Top 40 Motivational Workout Quotes (2022 Update)

1. “If it doesn’t challenge you, it doesn’t change you.”

— Fred DeVito

2. “Today is your day. To start fresh. To eat right. To train hard. To live healthy. To be proud.”

— Bonnie Pfiester

3. “You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.”

— Zig Ziglar

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4. “When you feel like quitting think about why you started.”

— Anonymous

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5. “Pain is weakness leaving the body.”

— United States Marine Corps

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6. “Strive for progress, not perfection.”

— Anonymous

7. “Get comfortable with being uncomfortable.”

— Jillian Michaels

8. “Excuses don’t burn calories.”

— Anonymous

9. “Do something today that your future self will thank you for.”

— Unknown

10. “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.”

— Neale Donald Walsch

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11. “You can feel sore tomorrow or you can feel sorry tomorrow. You choose.”

— Anonymous

12. “Unless you puke, faint or die, keep going.”

— Jillian Michaels

13. “It hurts now, but one day it will be your warm up.”

— Anonymous

14. “A fit, healthy body – that is the best fashion statement.”

— Jess C. Scott

15. “Obsessed is a word the lazy use to describe the dedicated.”

— Anonymous

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16. “Summer bodies are made in the winter.”

— Anonymous

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17. “You’re only one workout away from a good mood.”

— Anonymous

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18. “You have to remember something: everybody pities the weak; jealousy you have to earn.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

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19. “It’s not about “having” time. It’s about making time.”

— MAKE TIME

20. “The individual who says it is not possible should move out of the way of those doing it.”

— Tricia Cunningham

21. “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

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22. “Don’t quit. You’re already in pain. You’re already hurt. Get a reward from it!”

— Eric Thomas

23. “Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

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24. “Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.”

— Earl Nightingale

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25. “Every day is another chance to get stronger, to eat better, to live healthier, and to be the best version of you.”

— Unknown

26. “Making excuses burns zero calories per hour.”

— Anonymous

27. “Sweat. Smile. Repeat.”

— Keep Going

28. “The only bad workout is the one that didn’t happen.”

— Anonymous

29. “The human body is the best work of art.”

— Jess C. Scott

30. “Fit is not a destination. It is a way of life.”

— Unknown

31. “Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.”

— Jim Rohn

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32. “Sweat is just fat crying.”

— Anonymous

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33. “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

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34. “Your workouts are important meetings you scheduled with yourself. Bosses don’t cancel.”

— Anonymous

35. “SORE TODAY, STRONG TOMORROW.”

— Anonymous

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36. “It’s your workout, your time, your body. Own It.”

— Anonymous

37. “Today i will do what others won't so tomorrow i can do what others can’t.”

— Jerry Rice

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38. “No matter how slow you go, you are still lapping everybody on the couch.”

— Unknown

39. “You can’t climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

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40. “To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.”

— Steve Prefontaine

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41. “What is the point of being on this Earth if you are going to be like everyone else and avoid trouble?”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

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42. “Sore. The most satisfying pain.”

— Unknown

43. “Motivation will almost always beat mere talent. ”

— Norman Ralph Augustine

44. “Sweat is magic. Cover yourself in it daily to grant your wishes.”

— Anonymous