Workout Motivational Quotes for Women Who Want to Exercise More

“I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.” -Muhammad Ali

“If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done.” -Thomas Jefferson

“There’s no such thing as a bad workout.” -Unknown

“I’ll always think about what I could have done better. Could I have come up on the net? Been more consistent? It’s not anger. It’s analyzing: What can I do next time?” -Serena Williams

“It’s not about perfect. It’s about effort. And when you bring that effort every single day, that’s where transformation happens. That’s how change occurs.” -Jillian Michaels

“Just like in bodybuilding, failure is also a necessary experience for growth in our own lives, for if we’re never tested to our limits, how will we know how strong we really are? How will we ever grow?” -Arnold Schwarzenegger

“If I can do it. You can do it. It all starts with day 1! It’s a lifestyle now.” – Khloe Kardashian

“All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.” -Michael John Bobak

“Every time I feel tired while I am exercising and training, I close my eyes to see that picture, to see that list with my name. This usually motivates me to work again.” -Michael Jordan

“When you know better, you do better.” -Maya Angelou

“Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good humor, vast curiosity, good speech, good silence and nothing too much.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson

“You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself into one.” -Henry David Thoreau

“A champion is someone who gets up when he can’t.” -Jack Dempsey

“How do you build up your bank account? By putting something in it everyday.Your health account is no different. What I do today, I am wearing tomorrow. If I put inferior foods in my body today, I’m going to be inferior tomorrow, it’s that simple.” -Jack Lalanne

“Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.” -Samuel Johnson

“I think goals should never be easy. They should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time.” -Michael Phelps

“Don’t workout because you think you ‘need’ to, do it because your body deserves love, respect and healthy attention.” -Demi Lovato

“The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall.” -Vince Lombardi

“A reason to smile: Every seven minutes of every day, someone in an aerobics class somewhere pulls a hamstring.” -Allan Roth

“If you always put a limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.” – Bruce Lee

“Your body will be around a lot longer than that expensive handbag. Invest in yourself.” -Unknown

“I will beat her. I will train harder. I will eat cleaner. I know her weaknesses. I know her strengths. I’ve lost to her before, but not this time. She’s going down. I have the advantage because I know her well. She is the old me.” -Unknown

“Celebrate what you’ve accomplished, but raise the bar a little higher each time you succeed.” -Mia Hamm

“To sweat is to pray, to make an offering of your innermost self. Sweat is holy water, prayer beads, pearls of liquid that release your past. Sweat is an ancient and universal form of self-healing, whether done in the gym, the sauna, or the sweat lodge. I do it on the dance floor. The more you dance, the more you sweat.” – Gabrielle

“Exercise not only changes your body, it changes your mind, your attitude and your mood.” -Unknown

“The word ‘aerobics’ came about when the gym instructors got together and said: If we’re going to charge $10 an hour, we can’t call it ‘jumping up and down.” -Rita Rudner

“If you don’t like something change it; if you can’t change it, change the way you think about it.” -Mary Engelbreit

“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.” -Lee Haney

 “When I played basketball, I spent hours On the court practicing. When I became a bodybuilder, I was in the gym all the time. Like most beginners, I didn’t really know what I was doing, but the more I did it, the more I loved it. I guess you could say I was a gym rat. Seeing my body change made me come back for more.” – Phil Heath

“Excuses don’t get results” -Unknown

 “Get enough exercise and sleep: Sounds trivial, but it’s not. You may have the urge to work 24/7, to skip the gym and to stay up late to get a few more things done. That’s short-sighted. Exercise and sleep are critical to having the physical and mental energy necessary to meet a challenge.” – Gretchen Rubin

“Note to Self: You gotta do this for you. This is for you. This isn’t about anybody. Live for you. Honor you. Never lose sight of that.” -Unknown

“There is a moment when you get older when your metabolism slows down and you don’t feel like working out anymore, so you don’t want to keep yourself fit anymore, but that’s your decision. Why should you be judged for it?” – Janet Jackson

“A mile a day keeps the pounds away.”

“You ever look for the remote control, but you can’t find it, so you just decide, ‘Ah, guess I’m not watching TV. I’m not gonna take two steps and turn it on myself. I’ll go to the gym if I’m going to work out.” -Jim Gaffigan

“The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination.” -Tommy Lasorda

“A good laugh and a long run are the two best cures for anything” -Unknown

“Today I will do what others don’t, so that tomorrow I can accomplish what others can’t” – Jerry Rice

“The hardest thing about exercise is to start doing it. Once you are doing exercise regularly, the hardest thing is to stop it.” -Erin Gray