Health
is not valued till sickness
comes." - Thomas
Fuller |
"The
best six doctors anywhere
And no one can deny
Are sunshine, water, rest, and
air
Exercise and diet.
These six will gladly you attend
If only you are willing
Your mind they'll ease
Your will they'll mend
And charge you not a shilling."
- Nursery rhyme quoted by Wayne
Fields, What the River
Knows, 1990 |
"Sleep,
riches, and health to be truly
enjoyed must be interrupted."
- Johann Paul Friedrich
Richter, Flower, Fruit,
and Thorn
|
"The
greatest wealth is health."
- Virgil |
"Diseases
of the soul are more dangerous
and more numerous than those
of the body." - Cicero |
"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 |
"To
feel keenly the poetry of a
morning's
roses, one has to have just
escaped from the claws of this
vulture which we call sickness."
- Henri Frederic Amiel |
"A
good laugh and a long sleep
are the best cures in the doctor's
book." - Irish
Proverb |
"Take
rest; a field that has rested
gives a bountiful crop."
- Ovid |
"
Money is the most envied, but
the least enjoyed. Health is
the most enjoyed, but the least
envied." Charles
Caleb Colton: Fitness Motivation
Quotes |
"
Take care of your body with
steadfast fidelity. The
soul must see through these
eyes alone, and if they are
dim, the whole world is clouded."
- Goethe: Fitness
Motivation Quotes |
"
Health is the thing that makes
you feel that now is the best
time of the year. - Franklin
P. Adams: Fitness Quotes |
"
Learn to relax. Your body is
precious, as it houses your
mind and spirit. Inner peace
begins with a relaxed body."
- Norman Vincent
Peale: Fitness Quotes |
"Look
to your health; and if you have
it, praise God and value it
next to conscience; for health
is the second blessing that
we mortals are capable of, a
blessing money can't buy."
- Izaak Walton |
"Take
care of your body. It's the
only place you have to live."
- Jim Rohn |
"The
first wealth is health."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson |
"The
groundwork of all happiness
is health." - Leigh
Hunt |
"Time
and health are two precious
assets that we don't recognize
and appreciate until they have
been depleted." -
Denis Waitley |
"Cheerfulness
is the best promoter of health
and is as friendly to the mind
as to the body." - Joseph
Addison |
"Happiness
is nothing more than good
health and a bad memory."
- Albert Schweitzer |
"He,
who has health, has hope; and
he who has hope has everything."
- Arabian Proverb |
| "While
we may not be able to control
all that happens to us, we can
control what happens inside us."
- Ben Franklin |
