“Man was appointed by God to have dominion over the beasts, and everything a man does to an animal is either a lawful exercise or a sacrilegious abuse of an authority by divine right.” MenDoeAnimalDivineExerciseCreaturesAuthorityAbuseBeastDominionDivine RightSacrilegious Author:C. S. Lewis
“By exercising your stomach muscles, you wring out the body, you don't catch colds, you don't get cancer, you don't get hernias. Do animals get hernias? Do animals go on diets?” BodyAnimalGoes OnExerciseCancerDietsMusclesStomachHernias Author:Joseph Pilates
“In seeking to avoid evil, humanity is responsible for bringing more evil into the world than organisms could ever do merely by exercising their digestive tracts. It is our ingenuity, rather than our animal nature, that has given our fellow creatures such a bitter earthly fate.” WorldHumanityEvilGivenAnimalFateExerciseCreaturesResponsibleFellowsSeekingBitterOrganismsIngenuity Author:Ernest Becker
“Not less than two hours a day should be devoded to exercise, and weather should be little regarded. A person not sick will not be injured by getting wet. It is but taking a cold bath, which never gives a cold to any one. Brute animals are the most healthy, and they are exposed to all weather, and of men, those are healthiest who are the most exposed.” MenGivingShouldLittlesPersonsTwoHoursAnimalColdExerciseHealthySickWeatherExposedWetBathsInjuredBrutes Book:Jefferson: Writings Source: Jefferson: Writings
“Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far. The Europeans value themselves on having subdued the horse to the uses of man; but I doubt whether we have not lost more than we have gained, by the use of this animal.” MenUseValuesLostWalksAnimalDoubtWalkingExerciseHorse Book:Memoir, correspondence and miscellanies from the papers of Thomas Jefferson Source: Memoir, correspondence and miscellanies from the papers of Thomas Jefferson
“I was blessed to grow up on a farm, and when you're a farm boy, exercise is part of your lifestyle. Like it or not, that environment makes you work out. On the farm, nature is your gym. You walk and run and swim and have to do a lot of work with animals too.” RunningGrowsWalksAnimalBoysGrowing UpEnvironmentExerciseBlessedWork OutLifestyleSwimGymFarms Author:Cesar Millan