Top 1200 Stretching Yourself Quotes & Sayings

Pham Nuwen plunked himself down, stretching indolently.

You are saying, are you not, I said to Manuelito, that stories have more room in them than ideas? [...] He laughed. That is correct, Señor. It is as if ideas are made of blocks. Rigid and hard. And stories are made of a gauze that is elastic. You can almost see through it, so what is beyond is tantalizing. You can't quite make it out; and because the imagination is always moving forward, you yourself are constantly stretching. Stories are the way spirit is exercised.

As a longtime practitioner of yoga and a person who's been involved in physical fitness my whole life, I can tell you, yoga helps you achieve altered states of consciousness. It is not just stretching. The only way you can say that it's stretching is if you haven't done it, or that you haven't done it rigorously for a long period of time.

To call Keegan a superstar is stretching a point.

Know yourself. Feel yourself. Love yourself. Respect yourself. Take good care of yourself. You are your most precious possession on Earth.

When you enter a mindset, you enter a new world. In one world (the world of fixed traits) success is about proving you’re smart or talented. Validating yourself. In the other (the world of changing qualities) it’s about stretching yourself to learn something new. Developing yourself.

My workouts start with a really good stretching session.

The great fear I've had to overcome is the fear of failure. It can be safer to stay in a comfort zone that's not stretching yourself.

Strategy is about stretching limited resources to fit ambitious aspirations.

It's so important to read a book before bed and do some weird stretching.

I have to drink a lot of fluids, try not to dehydrate, and keep stretching.

By stretching yourself beyond your perceived level of confidence you accelerate your development of competence.

It takes time to understand yourself, to go inside yourself and to question yourself and really take yourself to task. That's self-expression.

I’d really love to be a versatile, chameleon-like actress, stretching myself a bit.

I never struggled with injury problems because of my preparation - in particular my stretching.

I think you can do as much damage to yourself going to the gym and running as you do good. So my mission in life is just to keep myself 'good' - in good health, as fit as I can be, a little bit of stretching, and just think positive and enjoy life.

When you come from the wrestling world, you are taught to do everything for yourself: market yourself, plan for yourself, design for yourself.

Stretching always helps me start my day in a good way.

Banish aches and pains by strengthening and stretching the muscles that affect your back.

When I go to the gym, stretching is very important. For polo, you don't need too much strength so you don't want to build yourself up too much. It's all about flexibility.

Stretching exercises promote flexibility, so you move fluidly.

In my home gym, I'll do targeted exercises like pilates, light weights and stretching.

When you engage in systematic, purposeful actin, using and stretching your abilities to the maximum, you cannot help but feel positive and confident abut yourself.

I think knowing where you can generally fit is important, but the fun thing about being an actor is sometimes stretching beyond that stereotype and stretching beyond the box that people put you in.

I've never enjoyed my running more. I also do 200 sit-ups a day, 60 push-ups, and a lot of stretching. I've had some back issues. I think the stretching helps with that.

I felt how important the simplest things were, like feeling proud, finding something funny, stretching yourself, retreating into yourself.

And identity is funny being yourself is funny as you are never yourself to yourself except as you remember yourself and then of course you do not believe yourself.

It's mainly about working hard and proving to people you're serious about it, and stretching yourself and learning. The mistake a lot of actors make, particularly young ones, is allowing themselves to feel that they're the finished articles, the bee's knees, and it's not true.

Align yourself with people that you can learn from, people who want more out of life, people who are stretching and searching and seeking some higher ground in life.

Success is due to our stretching to the challenges of life. Failure comes when we shrink from them.

Procrustes in modern dress, the nuclear scientist will prepare the bed on which mankind must lie; and if mankind doesn’t fit—well, that will be just too bad for mankind. There will have to be some stretching and a bit of amputation—the same sort of stretching and amputations as have been going on ever since applied science really got going into its stride, only this time they will be a good deal more drastic than in the past. These far from painless operations will be directed by highly centralized totalitarian governments.

In a world where everything revolves around yourself-protec t yourself, promote yourself, comfort yourself, and take care of yourself-Jesus says, 'Crucify yourself. Put aside all self-preservati on in order to live for God's glorification, no matter what that means for you in the culture around you.'

People are most creative when they care about their work and they're stretching their skills.

Stretching was a major part of my preparation.

Trust yourself. Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Speak for yourself. Be yourself. Imitation is suicide.

Time's a funny thing, bending, warping, stretching, and compressing, all depending on perspective.

A physical therapist does some unbelievable stretching with me.

I am interested only in stretching myself, on living as fully as I can.

Forgive yourself for not being the richest, the thinnest, the tallest, the one with the best hair. Forgive yourself for not being the most successful, the cutest or the one with the fastest time. Forgive yourself for not winning every round. Forgive yourself for being afraid. But don’t let yourself off the hook, never forgive yourself, for not caring or not trying.

By stretching language we'll distort it sufficiently to wrap ourselves in it and hide.

I do a variety of weight-lifting, elliptical glider, stretching exercises, push-ups.

I'm just broadening my craft and stretching my skills a little bit in different directions.

I'd really love to be a versatile, chameleon-like actress, stretching myself a bit.

The passion for stretching yourself and sticking to it, even (or especially) when it's not going well, is the hallmark of the growth mindset.

The best athletes in any sport take stretching very seriously before and after matches. Stretching is instrumental in any athlete's physical success.

When you're stretching yourself, as a role like 'Blue Jasmine' did for me, you risk falling flat on your face.

I do some weights and I do a lot of stretching.

I hope to always keep stretching myself and not stay in one box or lane.

Recipe for success: Be polite, prepare yourself for whatever you are asked to do, keep yourself tidy, be cheerful, don't be envious, be honest with yourself so you will be honest with others, be helpful, interest yourself in your job, don't pity yourself, be quick to praise, be loyal to your friends, avoid prejudices, be independent, interest yourself in politics, and read the newspapers.

There is a great line of women stretching out behind you into the past, and you have to seek them out and find them in yourself and be conscious of them.

The hallmark of successful people is that they are always stretching themselves to learn new things.

Be kind to yourself this evening. Buy something for yourself. Treat yourself to a meal. Look in the mirror and give yourself a smile

I don't want to be bothered when I'm stretching. I need to focus.

I love stretching myself musically.

Characters stretching their legs in some calm haven generally don't make for interesting protagonists.

I'm a big believer in pushing yourself outside your comfort zone and stretching yourself artistically, but not at the expense of foolishness.

I try to be fussy about the parts I play. I think that's quite prudent, it means you're stretching different muscles, and you're scaring yourself by doing something which is out of your comfort zone.

I love Nautilus and stretching. The results are immediate, and that gives me the motivation to continue.

Embrace and love all of yourself - past, present, and future. Forgive yourself quickly and as often as necessary. Encourage yourself. Tell yourself good things about yourself.

If you don't know yourself, if you don't control yourself, if you don't have mastery over yourself, it's very hard to like yourself, except in some short-term, psych-up, superficial way.