101 Motivational Workout Quotes: Short, Inspirational and Funny Sayings

Actually going to the gym or the running trail consistently is one of those things that are easier in theory than reality.

It can be tough to keep showing up when motivation or the weather is not on your side.

To help you out with that I’d like to share 101 of the most powerful, positive, funny and motivational workout quotes.

I hope you’ll find something here that will give you a boost, get you up from a slump or the couch and out the door.

Motivational Workout Quotes for the Success YOU Want

“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.”
– Michal Joan Bobak

“Tough times don’t last. Tough people do.”
– Robert H. Schuller

“Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths.”
– Arnold Schwarzenegger

“Most people fail, not because of lack of desire, but because of lack of commitment.”
– Vince Lombardi

“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.”
– Henry David Thoreau

“What hurts today makes you stronger tomorrow.”
– Jay Cutler

“The struggle you’re in today is developing the strength you need for tomorrow.”
– Robert Tew

“Challenges are what make life interesting. Overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.”
– Joshua J. Marine

“Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t.”
– Rikki Rogers

“Discipline is doing what you hate to do but doing it like you love it.”
– Mike Tyson

“I am the greatest; I said that even before I knew I was.”
– Muhammad Ali

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.”
– Winston Churchill

“You can either suffer the pain of discipline or the pain of regret.”
– Jim Rohn

“The real workout begins when you want to stop.”
– Ronnie Coleman

“The body achieves what the mind believes.”
– Napoleon Hill

“Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.”
– Michael Jordan

“The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination.”
– Tommy Lasorda

“Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.”
– Vince Lombardi Jr.

“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 successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.”
– Bruce Lee

Inspirational Workout Quotes for Women by Women

“Isn’t life about determining your own finish line? The journey has always been about reaching your own other shore, no matter what it is, and the dream continues.”
– Diana Nyad

“You have to remember that the hard days are what make you stronger. If you never had any bad days, you would never have that sense of accomplishment!”
– Aly Raisman

“We can push ourselves further. We always have more to give.”
– Simone Biles

“I love how I look. I am a full woman and I’m strong, and I’m powerful, and I’m beautiful at the same time.”
– Serena Williams

“Champions keep playing until they get it right.”
– Billie Jean King

“Overpower. Overtake. Overcome.”
– Serena Williams

“The only person who can stop you from reaching your goals is you.”
– Jackie Joyner Kersee

“Know that you can start late, look different, be uncertain, and still succeed.”
– Misty Copeland

“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 think it’s good to see somebody saying: I have a belly. And I have cellulite. And I still deserve love.”
– Amy Schumer

“It’s going to be a journey. It’s not a sprint to get in shape.”
– Kerri Walsh Jennings

“Just believe in yourself. Even if you don’t, pretend that you do, and at some point, you will.”
– Venus Williams

“Everyone’s dream can come true if you just stick to it and work hard.”
– Serena Williams

“The vision of a champion is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion, when nobody else is looking.”
– Mia Hamm

“Promise yourself to be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. To think only the best, work only for the best, and expect only the best.”
– Emma Coburn

“I’d rather regret the risks that didn’t work out than the chances I didn’t take at all.”
– Simone Biles

“There are always new, grander challenges to confront, and a true winner will embrace each one.”
– Mia Hamm

“Nothing is impossible; the word itself says ‘I’m possible!'”
– Audrey Hepburn

“Don’t train to be skinny. Train to be a bad ass.”
– Demi Lovato

“I train to be the best in the world on my worst day.”
– Ronda Rousey

“Always work hard and have fun in what you do, because I think that’s when you’re more successful. You have to choose to do it.”
– Simone Biles

“Fitness is not about being better than someone else. It’s about being better than you used to be.”
– Khloe Kardashian

Short Workout Quotes for Your Instagram

“The hardest part is over. You showed up.”
– Jess Sims

“Never give up because great things take time.”
– Adrian Williams

“I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.”
– Estee Lauder

“Don’t count the days; make the days count.”
– Muhammad Ali

“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.”
– Arthur Ashe

“No pain, no gain.”
– Unknown

“Be savage, not average.”
– Cody Rigsby

“Your mind is your strongest muscle.”
– Tunde Oyeneyin

“Believe you can, and you’re halfway there.”
– Theodore Roosevelt

“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.”
– Jim Ryun

“Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.”
– Lance Armstrong

“Fall seven times, stand up eight.”
– Japanese Proverb

“If it doesn’t challenge you, it won’t change you.”
– Fred Devito

“There’s no talent here; this is hard work. This is an obsession.”
– Conor McGregor

