...a man may be a patriot without risking his own life or sacrificing his health. There are plenty of lives less valuable.
– James Mellon, who paid $300 for a civil war Union army deferment
...happiness gives us the energy which is the basis of health.
– Henri Frdric Amiel
A desire to be in charge of our own lives, a need for control, is born in each of us. It is essential to our mental health, and our success, that we take control.
– Robert F. Bennett
A good conscience is to the soul what health is to the body; it preserves constant ease and serenity within us; and more than countervails all the calamities and afflictions which can befall us from without.
– Joseph Addison
A little rebellion now and then...is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government.
– Thomas Jefferson, Letter to James Madison, 1787
A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools.
– Danish proverb
A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn how by his own thought to derive benefit from his illnesses.
– Hippocrates
Age, health, and stage in life have nothing to do with serving or not serving. In each season of life there are attributes and qualities of life and experience that God values in service.
– Bruce Kemper
All excess is ill, but drunkenness is of the worst sort. It spoils health, dismounts the mind, and unmans men. It reveals secrets, is quarrelsome, lascivious, impudent, dangerous and bad.
– William Penn
Angels and ministers of grace defend us.Be thou a spirit of health, or goblin damned,Bring with thee airs from heaven, or blasts from hell,Be thy intents wicked, or charitable,Thou com'st in such a questionable shape,That I will speak to thee.
– William Shakespeare
Anguish of mind has driven thousands to suicide; anguish of body, none. This proves that the health of the mind is of far more consequence to our happiness, than the health of the body, although both are deserving of much more attention than either of them receive.
– C. C. Colton
As I see it, every day you do one of two things build health or produce disease in yourself.
– Adelle Davis
As I see it, every day you do one of two things: build health or produce disease in yourself.
Attention to health is life's greatest hindrance.
– Plato
Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.
– Mark Twain
Books are pleasant, but if by being over-studious we impair our health and spoil our good humour, two of the best things we have, let us give it over. I, for my part, am one of those who think no fruit derived from them can recompense so great a loss.
– Montaigne
By health I mean the power to live a full, adult, living, breathing life in close contact with... the earth and the wonders thereof - the sea - the sun.
– Katherine Mansfield
Digressions, objections, delight in mockery, carefree mistrust are signs of health everything unconditional belongs in pathology.
– Friedrich Nietzsche
Digressions, objections, delight in mockery, carefree mistrust are signs of health; everything unconditional belongs in pathology.
– Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil
Fear is a question What are you afraid of, and why Just as the seed of health is in illness, because illness contains information, your fears are a treasure house of self-knowledge if you explore them.
– Marilyn Ferguson
Fear is a question: What are you afraid of, and why? Just as the seed of health is in illness, because illness contains information, your fears are a treasure house of self-knowledge if you explore them.
food is eaten for health, not to taste
– naman aggarwal
For health and the constant enjoyment of life, give me a keen and ever-present sense of humor it is the next best thing to an abiding faith in providence.
– George Barrell Cheever
Good friends are good for your health.
– Dr. Irwin Sarason
Handguns are a public-health problem.
– Josh Sugarmann
