Richard Simmons Quotes

I am completely in charge of the choices I make about what I am doing to lose weight and get healthy. And you know what? We all have this power. Don’t be angry with me for something good I’ve done for myself. Be angry with yourself for not having the courage to do the same in your own life.

I take responsibility for myself and what I do now.

I tell my clients to feel powerful - you and only you own your power. You are the one who can make yourself eat right, work out and not touch the biscuits.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

I want to show people what the possibilities are if you take care of yourself and do the right thing.

When you don't have people in your life pushing you, can you push yourself?

I do things because I enjoy it. That used to be my downfall, but now it's the upside.

My father offered me a dollar for every pound I would lose as a kid. It didn't work. And it doesn't really work in the long run. Who are you competing against? It's you. You need to be doing this for you and only you.

The day you take complete responsibility for yourself, the day you stop making any excuses, that's the day you start to the top.

I can't worry about external factors, I have to focus on myself.

The motivation to do anything - like change your entire life around - doesn't just come from some magical, mystical place within you. Action is both the effect of motivation and the cause of it.

Being able to take control of my life again, take control of what I'm eating and my fitness is enlightening and empowering.

One of the most essential yet the hardest truths that I have had to learn is that every person should be his own hardest task-master.

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.

My enthusiasm seems to cause my world to endlessly offer me cooperative, co-creating experiences. I'm willing and I'm eager, and not just about my writing - I feel the same way about staying in shape, enjoying my family, giving a lecture, or whatever it may be.

I do believe in self-help.

You get the best out of others when you get the best out of yourself.

It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.

You can look for external sources of motivation and that can catalyze a change, but it won't sustain one. It has to be from an internal desire.

The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual.

Your body is like a machine, and if you don't keep it in shape, it holds you back. You don't want anything holding you back, especially yourself.

People need motivation to do anything. I don't think human beings learn anything without desperation.

The only discipline that lasts is self-discipline.

There's a need for accepting responsibility - for a person's life and making choices that are not just ones for immediate short-term comfort. You need to make an investment, and the investment is in health and education.