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As you read, the veracity of these quotes will make you think, reflect over your lifestyle choices, and inspire you to cultivate a healthy lifestyle.
- “I’m healthy as can be – not an ache or pain. A lot of my prayer is thanking God that I am healthy. I pray for long life and good health.”- Joel Osteen
- Sedentary people are apt to have sluggish minds. A sluggish mind is apt to be reflected in flabbiness of body and in a dullness of expression that invites no interest and gets none. -Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
- Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity. -John F. Kennedy
- 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
- Health and cheerfulness naturally beget each other. -Joseph Addison
- Live in rooms full of light. Avoid heavy food. Be moderate in the drinking of wine. Take massage, baths, exercise, and gymnastics. Fight insomnia with gentle rocking or the sound of running water. Change surroundings and take long journeys. Strictly avoid frightening ideas. Indulge in cheerful conversation and amusements. Listen to music. -A. Cornelius Celsus
- 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
- “When health is absent, wisdom cannot reveal itself, art cannot manifest, strength cannot fight, wealth becomes useless, and intelligence cannot be applied.” – Herophilus
- “Exercise itself, which tends to be highly repetitive when engaged in regularly, is a major driver of neuroplastic changes in the brain, which is why physical exercise is one of the most important factors in restoring and maintaining mental as well as physical health across the life span, starting from the moment one begins such a program.” – Bob Stahl
- Without health, life is not life; it is only a state of languor and suffering. -Francois Rabelais
- “Take care of yourself, be healthy, and always believe you can be successful in anything you truly want.” Alessandra Ambrosio
- “We know that food is a medicine, perhaps the most powerful drug on the planet with the power to cause or cure most disease.” Dr Mark Hyman“Your body will be around a lot longer than that expensive handbag. Invest in yourself.” – Anonymous
- “The food you eat can be either the safest and most powerful form of medicine or the slowest form of poison.” – Ann Wigmore
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- “If you’re too busy to workout, your priorities need to change. I can’t think of too many things more important than your health.”- Rolsey
- “Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.” – Thomas Jefferson
- “I promise you nothing is as chaotic as it seems. Nothing is worth diminishing your health. Nothing is worth poisoning yourself into stress, anxiety, and fear.” – Steve Maraboli
- “Some struggle is healthy. If you can embrace it rather than be angry, you can use it as your pilot light.” – Damon Wayans
- “All those spices and herbs in your spice rack can do more than provide calorie-free, natural flavourings to enhance and make food delicious. They’re also an incredible source of antioxidants and help rev up your metabolism and improve your health at the same time.” – Suzanne Somers
- “Never continue in a job you don’t enjoy. If you’re happy in what you’re doing, you’ll like yourself, you’ll have inner peace. And if you have that, along with physical health, you will have had more success than you could possibly have imagined.” – Johnny Carson
- “The concept of total wellness recognizes that our every thought, word, and behaviour affects our greater health and well-being. And we, in turn, are affected not only emotionally but also physically and spiritually.” – Greg Anderson
- “Refuse to be ill. Never tell people you are ill; never own it to yourself. Illness is one of those things which a man should resist on principle at the onset.” – Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- “Regaining health is more difficult an objective than becoming ill. Becoming ill is a random act of ignorance and regaining health is an intentional effort in frustration.” – Richard Diaz
- “A further sign of health is that we don’t become undone by fear and trembling, but we take it as a message that it’s time to stop struggling and look directly at what’s threatening us.” – Pema Chödrön
- “Compulsive eating is basically a refusal to be fully alive. No matter what we weigh, those of us who are compulsive eaters have anorexia of the soul. We refuse to take in what sustains us. We live lives of deprivation. And when we can’t stand it any longer, we binge. The way we are able to accomplish all of this is by the simple act of bolting — of leaving ourselves — hundreds of times a day.”– Geneen Roth
- “The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body. The more efficient your body, the better you feel and the more you will use your talent to produce outstanding results.” –Tony Robbins
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