Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.
—Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965) French Theologian, Musician, Philosopher, Physician
Regularity in the hours of rising and retiring, perseverance in exercise, adaptation of dress to the variations of climate, simple and nutritious aliment, and temperance in all things are necessary branches of the regimen of health.
—Lydia H. Sigourney (1791–1865) American Poetaster, Author
Mental health problems do not affect three or four out of every five persons, but one out of one.
—Karl Menninger (1893–1990) American Psychiatrist
In minds crammed with thoughts, organs clogged with toxins, and bodies stiffened with neglect, there is just no space for anything else.
—Alison Rose Levy
A bodily disease, which we look upon as whole and entire within itself, may, after all, be but a symptom of some ailment in the spiritual part.
—Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–64) American Novelist, Short Story Writer
If you wish to keep as well as possible, the less you think about your health the better.
—Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–94) American Physician, Essayist
Sleep is the golden chain that ties health and our bodies together.
—Thomas Dekker
Sleep is a healing balm for every ill.
—Menander (c.343–c.291 BCE) Greek Comic Dramatist, Poet
Doctors are always working to preserve our health and cooks to destroy it, but the latter are the more often successful.
—Denis Diderot (1713–84) French Philosopher, Writer
The human body is the best picture of the human soul.
—Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951) Austrian-born British Philosopher
Like everybody else, when I don’t know what else to do, I seem to go in for catching colds.
—George Jean Nathan (1882–1958) American Drama Critic, Editor
A healthy mind, a healthy body.
—Hippocrates (460–370 BCE) Ancient Greek Physician
Sickness comes on horseback and departs on foot.
—Dutch Proverb
Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.
—Lu Xun (1881–1936) Chinese Writer
What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn’t much better than tedious disease.
—George D. Prentice (1802–70) American Journalist, Editor
Great things are not something accidental, but must certainly be willed.
—Vincent van Gogh (1853–90) Dutch Painter
To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals.
—Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) American Political Leader, Inventor, Diplomat
With stupidity and sound digestion man may front much.
—Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish Historian, Essayist
Nothing is more fatal to health than an over care of it.
—Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) American Political Leader, Inventor, Diplomat
Give me health and a day, and I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
Nature, time and patience are the three great physicians.
—Common Proverb
Self-image sets the boundaries of individual accomplishment.
—Maxwell Maltz (1899–1975) American Surgeon, Motivational Writer
So many people spend their health gaining wealth, and then have to spend their wealth to regain their health.
—A. J. Reb Materi Canadian Clergyman
All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
—Tacitus (56–117) Roman Orator, Historian
Honor begets honor, trust begets trust; faith begets faith; and hope is the mainspring of life.
—Henry L. Stimson (1867–1950) American Political leader, Military Leader, Lawyer
If you expect nothing, you’re apt to be surprised. You’ll get it.
—Malcolm S. Forbes (1919–1990) American Publisher, Businessperson
It’s bizarre that the produce manager is more important to my children’s health than the pediatrician.
—Meryl Streep (b.1949) American Actor
There is still an immense amount to be learned about health, but if what is at present known to a few were part of the general knowledge, the average expectation of life could probably be increased by about ten years.
—J. B. S. Haldane (1892–1964) British Biologist, Geneticist
Use your health, even to the point of wearing it out. That is what it is for. Spend all you have before you die; do not outlive yourself.
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish Playwright
Men that look no further than their outsides, think health an appurtenance unto life, and quarrel with their constitutions for being sick; but I that have examined the parts of man, and know upon what tender filaments that fabric hangs, do wonder that we are not always so; and considering the thousand doors that lead to death, do thank my God that we can die but once.
—Thomas Browne (1605–82) English Author, Physician
Nine-tenths of our sickness can be prevented by right thinking plus right hygiene — nine-tenths of it.
—Henry Miller (1891–1980) American Novelist
Diseases of the soul are more dangerous and more numerous than those of the body.
—Cicero (106BCE–43BCE) Roman Philosopher, Orator, Politician, Lawyer
There is this difference between the two temporal blessings — health and money; money is the most envied, but the least enjoyed; health is the most enjoyed, but the least envied; and this superiority of the latter is still more obvious when we reflect that the poorest man would not part with health for money, but that the richest would gladly part with all his money for health.
—Charles Caleb Colton (c.1780–1832) English Clergyman, Aphorist
The man who works need never be a problem to anyone. Opportunities multiply as they are seized; they die when neglected. Life is a long line of opportunities. Wealth is not in making money, but in making the man while he is making money. Production, not destruction, leads to success.
