93 Great Gym Quotes to Get You Motivated!

Even though working out is extremely important, sometimes we struggle to get up and go to the gym! If you’ve been there, I’m here to help you find the motivation to do so. Enjoy these gym quotes – and have a nice workout!

Image shows a woman running in a treadmill and a man lifting weights in a gym, both wearing purple clothes. — Let’s get motivated!

“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“Rome wasn’t built in a day, but they worked on it every single day.” – Unknown
“The only bad workout is the one that didn’t happen.” – Unknown
“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
“The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides a champion from someone who is not a champion.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger
“Your body can stand almost anything. It’s your mind that you have to convince.” – Unknown
“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” – Henry David Thoreau
“The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination.” – Tommy Lasorda
“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
“The pain you feel today will be the strength you feel tomorrow.” – Unknown
“If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done.” – Thomas Jefferson
“The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.” – Malcolm X
“Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger
“The clock is ticking. Are you becoming the person you want to be?” – Greg Plitt
“Sweat is just fat crying.” – Unknown
“The only person you should try to be better than is the person you were yesterday.” – Unknown
“The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.” – Bruce Lee
“Your body hears everything your mind says.” – Naomi Judd
“The only way to achieve the impossible is to believe it is possible.” – Charles Kingsleigh (Alice in Wonderland)
“You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them.” – Michael Jordan
“When you think about quitting, think about why you started.” – Unknown
“The only way to finish is to start.” – Unknown
“Your fitness is 100% mental. Your body won’t go where your mind doesn’t push it.” – Unknown
“When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you’ll be successful.” – Eric Thomas
“When you feel like quitting, think about why you started.” – Unknown
“You don’t get what you wish for, you get what you work for.” – Unknown
“Your body is a reflection of your lifestyle.” – Unknown
“Your only limit is you.” – Unknown
“Your only competition is yourself.” – Unknown
“You don’t have to be extreme, just consistent.” – Unknown
“You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” – Zig Ziglar
“Strength grows in the moments when you think you can’t go on but you keep going anyway.” – Unknown
“The difference between try and triumph is a little umph.” – Marvin Phillips
“Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t.” – Rikki Rogers
“The body achieves what the mind believes.” – Unknown
“Don’t limit your challenges. Challenge your limits.” – Unknown
“Success is usually the culmination of controlling failure.” – Sylvester Stallone
“It’s not about having time, it’s about making time.” – Unknown
“A champion is someone who gets up when they can’t.” – Jack Dempsey
“Excuses don’t burn calories.” – Unknown
“The only way to define your limits is by going beyond them.” – Arthur C. Clarke
“The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.” – Vidal Sassoon
“Success isn’t always about greatness. It’s about consistency. Consistent hard work gains success. Greatness will come.” – Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
“Train insane or remain the same.” – Unknown
“Strive for progress, not perfection.” – Unknown
“The only way to predict the future is to create it.” – Abraham Lincoln
“Push yourself because no one else is going to do it for you.” – Unknown
“Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.” – Christian D. Larson
“A one-hour workout is 4% of your day. No excuses.” – Unknown
“Train like a beast, look like a beauty.” – Unknown
“Don’t wish for it, work for it.” – Unknown
“Your body hears everything your mind says. Stay positive.” – Unknown
“Wake up with determination, go to bed with satisfaction.” – Unknown
“The only limit is you.” – Unknown
“Your body achieves what the mind believes.” – Unknown
“Fitness is not about being better than someone else. It’s about being better than you used to be.” – Unknown
“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
“If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done.” – Thomas Jefferson
“If you don’t make time for exercise, you’ll probably have to make time for illness.” – Robin Sharma
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit.” –Aristotele
“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
“Go the extra mile. It’s never crowded.” -Wayne Dyer
“The body achieves what the mind believes.” – Napoleon Hill
“Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live.” -Jim Rohn
“Do something today that your future self will thank you for.” -Sean Patrick Flanery
“The hard days are the best because that’s when champions are made, so if you push through, you can push through anything.” – Dana Vollmer
“Push harder than yesterday if you want a different tomorrow.” – Unknown
“Your health account, your bank account, they’re the same thing. The more you put in, the more you can take out.” -Jack LaLanne
“If you don’t find the time, if you don’t do the work, you don’t get the results.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger
“Don’t say ‘I can’t.’ Say, ‘I presently struggle with’.” -Tony Horton
“Your body can stand almost anything. It’s your mind that you have to convince.” -Andrew Murphy
“Dead last finish is greater than did not finish, which trumps did not start.” — Unknown
“Push harder than yesterday if you want a different tomorrow.” – Vincent Williams Sr.
“The real workout starts when you want to stop.” – Ronnie Coleman
“Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live.” — Jim Rohn
“I’ve failed over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.” – Michael Jordan
“Once you are exercising regularly, the hardest thing is to stop it.” – Erin Gray
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” — Mark Twain
“Exercise should be regarded as tribute to the heart” – Gene Tunney
“You’re going to have to let it hurt. Let it suck. The harder you work, the better you will look. Your appearance isn’t parallel to how heavy you lift, it’s parallel to how hard you work.” –Joe Mangianello
“Most people fail, not because of lack of desire, but, because of lack of commitment.” –Vince Lombardi
“You miss one hundred percent of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky
“If something stands between you and your success, move it. Never be denied.” – Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
“All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.”– Michael John Bobak
“Just believe in yourself. Even if you don’t, just pretend that you do and at some point, you will.” – Venus Williams
“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
“When it comes to eating right and exercising, there is no ‘I’ll start tomorrow’.” -VL Allineare
“We do not stop exercising because we grow old- we grow old because we stop exercising” -Dr. Kenneth Cooper
“The mind is the most important part of achieving any fitness goal. Mental change always comes before physical change.” -Matt McGorry
“You have to push past your perceived limits, push past that point you thought was as far as you can go.” -Drew Brees
“In training, you listen to your body. In competition, you tell your body to shut up.” -Rich Froning Jr.
“Good things come to those who sweat.” – Unknown
“Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside of you that is greater than any obstacle.” -Christian D. Larson

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