Find your motivation to get up and head out for a walk with these walking quotes.

Walking is one of the simplest forms of exercise and one that the majority of people are able to do.

And, the best part is, there are more than just physical benefits to exercise.

There are many mental and emotional benefits that come along with it as well. 

Walking through nature also comes with added benefits.

It often helps people to feel connected with nature and pull away from the busyness of the world.

And then in the quiet and calm, they’re able to reconnect with their thoughts.

Read the walking quotes below for some other great reminders about the benefits of walking. 

Walking quotes about thinking and walking

1. “All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.” – Friedrich Nietzsche

2. “Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

3. “I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.” – Abraham Lincoln

4. “Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time.” – Steven Wright

5. “Me thinks that the moment my legs begin to move, my thoughts begin to flow.” – Henry David Thoreau

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Walking quotes about exercise and health

6. “Walking is the best possible exercise.” – Thomas Jefferson

7. “Walking is the favorite sport of the good and wise.” – A.L. Rowse

8. “I look my best when I’m totally free, on holiday, walking on the beach.” – Rosamund Pike

9. “Walking gets the feet moving, the blood moving, the mind moving.” – Terri Guillemets

10. “Walking is cheap, fun, safe and acceptable exercise.” – Annie Taylor

11. “Exercise to stimulate, not to annihilate. The world wasn’t formed in a day, and neither were we. Set small goals and build upon them.” – Lee Haney

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Walking quotes about the mental health benefits of walking

12. “The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.” – Jacqueline Schiff

13. “Walking brings me back to myself.” – Laurette Mortimer

14. “A morning walk sets us out on the right foot for the day.” – Terri Guillemets

15. “When I’m in turmoil, when I can’t think, when I’m exhausted and afraid and feeling very, very alone, I go for walks. It’s just one of those things I do. I walk and I walk and sooner or later something comes to me, sometimes to make me feel less like jumping off a building.” – Jim Butcher

16. “If you are in a bad mood go for a walk. If you are still in a bad mood, go for another walk.” – Hippocrates

17. “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

18. “We live in a fast-paced society. Walking slows us down.” – Robert Sweetgall

19. “A morning walk gives the body a chance to forgive the trails and tribulations of yesterday, to shed its rubbish and mental clutter.” – Terri Guillemets

Walking quotes to get you on your feet

20. “There are plenty of difficult obstacles in your path. Don’t allow yourself to become one of them.” – Ralph Marston

21. “I love walking because it clears your mind, enriches the soul, takes away stress and opens up your eyes to a whole new world.” – Claudette Dudley

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Walking quotes about nature

22. “In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks.” – John Muir

23. “Walking shares with making and working that crucial.” – Unknown 

24. “The destiny of every walking man is to immerse himself in the panorama surrounding him, to the point of becoming one with it and, ultimately, to vanish.” – Federico Castigliano

25. “Good walking leaves no track behind it.” – Laozi

26. “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 temp. Even a bicycle goes too fast.” – Paul Scott Mowrer

27. “Walking… is how the body measures itself against the earth.” – Rebecca Sonit

Inspirational walking quotes

28. “He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.” – Friedrich Nietzsche

29. “My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing.” – Aldous Huxley

30. “An early morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.” – Henry David Thoreau

31. “Walking is the great adventure, the first meditation, a practice of heartiness and soul primary to humankind. Walking is the exact balance between spirit and humility.” – Gary Snyder

32. “When real people fall down in life, they get right back up and keep on walking.” – Michael Patrick King

33. “If I feel frustrated in a situation, I take a deep breath and walk away.” – Iman

34. “After a day’s walk everything has twice its usual value.” – George Macauley Trevelyan

35. “You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.” – Richard Branson

Insightful walking quotes

36. “Golf is a good walk spoiled.” – Mark Twain

37. “If I could not walk far and fast, I think I should explode and perish.” – Charles Dickens

38. “Walking is the natural recreation for a person who desires not absolutely to suppress his intellect but to turn it out to play for a season.” – Leslie Stephen

