscle. I know from my own life that the more I exercise it the more natural it becomes to not let my fears run me. View quote
Arianna Huffington
To get back to my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early or be respectable. View quote
Oscar Wilde
A state that denies its citizens their basic rights becomes a danger to its neighbors as well internal arbitrary rule will be reflected in arbitrary external relations. The suppression of public opinion, the abolition of public competition for power and its public exercise opens the way for the state power to arm itself in any way it sees fit. A state that does not hesitate to lie to its own people will not hesitate to lie to other states. View quote
Václav Havel
The most fruitful and natural exercise for our minds is, in my opinion, conversation. View quote
Michel de Montaigne
Both free speech rights and property rights belong legally to individuals, but their real function is social, to benefit vast numbers of people who do not themselves exercise these rights. View quote
Thomas Sowell
True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united. View quote
Wilhelm von Humboldt
[C]ontent [is] an obstacle to the exercise of power. View quote
John Ralston Saul
Just eat less and exercise more. (Mark Hyman, M.D.)
The belief that we can rely on shortcuts to happiness, joy, rapture, comfort, and ecstasy, rather than be entitled to these feelings by the exercise of personal strengths and virtues, leads to legions of people who, in the middle of great wealth, are starving spiritually. View quote
Martin Seligman
I am opposed to authority, that egg of misery and oppression; I am opposed to it largely for what it does to those who exercise it. View quote
Patrick O'Brian
Human bodies are designed for regular physical activity. The sedentary nature of much of modern life probably plays a significant role in the epidemic incidence of depression today. Many studies show that depressed patients who stick to a regimen of aerobic exercise improve as much as those treated with medication. View quote
Andrew Weil
But poets were not considered dangerous and they were advised to exercise self-censorship. At most, poets were requested not to write at all. I took advantage of this negative liberty. View quote
Eugenio Montale
The essential elements of giving are power and love - activity and affection - and the consciousness of the race testifies that in the high and appropriate exercise of these is a blessedness greater than any other. View quote
Mark Hopkins
Here once again education is crucial, it enables children to be become more aware of their rights and to exercise them in a respectful manner which helps them shape their own future. View quote
Carol Bellamy
The right of conscience and private judgment is unalienable, and it is truly the interest of all mankind to unite themselves into one body for the liberty, free exercise, and unmolested enjoyment of this right. View quote
Ezra Stiles
I think if you are writing an instrumental you are dealing with more of an aesthetic in a sense but a lyric is more of a putting yourself on the line and a much more expensive exercise. View quote
Leo Kottke
Anyone's life truly lived consists of work, sunshine, exercise, soap, plenty of fresh air, and a happy contented spirit. View quote
Lillie Langtry
When Stevie and I joined the band, we were in the midst of breaking up, as were John and Christine. By the time Rumours was being recorded, things got worse in terms of psychology and drug use. It was a large exercise in denial - in order for me to get work done. (Lindsey Buckingham)
Exercise to stimulate, not to annihilate. The world wasn't formed in a day, and neither were we. Set small goals and build upon them. View quote
Lee Haney
When governments become large, voters cannot exercise close oversight, otherwise known as political power. View quote
Maggie Gallagher
There is no age, height, or weight requirement to skate. It is good exercise no matter what your age is. If you want to be competitive, most start young. But, I practice with many adult competitors. View quote
Nancy Kerrigan
Whether it is successful or not is not the exercise for me. It is not up to me. It is out of my hands now. I am not going to in two years have hindsight and say I made a big mistake. View quote
Vince Gill