Empowering Words: A Curated Collection of Inspirational Female Fitness Quotes

"It always seems impossible until it’s done."

- Nelson Mandela

"Put all excuses aside and remember this: YOU are capable."

- Zig Ziglar

"It’s not about perfect. It’s about effort. And when you give it your all, you can hold your head high and be proud of yourself, no matter what the outcome."

- Jillian Michaels

"A year from now you may wish you had started today."

- Karen Lamb

"You don’t have to be great to start, you have to start to be great."

- Zig Ziglar

"Nothing will work unless you do."

- Maya Angelou

"You just can’t beat the person who never gives up."

- Babe Ruth

"What we can or cannot do, what we consider possible or impossible, is rarely a function of our true capability. It is more likely a function of our beliefs about who we are."

- Anthony Robbins

"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

"A strong woman is a woman determined to do something others are determined not to do."

- Marge Piercy

"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

"The difference between try and triumph is a little umph."

- Marvin Phillips

"You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great."

- Zig Ziglar

"Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm."

- Winston Churchill

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

- Gandhi

"Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance."

- Samuel Johnson

"If you make exercise your hobby instead of your enemy it becomes your friend; it’s the one thing that will never let you down. It will always be there for you and it will always make you better than you were before. Remember every time you go to the gym, every time you put the right supplement in your mouth, you’re better than you were ten minutes ago. […] The irony is most people know what to do, they just don’t do what they know."

- Sylvester Stallone

"Today I will do what others don’t, so that tomorrow I can accomplish what others can’t"

- Jerry Rice

"Bodybuilding is much like any other sport. To be successful, you must dedicate yourself 100% to your training, diet and mental approach."

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

"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

"Celebrate what you’ve accomplished, but raise the bar a little higher each time you succeed."

- Mia Hamm

"All progress takes place outside the comfort zone."

- Michael John Bobak

"If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done."

- Thomas Jefferson

"The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination."

- Tommy Lasorda

"Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional."

- M. Kathleen Casey

"A strong mindset is the best accessory for an awesome workout."

- Cami

"Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it."

- Henry David Thoreau

"All great achievements require time."

- Maya Angelou

"Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up."

- Dean Karnazes

"Slow and steady wins the race."

- Aesop

"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

"A champion is someone who gets up when he can’t."

- Jack Dempsey

"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

"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

"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

"The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall."

- Vince Lombardi

"Don’t workout because you think you ‘need’ to, do it because your body deserves love, respect and healthy attention."

- Demi Lovato

"I think goals should never be easy. They should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time."

- Michael Phelps

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

- Jim Ryun

"Fitness is not about being better than someone else. It’s about being better than you used to be."

- Khloe Kardashian

"They say discipline and dedication and respect are the key factors, but patience is a virtue that is absolutely essential!"

- Ria Ramnarine

"The clock is ticking. Are you becoming the person you want to be?"

- Greg Plitt

"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."

- Confucius

"One workout at a time. One day at a time. One meal at a time."

- Chalene Johnson

"Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence is the key to unlocking our potential."

- Liane Cardes

"Age is no barrier. It’s a limitation you put on your mind."

- Jackie Joyner-Kersee

"Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it."

- George S. Halas

"The best way to predict the future is to create it."

- Peter Drucker

"Set realistic goals, keep re-evaluating, and be consistent."

- Venus Williams

"Every morning I am a beginner."

- Hanya Holm

"Don’t limit your challenges, challenge your limits."

- Jerry Dunn

"I already know what giving up feels like. I want to see what happens if I don’t."

- Neila Rey

"Don’t compare yourself to others. Compare yourself to the person you were yesterday."

- Jordan Peterson

"The miracle isn’t that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start."

- John Bingham

"As much time as you put into it, that’s what your achievements are going to be when you come out of it."

- Mary Lou Retton

"There is always going to be a reason why you can’t do something; your job is to constantly look for the reasons why you can achieve your dreams."

- Shannon Miller

"I push myself to be the best I can be. I don’t worry about what other people are doing, and I don’t think about things I can’t control."

- Annika Sorenstam

"The best part about fitness goals is when others are inspired to set and reach goals of their own because they saw you succeed."

