Quote

My workout is my obligation to life. It's my tranquilizer. It's part of the way I tell the truth--and telling the truth is what's kept me going all these years.

Jack LaLanne

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Jack LaLanne
Age: 96 †
Born: 1914
Born: September 26
Died: 2011
Died: January 23
Actor
Author
Businessperson
Chiropractor
Dietitian
Inventor
Nutritionist
Television Actor
Television Show Host
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Francois Henri LaLanne
Francois LaLanne
Jack Lalanne
Francois Lalanne
Going
Tranquilizer
Years
Workout
Way
Obligation
Life
Kept
Telling
Tell
Truth
Part

More quotes by Jack LaLanne

Image
Exercise to live. Never live to exercise.
Jack LaLanne
Image
Everything in life that's meaningful takes effort - takes vitality. You have to work at it. And God helps them who help themselves...help you.
Jack LaLanne
Image
There is no fountain of youth, What you put into your body is what you get out of it. You would not feed your dog a coffee and doughnut for breakfast followed by a cigarette. You will kill the damn dog.
Jack LaLanne
Image
Those who begin to exercise regularly and replace white flour, sugar and devitalized foods with live, organic natural foods begin to feel better immediately. Exercise is king, nutrition is queen -- put them together and you've got a kingdom.
Jack LaLanne
Image
People thought I was a charlatan and a nut. The doctors were against me -- they said that working out with weights would give people heart attacks and they would lose their sex drive.
Jack LaLanne
Image
George Burns was more athletic than you think he was. And he was a very social man. He loved people, he enjoyed life. He worked at living. Old George was a social lion, he got around and did things. That's the key right there. It starts with your brain.
Jack LaLanne
Image
My top priority in life is my workout. Regardless of what happens, I hit that gym. Even when I was in the hospital twice with serious knee operations: Right after I came out of anesthesia, there was a chin bar over my head and dumbbells. I worked out immediately.
Jack LaLanne
Image
Ten seconds on the lips and a lifetime on the hips.
Jack LaLanne
Image
My wife is my protector. Without her, I'm nothing. She wants to please me, and I want to please her. We've been together over 53 years.
Jack LaLanne
Image
I see a sea of millions of people going down with their own negative thoughts, going down for the third time in this big sea of iniquity and negativity.
Jack LaLanne
Image
My goal has always been to help people help themselves. Your body is your most priceless possession you've go to take care of it!
Jack LaLanne
Image
You've got to work at living-99 and 9/10 of Americans work at dying!
Jack LaLanne
Image
You can't separate the mind and body. It's impossible.
Jack LaLanne
Image
I've always liked fast cars and slow women.
Jack LaLanne
Image
That is the beautiful part about weights: even if you are 100 year old, you can lift something. Maybe it's only a half a pound or a pound or two pounds. It will still do something.
Jack LaLanne
Image
The crusade is never off my mind - the exercise I do, the food I eat, the thought I think - all this and how I can help make my profession better-respected. To me, this one thing - physical culture and nutrition - is the salvation of America.
Jack LaLanne
Image
Jesus, when he was on Earth, he was out there helping people, right? Why did he perform those miracles? To call attention to his profession. Why do you think I do these incredible feats? To call attention to my profession!
Jack LaLanne
Image
I have spoken to a whole group of millionaires, head executives at Microsoft. Boy did I chew those guys out.
Jack LaLanne
Image
I can't die. It would ruin my image.
Jack LaLanne
Image
I think fat, out-of-shape people should be fined.
Jack LaLanne