Quotes by Exercise The most important lesson I've learned is that the most productive exercises are simple and compound. Markus Ruhl bodybuildingsimpleexercise Read non-fiction. History, biology, entomology, mineralogy, paleontology. Get a bodyguard and do fieldwork. Find your inner fish. Don't publish too soon. Not before you have read Thomas Mann in any case. Learn by copying, sentence by sentence some of the masters. Copy Coetzee's or Sebald's sentences and see what happens to your story. Consider creative non-fiction if you want to stay in South Africa. It might be the way to go. Never neglect back and hamstring exercises, otherwise you won't be able to write your novel. One needs one's buttocks to think. Marlene van Niekerk exercisewritingthinking My quarrel with the advocates of contraceptives lies in their taking for granted that ordinary mortals cannot exercise self-control. Mahatma Gandhi womenexerciselying Liberty consists in the freedom to do everything which injures no one else; hence the exercise of the natural rights of each man has no limits except those which assure to the other members of the society the enjoyment of the same rights. Marquis de Lafayette rightsexercisemen I take my only exercise acting as a pallbearer at the funerals of my friends who exercise regularly. Mark Twain funny-friendshipfuneralexercise The debility to which Nature condemned women incontestably proves that her design is for man, who then more than ever enjoys his strength, to exercise it in all the violent forms that suit him best, by means of tortures, if he be so inclined, or worse. Marquis de Sade exercisemenmean Disgust relies on moral obtuseness. It is possible to view another human being as a slimy slug or a piece of revolting trash only if one has never made a serious good-faith attempt to see the world through that person’s eyes or to experience that person’s feelings. Disgust imputes to the other a subhuman nature. How, by contrast, do we ever become able to see one another as human? Only through the exercise of imagination. Martha C. Nussbaum eyeviewsexercise Two questions help us see why we are unlikely to get what we want by using punishment... The first question is: What do I want this person to do that's different from what he or she is currently doing? If we ask only this first question, punishment may seem effective because the threat or exercise of punitive force may well influence the person's behavior. However, with the second question, it becomes evident that punishment isn't likely to work: What do I want this person's reasons to be for doing what I'm asking? Marshall B. Rosenberg punishmentexercisetwo Rudy handed it back. "Speaking of which, I think we're both slightly in for it when we get home. You especially." "Why me?" "You know- your mama." "What about her?" Liesel was exercising the blatant right of every person who's ever belonged to a family. It's all very well for such a person to whine and moan and criticize other family members, but they won't let anyone else do it. That's when you get your back up and show loyalty. Markus Zusak loyaltyexercisehome Every principle is a judgment, every judgment the outcome of experience, and experience is only acquired by the exercise of the senses . . . Marquis de Sade outcomesprinciplesexercise Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumbbells? To dig a vineyard is worthier exercise for men. Martial strongexercisemen I swear by swadeshi as it affords occasion for ample exercise of all our faculties and it tests every one of the millions of men and women, young and old. Mahatma Gandhi testsexercisemen That's what running does to lives. It's not just exercise. It's not just achievement. It's a daily discipline that has nothing to do with speed, weight, social status, sexual orientation, political affiliation, where you live, what car you drive, or whether anyone anywhere loves you. It's about the slow and painful process of being the best you can be. Martin Dugard exerciselove-yourunning Any ad consciously attended to is comical. Ads are not meant for conscious consumption. They are intended as subliminal pills for the subconsious in order to exercise an hypnotic spell, especially on sociologists. Marshall McLuhan pillsexerciseorder You will never realize your best destiny through the avoidance of fear. Martha Beck destinyexercisemean Doing a kindness produces the single most reliable momentary increase in well-being of any exercise we have tested. Martin Seligman increasekindnessexercise The belief that we can rely on shortcuts to happiness, joy, rapture, comfort, and ecstasy, rather than be entitled to these feelings by the exercise of personal strengths and virtues, leads to legions of people who, in the middle of great wealth, are starving spiritually. Martin Seligman exercisejoypeople When it comes to our health, there are essentially four things under our control: the decision not to smoke, a commitment to exercise, the quality of our diet, and our level of optimism. And optimism is at least as beneficial as the others. Martin Seligman optimismexercisecommitment I am more than ever convinced of the dangers to which the free and unbiased exercise of political opinion - the only sure foundation and safeguard of republican government - would be exposed by any further increase of the already overgrown influence of corporate authorities. Martin Van Buren political-opinionsgovernmentexercise Variety is what I would recommend: As variety is the spice of life in food, so it is in exercise. Change it up. But most of all, don't overdo it. Martina Navratilova variety-is-the-spice-of-lifespicesexercise«919293949596979899100101»
