Health is one of the most important things in life. If we want to live long, we also have to live well. Many people don't give health the importance it deserves and we don't realize it until we get sick.
Energy and well-being, both physically and mentally, are totally dependent on health. You have to take care of yourself.
Read these health quotes that aim to inspire you to live a healthy life. Enjoy and take care!
1“To keep the body in good health is a duty…otherwise we shall not be able to keep the mind strong and clear.”
Buddha
2“It is health that is the real wealth, and not pieces of gold and silver.”
Mahatma Gandhi
3“Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos- the trees, the clouds, everything.”
Thich Nhat Hanh
4“I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.”
Voltaire
5“Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.”
Winston Churchill
6"If you don't do what's best for your body, you're the one who comes up on the short end."
Julius Erving
7"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."
Anthony Robbins
8"A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor's book."
Irish Proverb
9"After dinner rest a while; after supper walk a mile."
T. Cogan
10“A fit, healthy body—that is the best fashion statement”
Jess C. Scott
11“When health is absent, wisdom cannot reveal itself, art cannot manifest, strength cannot fight, wealth becomes useless, and intelligence cannot be applied.”
Herophilus
12“Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend.”
Lao Tzu
13"Health is not valued till sickness comes."
Thomas Fuller
14"There's nothing more important than our good health - that's our principal capital asset."
Arlen Specter
15"The first wealth is health."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
16"Looking after my health today gives me a better hope for tomorrow."
Anne Wilson Schaef
17"Investing in health will produce enormous benefits."
Gro Harlem Brundtland
18"Calm mind brings inner strength and self-confidence, so that's very important for good health."
Dalai Lama
19"All the money in the world can't buy you back good health."
Reba McEntire
20"To enjoy the glow of good health, you must exercise."
Gene Tunney
21"To insure good health: Eat lightly, breathe deeply, live moderately, cultivate cheerfulness, and maintain an interest in life."
William Londen
22"The human body has been designed to resist an infinite number of changes and attacks brought about by its environment. The secret of good health lies in successful adjustment to changing stresses on the body."
Harry J. Johnson
23"Health is not simply the absence of sickness."
Hannah Green
24"Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live."
Jim Rohn
25"The preservation of health is a duty. Few seem conscious that there is such a thing as physical morality."
Herbert Spencer
26"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 rather not."
Mark Twain
27"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
28"Let your body be your holy temple."
Lailah Gifty Akita
29"But the real secret to lifelong good health is actually the opposite: Let your body take care of you."
Deepak Chopra
30"Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint."
Mark Twain
31"The second day of a diet is always easier than the first. By the second day you’re off it."
Jackie Gleason
32"Good health is not something we can buy. However, it can be an extremely valuable savings account."
Anne Wilson Schaef
33"Health is the first requisite after morality."
Thomas Jefferson
34"Happiness lies in good health and a bad memory."
Ingrid Bergman
35"Health is not a condition of matter, but of mind."
Mary Baker Eddy
36"Wellness encompasses a healthy body, a sound mind, and a tranquil spirit. Enjoy the journey as you strive for wellness."
Laurette Gagnon Beaulieu
37"Health is like money, we never have a true idea of its value until we lose it."
Josh Billings
38"Health is the thing that makes you feel that now is the best time of year."
Franklin P. Adams
39"You know, all that really matters is that the people you love are happy and healthy. Everything else is just sprinkles on the sundae."
Paul Walker
40"Keep your vitality. A life without health is like a river without water."
Maxime Lagacé
41"Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones."
Mark Levine
42"To your good health old friend, may you live for a thousand years, and I be there to count them."
Robert Smith Surtees
43"The part can never be well unless the whole is well."
Plato
44"Happiness lies, first of all, in health."
George William Curtis