Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security.

John F. Kennedy

The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

If you get stuck, get away from your desk. Take a walk, take a bath, go to sleep, make a pie, draw, listen to ­music, meditate, exercise; whatever you do, don't just stick there scowling at the problem.

Hilary Mantel

As for me, prizes are nothing. My prize is my work.

Katharine Hepburn

By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day.

Robert Frost

Don't be scared to lift heavy. You won't get huge and bulky, you'll just get amazing.

Jessie Hilgenberg