Saturday 1 March 2014

Walk / Walking - Quotes

A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world. - Paul Dudley White

Above all, do not lose your desire to walk. Every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness. I have walked myself into my best thoughts, and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it. - Soren Kierkegaard

All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking. - Friedrich Nietzsche

All walking is discovery. On foot we take the time to see things whole. - Hal Borland

For a particular walk, a man needs a particular pair of shoes. - Unknown

From the child's first faltering step across the homely carpet, to the astronaut's "one giant stride for mankind" over the alien moon dust, walking is the simplest but most glorious declaration of human independence. - Duncan Minshull

I have two doctors, my left leg and my right. - G. M. Trevelyan

I walk slowly, but I never walk backward. - Abraham Lincoln

If you cannot find a good companion to walk with, walk alone. It is better to be alone than to be with those who will hinder your progress. - Buddha

If you want to walk fast, walk alone. But if you want to walk far, walk together. - Ratan Tata

If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress. - Barack Obama

In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks. - John Muir

In the morning a man walks with his whole body; in the evening, only with his legs. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

It’s better to walk alone, than with a crowd going in the wrong direction. - Diane Grant

Some walks you have to take alone. - Suzanne Collins

The general aim of walking is to move the mass of a jointed segmented body horizontally from one place to another. - Arthur E. Chapman

The sovereign invigorator of the body is exercise, and of all the exercises walking is the best. - Thomas Jeffeson

The sum of the whole is this: walk and be happy; walk and be healthy. The best way to lengthen out our days is to walk steadily and with a purpose. - Charles Dicken

There is nothing healthier for a man than to walk on his own two legs. - Jose Saramago

To understand the journey you have to do the walking. - Bryant McGill

Unlike other forms of exercise, walking is free, requires no special equipment or training, and is a safe, low impact work out with a low risk of injuries and accidents. - Derek Brockway & Julian Carey

Walking alone is not difficult but when we have walked a mile with someone then coming back alone, that is more difficult. - Unknown

Walking is a man’s best medicine. - Hippocrates

Walking is a technique of solitude, a way into reverie. The walker is not a sleepwalker but a daydreamer. - Deirdre Heddon

Walking is a year-round activity, and need not be confined to the dry summer months, for there is as much beauty to be found in the countryside in the leafless months of winter as in vibrant spring and the golden days of autumn. - Kev Reynolds

Walking is man's best medicine. - Hippocrates

Walking is one of the most primal movement patterns. Because walking became essential to our survival as we evolved from our ape ancestors into our present upright form, our bodies have developed in such a way that walking is integral to our health. When we walk, we coordinate movement of our arms, legs, and torso. Hundreds of calorie-burning muscles come into play – not only the muscles you'd expect, such as legs and arm muscles, but also internal muscles such as the psoas. - Frank Lipman & Mollie Doyle

Walking is a great way to create. The ideas seem to fall from the sky sometimes, and the fresh air is great too. - Kenneth G. Eade

Walking is the very best exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far. - Thomas Jefferson

When I'm in turmoil, when I can't think, when I'm exhausted and afraid and feeling very, very alone, I go for walks. It's just one of those things I do. I walk and I walk and sooner or later something comes to me, something to make me feel less like jumping off a building. - Jim Butcher

When you have worn out your shoes, the strength of the shoe leather has passed into the fiber of your body. I measure your health by the number of shoes and hats and clothes you have worn out. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Who never walks save where he sees men’s tracks makes no discoveries. - J. G. Holland

You must be careful how you walk, and where you go, for there are those following you who will set their feet where yours are set. - Robert E. Lee

You must learn to walk to the edge of the light, and perhaps a few steps into the darkness, and you will find that the light will appear and move ahead of you. - Harold B. Lee 

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