—John Wicker
Happiness lies, first of all, in health.
—George William Curtis (1824–92) American Essayist, Public Speaker, Editor, Author
Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body.
—Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613–80) French Writer
He had kept his head, kept his health and his strength, bearing up under a weight of work and worry that only a few could have carried.
—David McCullough (b.1933) American Historian
Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
—Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) American Political Leader, Inventor, Diplomat
He who has not faith in others shall find no faith in them.
—Laozi (fl.6th Century BCE) Chinese Philosopher, Sage
I have learned to use the word impossible with the greatest caution.
—Wernher von Braun (1912–77) German-born American Engineer, Scientist
What after all has maintained the human race on this old globe despite all the calamities of nature and all the tragic failings of mankind, if not faith in new possibilities and courage to advocate them?
—Jane Addams (1860–1935) American Social Activist, Political Activist, Author, Lecturer
You can set yourself up to be sick, or you can choose to stay well.
—Wayne Dyer (b.1940) American Motivational Writer, Author, Motivational Speaker
To keep the body in good health is a duty, for otherwise we shall not be able to trim the lamp of wisdom, and keep our mind strong and clear. Water surrounds the lotus flower, but does not wet its petals.
—Buddhist Teaching
Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.
—Mark Twain (1835–1910) American Humorist
We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.
—Khalil Gibran (1883–1931) Lebanese-born American Philosopher, Poet, Painter, Theologian, Sculptor
It’s not the work which kills people, it’s the worry. It’s not the revolution that destroys machinery it’s the friction.
—Henry Ward Beecher (1813–87) American Clergyman, Writer
People who don’t know how to keep themselves healthy ought to have the decency to get themselves buried, and not waste time about it.
—Henrik Ibsen (1828–1906) Norwegian Playwright
All things are possible until they are proved impossible–even the impossible may only be so, as of now.
—Pearl S. Buck (1892–1973) American Novelist, Human Rights Activist
Minor surgery is surgery someone else is having.
—Unknown
If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
—Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902–91) Polish-born American Children’s Books Writer, Novelist, Short Story Writer
One of the most sublime experiences we can ever have is to wake up feeling healthy after we have been sick.
—Harold Kushner (b.1935) American Jewish Religious Leader, Priest
When we are well, we all have good advice for those who are ill.
—Terence (c.195–159 BCE) Roman Comic Dramatist
We create our fate every day … most of the ills we suffer from are directly traceable to our own behavior.
—Henry Miller (1891–1980) American Novelist
Don’t worry about losing weight; you’ll find it exactly where you lost it.
—Robert Half
Why you are born and why you are living depend entirely on what you are getting out of this world and what you are giving to it. I cannot prove that this is a balance of mathematical perfection, but my own observation of life leads me to the conclusion that there is a very real relationship, both quantitatively and qualitatively, between what you contribute and what you get out of this world.
—Oscar Hammerstein II (1895–1960) American Songwriter, Composer, Theater Producer, Writer
Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.
—Eric Hoffer (1902–83) American Philosopher, Author
Think of only three things: your God, your family and the Green Bay Packers — in that order.
—Vince Lombardi (1913–70) American Football Coach
The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don’t want, drink what you don’t like, and do what you’d druther not.
—Mark Twain (1835–1910) American Humorist
Money cannot buy health, but I’d settle for a diamond-studded wheelchair.
—Dorothy Parker (1893–1967) American Humorist, Journalist
Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health no pleasure can be tasted by man; without liberty, no happiness can be enjoyed by society.
—Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (1678–1751) English Politician, Philosopher
We forget ourselves and our destinies in health; and the chief use of temporary sickness is to remind us of these concerns.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
He who cures a disease may be the skillfullest, but he that prevents it is the safest physician.
—Thomas Fuller (1608–61) English Cleric, Historian
Physick, for the most part, is nothing else but the Substitute of Exercise or Temperance.
—Joseph Addison (1672–1719) English Essayist, Poet, Playwright, Politician
The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend.
—Benjamin Disraeli (1804–81) British Head of State
The confidence we have in ourselves arises in a great measure from that which we have in others.
—Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613–80) French Writer
Attention to health is life’s greatest hindrance.
—Plato (428 BCE–347 BCE) Ancient Greek Philosopher, Mathematician, Educator
Just as your car runs more smoothly and requires less energy to go faster and farther when the wheels are in perfect alignment, you perform better when your thoughts, feelings, emotions, goals, and values are in balance.
