Patience and persistence are vital qualities in the ultimate successful accomplishment of any worthwhile endeavor.
Joseph PilatesPhysical fitness is the first requisite of happiness. In order to achieve happiness, it is imperative to gain mastery of your body. If at the age of 30 you are stiff and out of shape, you are old. If at 60 you are supple and strong then you are young.
Joseph PilatesConcentrate on the correct movements each time you exercise, lest you do them improperly and thus lose all the vital benefits of their value.
Joseph PilatesContrology is not a fatiguing system of dull, boring, abhorred exercises repeated daily "ad-nausem".
Joseph PilatesPhysical fitness is the first requisite of happiness. Our interpretation of physical fitness is the attainment and maintenance of a uniformly developed body with a sound mind fully capable of naturally, easily, and satisfactorily performing our many and varied daily tasks with spontaneous zest and pleasure.
Joseph Pilates