- Cami

"You are stronger than you think, braver than you believe, and smarter than you know."

- A.A. Milne

"The key to women’s health is for women to listen to their body, and to move in line with their natural rhythms."

- Jarron Aizen

"I believe that the greatest gift you can give your family and the world is a healthy you."

- Joyce Meyer

"It’s not about the destination, it’s about the journey."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Exercise should be regarded as a tribute to the heart."

- Gene Tunney

"All the physical comes from the mental."

- Clara Hughes

"If you have a body, you are an athlete!"

- Bill Bowerman

"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

"If I can do it. You can do it. It all starts with day 1! It’s a lifestyle now."

- Khloe Kardashian

"When you know better, you do better."

- Maya Angelou

"If you don’t like something change it; if you can’t change it, change the way you think about it."

- Mary Engelbreit

"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

"Your comfort zone is where dreams go to die."

- Cami

"Your diet is a bank account. Good food choices are good investments."

- Bethenny Frankel

"She believed she could, so she did."

- R. S. Grey

"Working out as a mom is the best, because your kids are never going to judge how many squats you can or can’t do."

- Cami

"The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly."

- Buddha

"The workout I do with my toddler is easy. It’s called “I chase them down while they scream and giggle after they did something they weren’t supposed to.”"

- Cami

"I have to exercise in the morning before my brain has a chance to figure out what I’m doing."

- Marsha Doble

"The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary."

- Vidal Sassoon

"If it doesn’t challenge you, it won’t change you."

- Fred Devito

"Happiness is the highest form of health."

- Dalai Lama

"The greatest wealth is health."

- Virgil

"Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live."

- Jim Rohn

"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today."

- Franklin D. Roosevelt

"In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity."

- Albert Einstein

"The only way to achieve the impossible is to believe it is possible."

- Charles Kingsley

"Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can."

- Arthur Ashe

"Your body can stand almost anything. It’s your mind that you have to convince."

- Anon

"Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much."

- Helen Keller

"Self-care is not selfish. You cannot serve from an empty vessel."

- Eleanor Brownn

"Exercise is labor without weariness."

- Samuel Johnson

"The early morning has gold in its mouth."

- Benjamin Franklin

"Yoga is not about touching your toes, it’s about what you learn on the way down."

- Jigar Gor

"Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The body achieves what the mind believes."

- Florence Griffith Joyner

"If you think lifting is dangerous, try being weak. Being weak is dangerous."

- Bret Contreras

"What seems impossible today will become your warm-up for tomorrow."

"I’m not trying for a 5K. I’m not preparing for a competition. I’m not trying to set a new record. I’m not trying to impress you. I’m saving my life."

"Your actions, and your actions alone, determines your worth."

"When you start feeling the PAIN, that’s when EVERYTHING starts!"

"Challenging yourself everyday is one of the most exciting ways to live."

"Dedicate one of them to becoming a stronger, better version of yourself."

"I have nothing in common with lazy people who blame others for their lack of success. Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No excuses."

"It is easy to find strong women. They are the ones who are seen in the gym!"

"Rome wasn’t built in a day, but they worked on it every single day."

"There is no perfect time. No perfect opportunity. No perfect situation. No perfect moment. You either make it happen, or you don’t. You don’t wait for it to fall in your lap. You take it."

"Fight for your dream, believe in yourself and learn how to encourage and build yourself up. Don’t take it personally, when you are misunderstood or brushed off. Keep your eye on the prize and push forward."

"Your fitness is 100% mental! If your mind doesn’t push harder, your body goes nowhere!"

"You’ve always been beautiful. Now you’re just deciding to be healthier, fitter, faster, and stronger. Remember that."

"There’s no substitute for hard work. If you work hard and prepare yourself, you might get beat, but you’ll never lose."

"First, they will laugh. Then they will copy. Don’t give up."

"Slow progress is better than no progress."

"You Dont know your limits until you push yourself."

"If you want a beautiful body, then be ready for the pain, there is no beauty without it at all."

"I may not be there yet, but I’m closer than I was yesterday."

- Anonymous

"Of course it’s hard. It’s supposed to be hard. If it was easy, everybody would do it. Hard is what makes it great."