—Brian Tracy (b.1944) American Author, Motivational Speaker
It is remarkable how ones wits are sharpened by physical exercise.
—Pliny the Younger (61–112) Ancient Roman Lawyer, Author, Magistrate
Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.
—Laozi (fl.6th Century BCE) Chinese Philosopher, Sage
The health of nations is more important than the wealth of nations.
—William C. Durant (1861–1947) American Industrialist
Persistent prophecy is a familiar way of assuring the event.
—George Gissing (1857–1903) English Novelist
Health is a precious thing, and the only one, in truth, meriting that a man should lay out not only his time, sweat, labor and goods, but also life itself to obtain it.
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–92) French Essayist
If the pain wanders, do not waste your time with doctors.
—Mignon McLaughlin (1913–83) American Journalist, Author
Exercise is the chief source of improvement in our faculties.
—Hugh Blair (1718–1800) Scottish Preacher, Scholar, Critic
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement; nothing can be done without hope.
—Helen Keller (1880–1968) American Author
To preserve permanent good health, the state of mind must be taken into consideration.
—Robert Owen (1771–1858) British Social Reformer, Philosopher
Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit. When one is free from physical disabilities and mental distractions, the gates of the soul open.
—B. K. S. Iyengar (1918–2014) Indian Hindu Yoga Teacher
God heals and the doctor takes the fee.
—Common Proverb
A wise physician is a John Baptist, who recognizes that his only mission is to prepare the way for a greater than himself — Nature.
—Arthur Sherburne Hardy (1847–1930) American Engineer, Educator, Editor, Diplomat, Novelist, Poet
Health and intellect are two blessings of life.
—Menander (c.343–c.291 BCE) Greek Comic Dramatist, Poet
A man in good health is always full of advice to the sick.
—Menander (c.343–c.291 BCE) Greek Comic Dramatist, Poet
We should manage our fortune as we do our health—enjoy it when good, be patient when it is bad, and never apply violent remedies except in an extreme necessity.
—Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613–80) French Writer
Men who are occupied in the restoration of health to other men, by the joint exertion of skill and humanity, are above all the great of the earth. They even partake of divinity, since to preserve and renew is almost as noble as to create.
—Voltaire (1694–1778) French Philosopher, Author
Treat your body like a temple, not a woodshed. The mind and body work together. Your body needs to be a good support system for the mind and spirit. If you take good care of it, your body can take you wherever you want to go, with the power and strength and energy and vitality you will need to get there.
—Jim Rohn (1930–2009) American Entrepreneur, Author, Motivational Speaker
Health is not a condition of matter, but of Mind.
—Mary Baker Eddy (1821–1910) American Christian Science Religious Leader, Humanitarian, Writer
In a disordered mind, as in a disordered body, soundness of health is impossible.
—Cicero (106BCE–43BCE) Roman Philosopher, Orator, Politician, Lawyer
A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools.
—Spanish Proverb
Gold that buys health can never be ill spent; nor hours laid out in harmless merriment.
—John Webster (1580–1634) English Dramatist, Poet
We awaken in others the same attitude of mind we hold toward them.
—Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915) American Writer, Publisher, Artist, Philosopher
It is part of the cure to wish to be cured.
—Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) (c.4 BCE–65 CE) Roman Stoic Philosopher, Statesman, Tragedian
After two days in the hospital, I turn to the nurse.
—W. C. Fields (1880–1946) American Actor, Comedian, Writer
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
—Common Proverb
I have never yet met a healthy person who worried very much about his health, or a really good person who worried much about his own soul.
—J. B. S. Haldane (1892–1964) British Biologist, Geneticist
I cannot discover that anyone knows enough to say definitely what is and what is not possible.
—Henry Ford (1863–1947) American Businessperson, Engineer
Pew things are more important to a community than the health of its women. — If strong is the frame of the mother, says a proverb, the son will give laws to the people. — And in nations where all men give laws, all men need mothers of strong frames.
—Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1823–1911) American Social Reformer, Clergyman
If you have health, you probably will be happy, and if you have health and happiness, you have all the wealth you need, even if it is not all you want.
—Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915) American Writer, Publisher, Artist, Philosopher
What we prepare for is what we shall get.
—William Graham Sumner (1840–1910) American Polymath, Academic, Historian, Sociologist, Anthropologist
To make the world a friendly place, one must show it a friendly face.
—James Whitcomb Riley (1849–1916) American Children’s Books Writer, Poet, Writer