Here is my selection of walking quotes to entertain, inspire and motivate you.

They all go to show that walking is good for you – for both your body and mind.
Some are famous and some not quite so famous - I hope you enjoy them.


The sum of the whole is this: walk and be happy; walk and be healthy. The best way to lengthen out our days is to walk steadily and with a purpose.
Charles Dickens

If I could not walk far and fast, I think I should just explode and perish.
Charles Dickens


"An early morning walk is a blessing for the whole day."
Henry David Thoreau, US writer and naturalist


I can remember walking as a child. It was not customary to say you were fatigued. It was customary to complete the goal of the expedition.
Katherine Hepburn

Take a two-mile walk every morning before breakfast.
Harry Truman (His advice on how to live to be 80.)


Make your feet your friend.
J.M. Barrie


There is nothing like walking to get the feel of a country. A fine landscape is like a piece of music; it must be taken at the right tempo.
Even a bicycle goes too fast.
Paul Scott Mowrer


If you want to know if your brain is flabby, feel your legs.
Bruce Barton


If you are seeking creative ideas, go out walking. Angels whisper to a man when he goes for a walk.
Raymond Inmon


I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards.
Abraham Lincoln


Above all do not lose your desire to walk. Everyday I walk myself into a state of well being and walk away from every illness.
I have walked myself into my best thoughts and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it. But by sitting still, and the more one sits still, the closer one comes to feeling ill...if one keeps on walking everything will be alright.
Soren Kierkegaard.


People say that losing weight is no walk in the park.
When I hear that I think,yeah, that's the problem.
Chris Adams


The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.
Jacqueline Schiff


Walking would teach people the quality that youngsters find so hard to learn - patience.
Edward P. Weston


Of all exercises walking is the best.
Thomas Jefferson


What really helps motivate me to walk are my dogs, who are my best pals.
They keep you honest about walking because when it's time to go, you can't disappoint those little faces.
Wendie Malick

The longest journey begins with a single step.
Lao Tsu, Tao Te Ching

A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world.
Paul Dudley White

Walking is a man's best medicine.
Hippocrates

If you know any more please email them to me and I can include them on the Walking site.

Remember that on average, every minute you are walking can extend your life by 1.5 to 2 minutes!


Enjoy your walking!