quotations about walking
Walking is a valued milestone, an important functional skill, and an indicator of increased independence that is based on motor control.
JUDITH C. BIERMAN
"Developing Ambulation Skills", Therapeutic Exercise in Developmental Disabilities
There are some good things to be said about walking. Not many, but some. Walking takes longer, for example, than any other known form of locomotion except crawling. Thus it stretches time and prolongs life.
EDWARD ABBEY
"Walking", The Journey Home
I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
T. S. ELIOT
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
Go back to what's good, what's certain, what's always there. You woke up today. Just start walking.
JESSE L. MARTIN
Men's Health, December 2005
Walking is the grand slam of physical activities.
PHILIP L. HABERSTRO
"WNY's walking man is set for National Walk at Lunch Day", Buffalo News, April 21, 2017
Unlike other forms of exercise, walking is free, requires no special equipment or training, and is a safe, low impact work out with a low risk of injuries and accidents.
DEREK BROCKWAY & JULIAN CAREY
Weatherman Walking
Home is everything you can walk to.
JERRY SPINELLI
Stargirl
These days, walking down the street may be more dangerous than driving. The number of pedestrian fatalities has skyrocketed and there may be one small thing to blame: Your cell phone. More and more people are stepping into traffic with their heads buried in their smart phones.
JENNY DAY
"Walking is becoming more dangerous than driving", SanDiego6, March 30, 2017
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
attributed, Walk to Win
I find more pleasure in wandering the fields than in mixing among my silent neighbours who are insensible to everything but toiling and talking of it and that to no purpose.
JOHN CLARE
attributed, John Clare and the Bounds of Circumstance
Just start walking. Step by step, day after day, you walk to take steps towards heart health.
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
press release
You can get active in lots of ways, but walking is one of the simplest and easiest steps you can take to improve your health.
NATALIE MORALES
"National Walking Day spreads awareness on health", NewsWest9, April 5, 2017
In the morning a man walks with his whole body; in the evening, only with his legs.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks
There is nothing healthier for a man than to walk on his own two legs.
JOSÉ SARAMAGO
Baltasar and Blimunda
A lone walker is both present and detached, more than an audience but less than a participant. Walking assuages or legitimizes this alienation.
REBECCA SOLNIT
Wanderlust: A History of Walking
If you are for a merry jaunt I will try for once who can foot it farthest.
JOHN DRYDEN
attributed, Forty Thousand Quotations, Prose and Poetical
Walking may not feel as effective as a calorie-burning exercise as, say, an hour-long aerobics class but while it's true that you'll burn more calories by doing more vigorous exercise, walking is something you can do at any time of day, anywhere, on your own, with or without a gym membership and without any special clothing or equipment. If you do it with friends or a pet, it's also arguably more enjoyable too. For these reasons, you're far more likely to stick to a walking workout regime and so a weight-loss plan that includes plenty of regular walking is more likely to be effective and long-lasting too.
SISKI GREEN
"The Benefits of Walking", Saga Magazine, January 5, 2016
There comes ... a longing never to travel again except on foot.
WENDELL BERRY
Remembering
All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE
Twilight of the Idols
I haven't got any special religion this morning. My God is the God of Walkers. If you walk hard enough, you probably don't need any other god.
BRUCE CHATWIN
In Patagonia