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Top 25 Fitness Motivational Quotes

By Chris Freytag, Fitness Expert for Prevention Magazine & ACE

Board Member

I am addicted to motivational words and phrases. I have them on my laptop screen saver

and on my iPhone. I wear a necklace that says Live Life Well. I have bracelets with coins

saying Believe, Sweat, and Inspire. I get energy from words. I glance at them, read them,

repeat them and they channel my thoughts in a positive way. Its a great way to keep you

motivated with your fitness program. It can be as simple as putting the word or phrase on a

post-it note on your computer or bathroom mirrorsomewhere you will see it every day.

Here are 25 of my favorite motivational quotes from some famous and not-so-famous folks. I

hope you find inspiration in them like I have!

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1. Strive for progress, not perfection.

-Unknown

2. You want me to do something... tell me I can't do it.

-Maya Angelou

3. You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

-Wayne Gretzky

4. If you dont make mistakes, you arent really trying.

-Unknown

5. You live longer once you realize that any time spent being unhappy is wasted.

-Ruth E. Renkl

6. Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

-Mahatma Gandhi

7. Motivation will almost always beat mere talent.

-Norman R. Augustine8. I'd rather be a failure at something I enjoy than a success at something I hate.

-George Burns

9. Energy and persistence conquer all things.

-Benjamin F ranklin

10. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

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11. No act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.

-Aesop

12. Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different

results.

-Albert Einstein

13. Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do.

Attitude determines how well you do it.

-Lou Holtz

14. Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.

-Jim Ryan

15. I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26

times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and

over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

-M ichael Jordan

16. Fear is what stops you... courages is what keeps you going.

-Unknown17. The finish line is just the beginning of a whole new race.

-Unknown

18. The difference between a goal and a dream is a deadline.

-Steve Smith

19. Just do it.-Nike

20. In seeking happiness for others, you find it for yourself.

-Anonymous

21. The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

-Mark Twain

22. It's not who you are that holds you back, its who you think youre not. -Anonymous

23. Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.

-Oprah Winf rey

24. It's never too late to become what you might have been.

-George El iot

25. Clear your mind of cant.

-Samuel Johnson