"It always seems impossible until it’s done."
- Nelson Mandela
Courage
"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
Motivation
"You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great."
- Zig Ziglar
New Beginnings
"A strong woman is a woman determined to do something others are determined not to do."
- Marge Piercy
Strength
"You just can’t beat the person who never gives up."
- Babe Ruth
Perseverance
"Strength does not come from the physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will."
- Ghandi
Strength
"Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Winston Churchill
Resilience
"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
Belief in Self
"The difference between try and triumph is a little umph."
- Marvin Phillips
Determination
"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
Perseverance
"You don’t have to be great to start, you have to start to be great."
- Zig Ziglar
Motivation
"A year from now you may wish you had started today."
- Karen Lamb
Motivation
"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
Courage
"Nothing will work unless you do."
- Maya Angelou
Hard Work
"Put all excuses aside and remember this: YOU are capable."
- Zig Ziglar
Self-confidence
"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
Persistence
"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
Inspiration
"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
Self-improvement
"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
Motivation
"Strong women lift each other and weights."
- unknown
Empowerment
"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
Achievement
"The miracle isn’t that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start."
- John Bingham
Courage
"Don’t compare yourself to others. Compare yourself to the person you were yesterday."
- Jordan Peterson
Self-improvement
"I already know what giving up feels like. I want to see what happens if I don’t."
- Neila Rey
Persistence
"Don’t limit your challenges, challenge your limits."
- Jerry Dunn
Courage
"Every morning I am a beginner."
- Hanya Holm
New Beginnings
"Set realistic goals, keep re-evaluating, and be consistent."
- Venus Williams
Goals
"The best way to predict the future is to create it."
- Peter Drucker
Vision
"Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it."
- George S. Halas
Achievement
"Age is no barrier. It’s a limitation you put on your mind."
- Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Belief
"Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence is the key to unlocking our potential."
- Liane Cardes
Persistence
"You are stronger than you think, braver than you believe, and smarter than you know."
- A.A. Milne
Belief in Self
"One workout at a time. One day at a time. One meal at a time."
- Chalene Johnson
Persistence
"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."
- Confucius
Perseverance
"The clock is ticking. Are you becoming the person you want to be?"
- Greg Plitt
Motivation
"They say discipline and dedication and respect are the key factors, but patience is a virtue that is absolutely essential!"
- Ria Ramnarine
Determination
"Fitness is not about being better than someone else. It’s about being better than you used to be."
- Khloe Kardashian
Personal Growth
"Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going."
- Jim Ryun
Motivation
"Bodybuilding is much like any other sport. To be successful, you must dedicate yourself 100% to your training, diet and mental approach."
- Arnold Schwarzenegger
Determination
"All progress takes place outside the comfort zone."
- Michael John Bobak
Growth
"If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done."
- Thomas Jefferson
Taking Risks
"The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination."
- Tommy Lasorda
Determination
"I may not be there yet, but I’m closer than I was yesterday."
- Anonymous
Motivation
"Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional."
- M. Kathleen Casey
Resilience
"A strong mindset is the best accessory for an awesome workout."
- Cami
Belief in Self
"Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it."
- Henry David Thoreau
Success
"All great achievements require time."
- Maya Angelou
Achievement
"Slow and steady wins the race."
- Aesop
Persistence
"Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up."
- Dean Karnazes
Perseverance
"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
Growth
"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
Motivation
"A champion is someone who gets up when he can’t."
- Jack Dempsey
Resilience
"Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance."
- Samuel Johnson
Overcoming Obstacles
"I think goals should never be easy. They should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time."
- Michael Phelps
Goals
"Don’t workout because you think you ‘need’ to, do it because your body deserves love, respect and healthy attention."
- Demi Lovato
Self-care
"The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall."
- Vince Lombardi
Resilience
"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
Ambition
"Celebrate what you’ve accomplished, but raise the bar a little higher each time you succeed."
- Mia Hamm
Achievement
"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
Goals
"Today I will do what others don’t, so that tomorrow I can accomplish what others can’t"
- Jerry Rice
Motivation
"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
Motivation
"When you know better, you do better."
- Maya Angelou
Personal Growth
"I believe that the greatest gift you can give your family and the world is a healthy you."