“The barbell doesn’t lie. You’re either getting stronger, or you’re not. There’s no hiding from it.”
– Mark Rippetoe

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”
– Mark Twain

“Go the extra mile. It’s never crowded.”
– Wayne Dyer

“Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it.”
– George Halas

“It always seems impossible until it is done.”
– Nelson Mandela

“I am. I can. I will. I do.”
– Christine D’Ercole

“Your passion will propel you.”
– Alex Toussaint

“A goal is a wish. A standard holds you accountable.”
– Tunde Oyeneyin

“You’ve survived 100 percent of your worst days.”
– Robin Arzon

Funny Workout Quotes to Help You Release a Bit of Stress and Pressure

“The first time I see a jogger smiling, I’ll consider it.”
– Joan Rivers

“Number one, like yourself. Number two, you have to eat healthy. And number three, you’ve got to squeeze your buns. That’s my formula.”
– Richard Simmons

“I don’t count my sit-ups. I only start counting when it starts hurting because they’re the only ones that count.”
– Muhammad Ali

“Living a healthy lifestyle will only deprive you of poor health, lethargy and fat.”
– Jill Johnson

“Everybody wants to be a bodybuilder, but don’t nobody want to lift no heavy-ass weights.”
– Ronnie Coleman

“The difference between try and triumph is a little ‘umph.'”
– Marvin Phillips

“The most annoying are those people in exceptionally good shape at the gym. I’m like, ‘What are you doing here? You’re done.'”
– Jim Gaffigan

“Getting fit is all about mind over matter. I don’t mind, so it doesn’t matter.”
– Adam Hargreaves

“You shall gain, but you shall pay with sweat, blood and vomit.”
– Pavel Tsatsouline

“I am Superman. And the only thing that can kill Superman is Kryptonite. And Kryptonite doesn’t exist.”
– Shaquille O’Neal

“I really don’t think I need buns of steel. I’d be happier with buns of cinnamon.”
– Ellen DeGeneres

“Making excuses burns zero calories per hour.”
– Unknown

Positive Morning Workout Quotes

“You did not wake up today to be mediocre.”
– Robin Arzon

“An early morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.”
– Henry David Thoreau

“Think of your workouts as important meetings you schedule with yourself. Bosses don’t cancel.”
– Unknown

“If you want to be the best, you have to do things other people aren’t willing to do.”
– Michael Phelps

“A year from now, you may wish you had started today.”
– Karen Lamb

“Once you are exercising regularly, the hardest thing is to stop it.”
– Erin Gray

“We must appreciate and never underestimate our own inner power.”
– Noah Galloway

“Do or do not. There is no try.”
– Yoda (from Star Wars)

“The best way to predict your future is to create it.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”
– Confucius

“Don’t wait for the perfect moment. Take the moment and make it perfect.”
– Zoey Sayward

“Exercise is king. Nutrition is queen. Put them together, and you’ve got a kingdom.”
– Jack LaLanne

“Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity.”
– John F. Kennedy

“The clock is ticking. Are you becoming the person you want to be?”
– Greg Plitt

“Exercise is labor without weariness.”
– Samuel Johnson

“A fit, healthy body – that is the best fashion statement.”
– Jess C. Scott

“Most people give up right before the big break comes. Don’t let that person be you.”
– Michael Boyle

“The purpose of training is to tighten up the slack, toughen the body and polish the spirit.”
– Morihei Ueshiba

“Your health account, your bank account, they’re the same thing. The more you put in, the more you can take out.”
– Jack LaLanne

“Push harder than yesterday if you want a different tomorrow.”
– Vincent Williams Sr.

“The deadlift also serves as a way to train the mind to do things that are hard.”
– Mark Rippetoe

“Blood, sweat and respect. First two you give. Last one you earn.”
– The Rock

“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes, it’s the quiet voice at the end of the day whispering, ‘I will try again tomorrow.'”
– Mary Anne Radmacher

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