Quotes About Strength

I love doing air squats or jump squats, push-ups, jumping jacks, burpees, crunches - all the basic stuff, but it's all you need to do to keep it toned.

I notice now, whatever character in whatever movie you're watching, they have these toned arms and muscles.

I like that my body is in shape and toned, and isn't too muscular. I feel I still have a woman's physique.

When I first came to India from Sri Lanka, people were surprised to see my toned arms. I had come right after the Miss Universe pageant.

It felt great to acquire rock-solid, fab abs, toned shoulders and great legs.

I need to show my toned muscles because I will be always in Lord Shiva's look and people will get to see my bare body.

Once you are trained in the international martial arts, your body and mind become toned permanently. You can take on any action role.

They told me many times throughout my career to bite my tongue and I told them my tongue's been bleeding since I was born.

I was told in many places of Osgar's bravery and Goll's strength and Conan's bitter tongue, and the arguments of Oisin and Patrick. And I have often been given the story of Oisin's journey to Tir-nan-Og, the Country of the Young, that is, as I am told, a fine place and everything that is good is in it.

I was born a cripple, with two club feet, and mild polio in the left leg. I was in orthopaedic boots right through to my teenage years and, unfortunately, the fashion then was for light shoes. I discovered very quickly that I had a sharp mind and an exceedingly sharp tongue.

For me, saying 'I'm bossy' is a cute, tongue-in-cheek way of saying that I'm in control of my life.

Tonight I'll dust myself off, tonight I'll suck my gut in, I'll face the night and I'll pretend I got something to believe in.

Toning' exercises are not a thing. Fat-burning exercises and muscle building exercises are.

I find that the thing that makes every body look the best is great toning, and really, really targeting the muscles, and low cardio, where you're sculpting and getting your heart rate up but not beating yourself up.

I have no real tattoos. I wear my bruises and tons of scars as my tattoos.

I do tons of squats, jump squats, and fire hydrants.

I like squats because they help build that foundation of strength. I do tons of single-leg moves for strength and balance because they let you test your strength in one leg at a time. But even on my leg days, I make sure to fit in some core work.

I'm hurtling down bumpy, choppy water very close to being out of control, doing everything I can to stay on my board. One misstep and you're going to get squashed by tons of water. To not get hurt, I need to take everything into consideration: strength, nutrition and mind-set.

What I really want to do is create great roles for women. And I'm not talking Nicholas Sparks romance. I think women's roles have gotten ghettoized in these sort of places... I'm thinking women in action, comic books, or like the Tony Soprano of women. We need some complex roles.

It's always too early to quit.

Life's too short to dwell on things. When you go through experiences that are bad, it's a good thing. You learn from it - become a stronger person. Life is a roller coaster, and you don't know what's going to be thrown at you next, so all you can do is give it your best shot.

When the biceps become too strong, it brings the shoulders forward and makes for a gorilla-like posture.

Serious illness doesn't bother me for long because I am too inhospitable a host.

Fitness is basically a way of life for me. I enjoy being fit and because of that, there is a complete discipline in my family too.