"It’s not about being the best. It’s about being better than you were yesterday."

"It is a shame for a woman to grow old without ever seeing the strength and beauty of which her body is capable."

"Exercise is a celebration of what your body can do, not a punishment for what you ate."

"Strong women lift each other and weights."

- Unknown

"You have a choice. You can either throw in the towel or use it to wipe the sweat off your face."

"Obstacles can’t stop you. Problems can’t stop you. People can’t stop you. Only you can stop you."

- Unknown

"What seems impossible today will one day become your warm-up."

- Unknown

"Your fitness is 100% mental! If your mind doesn’t push harder, your body goes nowhere."

"Workout because you love your body, not because you hate it."

"The only bad workout is the one that didn’t happen."

- Anonymous

"A one-hour workout is 4% of your day. No Excuses."

"Keep your squats low and your standards high."

"Don’t let the weekend become your weak end."

"If you still look good at the end of your workout, you didn’t train hard enough."

"Remember, Rome wasn’t built in a day. Work hard. Good results will come."

"Once you start to see results, it becomes an addiction."

"You have the potential to make beautiful things."

"I will make sweat my best accessory! I will run harder than my mascara!"

"Physical activity isn’t merely the most significant key to a healthy human body; it is the basis of a dynamic and creative intellectual activity."

"Remember this: Your body is your slave. It works for you."

"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."

"Exercise not only changes your body, it changes your mind, your attitude and your mood."

"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."

"Excuses don’t get results"

"Fitness is like a relationship; you can’t cheat and expect it to work."

"Taking off a sweaty sports bra should count as resistance training."

"I don’t sweat, I sparkle!"

"Life has its ups and downs; we call them squats."

"The only BS I need in my life is burpees and squats."

"Your body will be around a lot longer than that expensive handbag. Invest in yourself."

"Run like there’s a hot guy in front of you and a creepy one behind you."

"There’s no such thing as a bad workout."

"In the gym, every woman is an athlete."

- Unknown

"Being a healthy, happy, and fit mom may seem impossible today, but six years from now you’ll thank yourself for starting."

- Anonymous

"Your children will follow your example, not your advice. Stay healthy and fit."

- Unknown

"Being a mom isn’t my excuse for not working out; it’s my reason to push harder."

- Unknown

"Love yourself enough to live a healthy lifestyle."

- Unknown

"Be your own competition; push yourself to be better than you were yesterday."

- Unknown

"Strong women don’t have attitudes. They have standards."

- Unknown

"Eating well is a form of self-respect."

"Strive for progress, not perfection."

"Train like a beast, look like a beauty."

"Strong is not just physical strength. Strong is also heart, mind, and soul."

- Unknown

"Push yourself because no one else is going to do it for you."

"Be stronger than your excuses."

"Don’t limit your challenges. Challenge your limits."

"Wake up, lace up, show up."

- Unknown

"Find joy in the journey."

"Dance enables you to find yourself and lose yourself at the same time."

"Good things come to those who sweat."

"A one-hour workout is 4% of your day. No excuses."

- Unknown

"Strong moms raise strong kids."

- Unknown

"Your fitness is a dance. It just needs to be in tune with your heart."

- Unknown

"Together we achieve more."

- Unknown

"Sweat now, shine later."

- Unknown

"My body isn’t magazine perfect, but when I look in the mirror, I see a mom…and there is no greater honor, love or blessing."

"Sore? Tired? Out of breath? Good… it’s working."

- Unknown

"I’m not sweating, I’m sparkling."

- Unknown

"Does running late count as cardio?"

- Unknown

"Exercise? I thought you said extra fries!"

- Unknown

"Workout because you love your body not because you hate it."

"I’m in a relationship with my fitness routine. We argue, but it’s worth it."

- Unknown

"I workout because I really, really like food."

- Unknown

"Sweat is magic. Cover yourself in it daily to grant your wishes."

- Unknown

"I don’t sweat, I sparkle."

"If you think wellness is expensive, try illness."

- Unknown

"If you ever feel like giving up, just remember, there is a little girl watching you…who wants to be just like you!"