Health Quotes

“Most of us think we don’t have enough time to exercise. What a distorted paradigm! We don’t have time not to. We’re talking about three to six hours a week – or a minimum of thirty minutes a day, every other day. That hardly seems an inordinate amout of time considering the tremendous benefits in terms of the impact on the other 162 – 165 hours of the week.” ~ Stephen Covey

“Let yourself go with the disease, be with it, keep company with it – this is the way to be rid of it.” ~ Bruce Lee

“A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn how by his own thought to derive benefit from his illnesses.” ~ Hippocrates

“We are coming to understand health not as the absence of disease, but rather as the process by which individuals maintain their sense of coherence (i.e. sense that life is comprehensible, manageable, and meaningful) and ability to function in the face of changes in themselves and their relationships with their environment.” ~ Aaron Antonovsky

“Consider that not only do negative thoughts and emotions destroy our experience of peace, they also undermine our health.” ~ Dalai Lama

“One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine.” ~ Sir William Osler

“Every human being is the author of his own health or disease.” ~ Buddha

“Eat well, drink in moderation, and sleep sound, in these three good health abound.” ~ Proverb

“To get rich never risk your health. For it is the truth that health is the wealth of wealth.” ~ Richard Baker

“The ingredients of health and long life, are great temperance, open air, easy labor, and little care.” ~ Sir Philip Sidney

“Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.” ~ Benjamin Franklin

“A man’s health can be judged by which he takes two at a time – pills or stairs.” ~ Joan Welsh

“When health is absent, wisdom cannot reveal itself, art cannot become manifest, strength cannot be exerted, wealth is useless, and reason is powerless.” ~ Herophiles