Efficient Humans

Karma yoga is a supreme secret indeed. - Bhagavad Gita

Religions change; beer and wine remain. - Hervey Allen

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

We all have enough strength to follow our reason. - Francois de la Rochefoucauld

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. - Joseph Addison

If youth had but the knowledge and old age the strength. - French Proverb

Of all the escape mechanisms, death is the most efficient. - H L Mencken

He who enjoys good health is rich, though he knows it not. - Italian Proverb

It's about 90 percent strength and 40 percent technique. - Johnny Walker

Motivation is the fuel, necessary to keep the human engine running. - Zig Ziglar

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it. - Woodrow Wilson

The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets. - John D. Rockefeller

He really is terribly heavy going. Like running up hill in roller skates. - Alan Ayckbourn

Great is the height I must scale, but the prospect of glory gives me strength. - Propertius

My greatest strength as a consultant is to be ignorant and ask a few questions. - Peter F Drucker

Health care's not about insurance! Health care's about getting treatment. - P.J. O'Rourke

Animation is like running a marathon, and making a movie is like a 100 meter sprint. - Marjane Satrapi

Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body. - Joseph Addison

I exercise extreme self control. I never drink anything stronger than gin before breakfast. - WC Fields

Gaming goes in trends, and for a bit of a too-long stretch, it focused on huge productions. - Markus Persson

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. - Lao Tzu

There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up. - Booker T. Washington

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship. - Buddha

Until you become a parent, you can't begin to discover your capacity for strength, love and fatigue. - Peter Gallagher

Back in my rummy days, I would tremble and shake for hours upon arising. It was the only exercise I got. - WC Fields

I've always loved yoga because you get to connect to a deep religious truth while stretching your legs. - Katya Zamolodchikova

Yoga is really trying to liberate us from shame about our bodies. To love your body is a very important thing. - Rodney Yee

What we think determines what happens to us, so if we want to change our lives, we need to stretch our minds. - Wayne Dyer

Let the resurrection joy lift us from loneliness and weakness and despair to strength and beauty and happiness. - Floyd W Tomkins

The trouble with not having a goal is that you can spend your life running up and down the field and never score. - Bill Copeland

Moderation. Small helpings. Sample a little bit of everything. These are the secrets of happiness and good health. - Julia Child

Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can. - Terry Pratchett

Menopause: because nature decided that pregnancy, labor, delivery, breastfeeding, and stretch marks wasn't enough. - Unknown

Yoga is invigoration in relaxation. Freedom in routine. Confidence through self control. Energy within and energy without. - Ymber Delecto

In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins - not through strength, but through persistence. - Buddha

I still play hockey every now and then, and I still golf. But my biggest exercise is walking my big dog in the park every day. - Michael J. Fox

It's the generally accepted privilege of theologians to stretch the heavens, that is the Scriptures, like tanners with a hide. - Desiderius Erasmus

Rather than the strength it takes to not lose, it's the strength to stand back up after a loss that is sometimes more valuable. - Kyo Shirodaira

She's so fat she's my two best friends. She wears stretch caftans. She's got more chins than the Chinese telephone directory. - Joan Rivers

Health is the finest possession. Contentment is the ultimate wealth. Trustworthy people are the best relatives. Unbinding is the supreme ease. - Buddha