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

40. “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

41. “Walking is pretty easy. You just have to be confident, like not caring. And honestly, people think about their walk too much, so they try to do something really interesting, but the designers hate it.” – Lucky Blue Smith

42. “Walk like you have three men walking behind you.” – Anonymous

43. “Walking is the great adventure, the first meditation, a practice of heartiness and soul primary to humankind. Walking is the exact balance between spirit and humility.” – Gary Snyder

44. “The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero

45. “Walking: the most ancient exercise and still the best modern exercise.” – Carrie Latet

46. “When you have worn out your shoes, the strength of the shoe leather has passed into the fiber of your body. I measure your health by the number of shoes and hats and clothes you have worn out.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
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47. “There is this to be said for walking: it’s the one mode of human locomotion by which a man proceeds on his own two feet, upright, erect, as a man should be, not squatting on his rear haunches like a frog.” – Edward Abbey

More walking quotes and sayings

48. “My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She’s ninety-seven now, and we don’t know where the heck she is.” – Ellen DeGeneres

49. “But the beauty is in the walking, we are betrayed by destinations.” – Gwyn Thomas

50. “There comes… a longing never to travel again except on foot.” – Wendell Berry

51. “Walking in shoes is physical walking, but walking barefoot is spiritual walking!” – Mehmet Murat ildan

52. “Walking makes the world much bigger and therefore more interesting.” – Edward Abbey

53. “Walking is the desire for life.” – Jeffrey C. Robinson

54. “I am extremely happy walking on the downs…I like to have space to spread my mind out in.” – Virginia Woolf

55. “Take a walk outside – it will serve you far more than pacing around in your mind.” – Rasheed Ogunlaru

56. “I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.” – Noel Coward

57. “Walking through darkness with thoughts full of colors.” – Prajakta Mhadnak

Motivational Walking Quotes to get You Walking

58. “Walking is man’s best medicine.” – Hippocrates

59. “Make your feet your friend.” – J.M. Barrie

60. “Above all, do not lose your desire to walk. Every day 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.” – Soren Kierkegaard

61. “Walks. The body advances, while the mind flutters around it like a bird.” – Jules Renard

62. “Hiking and happiness go hand in hand or foot in boot.” – Diane Spicer

63. “It is quite possible to leave your home for a walk in the early morning air and return a different person – beguiled, enchanted.” – Mary Ellen Chase

64. “This early piece of the morning is mine.” – Wallace Stegner

65. “Early morning exercise will keep you active for the entire day.” – Lailah Gifty Akita

66. “In the morning a man walks with his whole body; in the evening, only with his legs.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

67. “Morning is an important time of day, because how you spend your morning can often tell you what kind of day you are going to have.” – Lemony Snicket

Short Walking Quotes To Encourage Walking

68. “Thoughts come clearly while one walks.” — Thomas Mann

69. “A rainy day is the perfect time for a walk in the woods.” — Rachel Carson

70. “Take a quiet walk with Mother Nature. It will nurture your mind, body and soul.” — Antony Douglas Williams

71. “When you walk in the mountains or swim in the sea, again, you set yourself free.” — Jay Woodman

72. “It is not talking but walking that will bring us to heaven.” — Matthew Henry

73. “A walk in nature, walks the soul back home.” — Mary Davis

74. “Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.” — Wallace Stevens

75. “To solve a problem, walk around.” — Gregory McNamee

76. “Walking is good for solving problems — it’s like the feet are little psychiatrists.” — Terri Guillemets

77. “Some people walk in the rain; others just get wet.” — Roger Miller

Which of these walking quotes is your favorite?

Look for times to schedule walks into your day.

Getting away from and providing yourself time to think can be just the thing that you need to clear your head.

And then, there are other times when it’s helpful to walk with a friend or loved one.

It allows you to have a chance to talk and focus on nothing but the other person. 

So whether you’re in a good mood and want a little exercise, stressed out and tired, or feeling overwhelmed, a good walk could be just the thing that you need in your day.

Allow yourself the time to pull away and hit the pavement. 

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