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These quotes by great minds who understood the importance of good health will inspire you to stay mindful of your health in 2020.
- “Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning.” – Thomas Jefferson
- “You can feel sore tomorrow or you can feel sorry tomorrow. You choose.”
- “Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security.” – 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
- “Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” – Mahatma Gandhi
- “Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” – Jim Ryan
- “Fitness is like marriage. You can’t cheat on it and expect it to work.” – Bonnie Pfiester
- It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver. Mahatma Gandhi
- He who has health has hope; he who has hope has everything. Arabian proverb
- It is exercise alone that supports the spirit, and keeps the mind in vigor. Marcus Tullius Cicero
- Keep your vitality. A life without health is like a river without water. Maxime Lagacé
- “Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning.” – Thomas Jefferson
- “You can feel sore tomorrow or you can feel sorry tomorrow. You choose.”
- “Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security.” – John F. Kennedy
- “To enjoy the glow of good health, you must exercise.” — Gene Tunney
- “Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” — Jim Ryun
- “Fitness is not about being better than someone else. It’s about being better than you used to be.” — Khloe Kardashian
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- “Exercise is king. Nutrition is queen. Put them together and you’ve got a kingdom.” — Jack LaLanne
- “I hate every minute of training. But i said, don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.” — Mohammad Ali
- “Do today what others won’t so tomorrow you can do what others can’t.” — Jerry Rice
- “Do something today that your future self will thank you for.” — Sean Patrick Flanery
- Three things in life – your health, your mission, and the people you love. That’s it. – Naval Ravikant
- A fit body, a calm mind, a house full of love. These things cannot be bought – they must be earned. – Naval Ravikant
- True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment. – William Penn
- Happiness is the highest form of health. – Dalai Lama
- The human body is the best picture of the human soul. – Tony Robbins
- A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor’s book. – Irish proverb
- Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health. – Carl Jung
- The more you understand yourself, the more silence there is, the healthier you are. – Maxime Lagacé
- The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness. – Arthur Schopenhauer
- What is called genius is the abundance of life and health. – Henry David Thoreau
- Doctors won’t make you healthy. Nutritionists won’t make you slim. Teachers won’t make you smart. Gurus won’t make you calm. Mentors won’t make you rich. Trainers won’t make you fit. Ultimately, you have to take responsibility. Save yourself. Naval Ravikant
- The greatest wealth is health. – Virgil
- Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food. – Hippocrates
- Health is a vehicle, not a destination. – Joshua Fields Millburn
- When the heart is at ease, the body is healthy. Chinese proverb
- In a disordered mind, as in a disordered body, soundness of health is impossible. Marcus Tullius Cicero
- Your health is what you make of it. Everything you do and think either adds to the vitality, energy and spirit you possess or takes away from it. Ann Wigmore
- Good health and good sense are two of life’s greatest blessings. Publilius Syrus
- Give a man health and a course to steer, and he’ll never stop to trouble about whether he’s happy or not. George Bernard Shaw
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