- Joyce Meyer
Health
"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
Health
"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
Motivation
"It’s not about the destination, it’s about the journey."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Philosophy
"The only bad workout is the one that didn’t happen."
- Anonymous
Motivation
"All the physical comes from the mental."
- Clara Hughes
Mindfulness
"Exercise should be regarded as a tribute to the heart."
- Gene Tunney
Health
"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
Self-improvement
"If I can do it. You can do it. It all starts with day 1! It’s a lifestyle now."
- Khloe Kardashian
Motivation
"If you have a body, you are an athlete!"
- Bill Bowerman
Belief in Self
"If you don’t like something change it; if you can’t change it, change the way you think about it."
- Mary Engelbreit
Change
"Your diet is a bank account. Good food choices are good investments."
- Bethenny Frankel
Health
"She believed she could, so she did."
- R. S. Grey
Belief in Self
"Your comfort zone is where dreams go to die."
- Cami
Motivation
"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
Motivation
"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
Mindfulness
"The only way to achieve the impossible is to believe it is possible."
- Charles Kingsleigh
Belief
"In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity."
- Albert Einstein
Overcoming Obstacles
"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today."
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
Belief in Self
"Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live."
- Jim Rohn
Health
"The greatest wealth is health."
- Virgil
Health
"Happiness is the highest form of health."
- Dalai Lama
Health
"The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary."
- Vidal Sassoon
Hard Work
"If it doesn’t challenge you, it won’t change you."
- Fred Devito
Change
"Self-care is not selfish. You cannot serve from an empty vessel."
- Eleanor Brownn
Self-care
"Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much."
- Helen Keller
Teamwork
"Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can."
- Arthur Ashe
Motivation
"Being a healthy, happy, and fit mom may seem impossible today, but six years from now you’ll thank yourself for starting."
- Anonymous
Motivation
"I have to exercise in the morning before my brain has a chance to figure out what I’m doing."
- Marsha Doble
Motivation
"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
Motivation
"Your body can stand almost anything. It’s your mind that you have to convince."
- Anon
Mindfulness
"Yoga is not about touching your toes, it’s about what you learn on the way down."
- Jigar Gor
Mindfulness
"The early morning has gold in its mouth."
- Benjamin Franklin
Wisdom
"Exercise is labor without weariness."
- Samuel Johnson
Fitness
"Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nature
"The body achieves what the mind believes."
- Florence Griffith Joyner
Belief in Self
"If you think lifting is dangerous, try being weak. Being weak is dangerous."
- Bret Contreras
Courage
"It’s not about being the best. It’s about being better than you were yesterday."
Personal Growth
"It is a shame for a woman to grow old without ever seeing the strength and beauty of which her body is capable."
Strength
"Exercise is a celebration of what your body can do, not a punishment for what you ate."
Self-care
"Workout because you love your body, not because you hate it."
Self-care
"Your fitness is 100% mental! If your mind doesn’t push harder, your body goes nowhere."
Belief in Self
"What seems impossible today will one day become your warm-up."
- Unknown
Motivation
"You have a choice. You can either throw in the towel or use it to wipe the sweat off your face."
Choice
"Obstacles can’t stop you. Problems can’t stop you. People can’t stop you. Only you can stop you."
- Unknown
Responsibility
"You’ve always been beautiful. Now you’re just deciding to be healthier, fitter, faster, and stronger. Remember that."
Self-esteem
"What seems impossible today will become your warm-up for tomorrow."
Motivation
"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."
Motivation
"Your actions, and your actions alone, determines your worth."
Responsibility
"When you start feeling the PAIN, that’s when EVERYTHING starts!"
Motivation
"Challenging yourself everyday is one of the most exciting ways to live."
Personal Growth
"Dedicate one of them to becoming a stronger, better version of yourself."
Personal Growth
"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."
Hard Work
"It is easy to find strong women. They are the ones who are seen in the gym!"
Strength
"Rome wasn’t built in a day, but they worked on it every single day."
Determination
"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."
Taking Risks
"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."
Belief in Self
"Your fitness is 100% mental! If your mind doesn’t push harder, your body goes nowhere!"
