Exercise Quotes
Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.W. Somerset Maugham
Too many people confine their exercise to jumping to conclusions, running up bills, stretching the truth, bending over backward, lying down on the job, sidestepping responsibility and pushing their luck.Author Unknown
God has placed no limits to the exercise of the intellect he has given us, on this side of the grave.Sir Francis Bacon
To be good, we must do good; and by doing good we take a sure means of being good, as the use and exercise of the muscles increase their power.Tryon Edwards
I have never taken any exercise except sleeping and resting.Mark Twain
Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumbbells? To dig a vineyard is worthier exercise for men.Marcus Valerius Martialis
The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant.John Stuart Mill, "On Liberty", 1859
To resist the frigidity of old age one must combine the body, the mind and the heart - And to keep them in parallel vigor one must exercise, study and love.Karl von Bonstetten
There is nothing more corrupting, nothing more destructive of the noblest and finest feelings of our nature, than the exercise of unlimited power.William Henry Harrison
I get plenty of exercise carrying the coffins of my friends who exercise.Red Skelton
I have never been able to conceive how any rational being could propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.Thomas Jefferson
The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not sufficient warrant.John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
Jenny replied to this with a bitterness which might have surprized a judicious person, who had observed the tranquillity with which she bore all the affronts to her chastity; but her patience was perhaps tired out, for this is a virtue which is very apt to be fatigued by exercise.Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
Conversation is an exercise of the mind; gossip is merely an exercise of the tongue.Author Unknown
The greatest and most amiable privilege which the rich enjoy over the poor is that which they exercise the least - - The privilege of making others happy.Charles Caleb Colton
When one has great gifts, what answer to the meaning of existence should one require beyond the right to exercise them.Wystan Hugh Auden
The need of exercise is a modern superstition, invented by people who ate too much and had nothing to think about.George Santayana
The leader who exercises power with honor will work from the inside out, starting with himself.Blaine Lee
Opinion is that exercise of the human will which helps us to make a decision without information.John Erskine
Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence.Titus Livius
He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.Confucius, The Confucian Analects
The love of our private friends is the only preparatory exercise for the love of all men.John Henry Newman
