"Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning."
― Thomas Jefferson
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Fitness
More From Thomas Jefferson
- "In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty."
- "My theory has always been, that if we are to dream, the flatteries of hope are as cheap, and pleasanter, than the gloom of despair."
- "The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind."
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- "If a man achieves victory over this body, who in the world can exercise power over him? He who rules himself rules over the whole world."― Vinoba Bhave
- "15 minutes a day! Give me just this and I’ll prove I can make you a new man."― Charles Atlas
- "I’m doing four hours of gymnastics training a day, six days a week and then an extra two to three hours in a fitness center as well."― Shawn Johnson