Belief in Self
"There’s no substitute for hard work. If you work hard and prepare yourself, you might get beat, but you’ll never lose."
Hard Work
"First, they will laugh. Then they will copy. Don’t give up."
Persistence
"Slow progress is better than no progress."
Persistence
"You Dont know your limits until you push yourself."
Taking Risks
"If you want a beautiful body, then be ready for the pain, there is no beauty without it at all."
Strength
"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."
Motivation
"I will make sweat my best accessory! I will run harder than my mascara!"
Motivation
"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."
Health
"Don’t let the weekend become your weak end."
Motivation
"If you still look good at the end of your workout, you didn’t train hard enough."
Motivation
"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."
Motivation
"A one-hour workout is 4% of your day. No Excuses."
Motivation
"Remember, Rome wasn’t built in a day. Work hard. Good results will come."
Motivation
"Once you start to see results, it becomes an addiction."
Motivation
"You have the potential to make beautiful things."
Belief in Self
"Remember this: Your body is your slave. It works for you."
Responsibility
"Exercise not only changes your body, it changes your mind, your attitude and your mood."
Well-being
"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."
Self-care
"Keep your squats low and your standards high."
Motivation
"Excuses don’t get results"
Motivation
"Fitness is like a relationship; you can’t cheat and expect it to work."
Integrity
"Be stronger than your excuses."
Motivation
"Strong women don’t have attitudes. They have standards."
- Unknown
Belief in Self
"Push yourself because no one else is going to do it for you."
Motivation
"The only BS I need in my life is burpees and squats."
Motivation
"Life has its ups and downs; we call them squats."
Motivation
"I don’t sweat, I sparkle!"
Positivity
"Taking off a sweaty sports bra should count as resistance training."
Motivation
"Run like there’s a hot guy in front of you and a creepy one behind you."
Motivation
"Train like a beast, look like a beauty."
Motivation
"Strive for progress, not perfection."
Personal Growth
"Eating well is a form of self-respect."
Self-care
"Being a mom isn’t my excuse for not working out; it’s my reason to push harder."
- Unknown
Motivation
"Your children will follow your example, not your advice. Stay healthy and fit."
- Unknown
Responsibility
"In the gym, every woman is an athlete."
- Unknown
Belief in Self
"Be your own competition; push yourself to be better than you were yesterday."
- Unknown
Personal Growth
"Love yourself enough to live a healthy lifestyle."
- Unknown
Self-care
"Wake up, lace up, show up."
- Unknown
Motivation
"There’s no such thing as a bad workout."
Motivation
"Strong is not just physical strength. Strong is also heart, mind, and soul."
- Unknown
Strength
"Don’t limit your challenges. Challenge your limits."
Growth
"Your body will be around a lot longer than that expensive handbag. Invest in yourself."
Self-care
"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."
Self-esteem
"Sweat now, shine later."
- Unknown
Motivation
"Sore? Tired? Out of breath? Good… it’s working."
- Unknown
Motivation
"Together we achieve more."
- Unknown
Teamwork
"Your fitness is a dance. It just needs to be in tune with your heart."
- Unknown
Balance
"A one-hour workout is 4% of your day. No excuses."
- Unknown
Motivation
"Strong moms raise strong kids."
- Unknown
Motivation
"Dance enables you to find yourself and lose yourself at the same time."
Self-awareness
"Good things come to those who sweat."
Motivation
"Find joy in the journey."
Happiness
"Exercise? I thought you said extra fries!"
- Unknown
Motivation
"Does running late count as cardio?"
- Unknown
Motivation
"I workout because I really, really like food."
- Unknown
Motivation
"I’m not sweating, I’m sparkling."
- Unknown
Motivation
"I’m in a relationship with my fitness routine. We argue, but it’s worth it."
- Unknown
Motivation
"Workout because you love your body not because you hate it."
Self-care
"I don’t sweat, I sparkle."
Motivation
"If you ever feel like giving up, just remember, there is a little girl watching you…who wants to be just like you!"
Motivation
"Sweat is magic. Cover yourself in it daily to grant your wishes."
- Unknown
Motivation
"If you think wellness is expensive, try illness."
- Unknown
Health