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Quotes About the Importance of Good Health

Welcome to our collection of quotes and shareable quote pics about how important good health is. We hope you enjoy pondering them and please share widely.

Quote: Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon. by author Doug Larson overlaid on photo of person holding green plants
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Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon.


Quote: Life is like a tree and its root is consciousness. Therefore, once we tend the root, the tree as a whole will be healthy. by author Deepak Chopra overlaid on photo of man and woman sitting on white bed reading book
Photo Credit: Anastasiia Rozumna

Life is like a tree and its root is consciousness. Therefore, once we tend the root, the tree as a whole will be healthy.


Quote: Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health. by author Carl Jung overlaid on photo of two women sitting on wooden dock over body of water
Photo Credit: KaLisa Veer

Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health.


Quote: Look up, laugh loud, talk big, keep the color in your cheek and the fire in your eye, adorn your person, maintain your health, your beauty and your animal spirits. by author William Hazlitt overlaid on photo of photo of giraffe
Photo Credit: Katie Treadway

Look up, laugh loud, talk big, keep the color in your cheek and the fire in your eye, adorn your person, maintain your health, your beauty and your animal spirits.


Quote: Prevention is better than cure. by author Desiderius Erasmus overlaid on photo of two hands
Photo Credit: Toa Heftiba

Prevention is better than cure.


Quote: There is no health without mental health. by author David Satcher overlaid on photo of four people sitting on wooden stair
Photo Credit: Gaelle Marcel

There is no health without mental health.


Quote: Mental health and mental balance is critical to leading a healthy life. by author Mariel Hemingway overlaid on photo of adult yellow Labrador retriever inside black plastic basin
Photo Credit: Jonathan Daniels

Mental health and mental balance is critical to leading a healthy life.


Quote: With every pill we have prescribed for us we should also be given a creative prayer, a suggested way to correct our destructive patterns of thought. by author Ernest Holmes overlaid on photo of man in red shirt sitting on white suv during daytime
Photo Credit: Alexandre Barbosa

With every pill we have prescribed for us we should also be given a creative prayer, a suggested way to correct our destructive patterns of thought.


Quote: Health and cheerfulness naturally beget each other. by author Joseph Addison overlaid on photo of three woman holding hands white walking
Photo Credit: Katy Anne

Health and cheerfulness naturally beget each other.


A sound mind in a sound body, is a short, but full description of a happy state in this world: he that has these two, has little more to wish for; and he that wants either of them, will be little the better for anything else.


Quote: Happiness lies, first of all, in health. by author George William Curtis overlaid on photo of two women holding flowers
Photo Credit: Sam Manns

Happiness lies, first of all, in health.


Quote: A sad soul can kill you quicker than a germ. by author John Steinbeck overlaid on photo of two person on the tunnel
Photo Credit: Jason Lam

A sad soul can kill you quicker than a germ.


Quote: The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly. by author Buddhist saying overlaid on photo of woman in black tank top and gray leggings doing yoga
Photo Credit: Katie Bush

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.


Quote: Before healing others, heal yourself. by author Gambian saying overlaid on photo of toddler hugging siberian husky
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Before healing others, heal yourself.


Quote: 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. by author Ann Wigmore overlaid on photo of man in red shirt sitting on white suv during daytime
Photo Credit: Alexandre Barbosa

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.


Quote: A fit body, a calm mind, a house full of love. These things cannot be bought -- they must be earned. by author Naval Ravikant overlaid on photo of woman in blue denim jacket with red rose on ear
Photo Credit: Becca Tapert

A fit body, a calm mind, a house full of love. These things cannot be bought -- they must be earned.


Quote: Three things in life -- your health, your mission, and the people you love. That's it. by author Naval Ravikant overlaid on photo of man and woman facing backward while woman's head on man's shoulder on tip of hill
Photo Credit: Aiony Haust

Three things in life -- your health, your mission, and the people you love. That's it.


Quote: Health is the first muse, and sleep is the condition to produce it. by author Ralph Waldo Emerson overlaid on photo of photography of yellow petaled flowers field
Photo Credit: Johannes Plenio

Health is the first muse, and sleep is the condition to produce it.


Quote: Look to your health; and if you have it, praise God, and value it next to a good conscience; for health is the second blessing that we mortals are capable of; a blessing that money cannot buy. by author Izaak Waldon overlaid on photo of aerial view of green lake surrounded by green trees during daytime
Photo Credit: Alexsandre Almeida

Look to your health; and if you have it, praise God, and value it next to a good conscience; for health is the second blessing that we mortals are capable of; a blessing that money cannot buy.


Quote: Every human being is the author of his own health or disease. by author Unknown Author overlaid on photo of gray hummingbird
Photo Credit: Bryan Hanson

Every human being is the author of his own health or disease.


Quote: 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. by author Naval Ravikant overlaid on photo of photo of author Naval Ravikant with quote

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.


Quote: Protect your health. Without it you face a serious handicap for success and happiness. by author Harry F. Banks overlaid on photo of landscape photo of mountain during nighttime
Photo Credit: Alexandr Podvalny

Protect your health. Without it you face a serious handicap for success and happiness.


Quote: A great hallmark of mental wellness is the ability to be in the present moment, fully and with no thoughts of being elsewhere. by author Wayne W. Dyer overlaid on photo of aerial photography of pine trees with mist
Photo Credit: Dorel Gnatiuc

A great hallmark of mental wellness is the ability to be in the present moment, fully and with no thoughts of being elsewhere.


Quote: The power of community to create health is far greater than any physician, clinic or hospital. by author Mark Hyman, M.D. overlaid on photo of group of people sitting on white sand during daytime
Photo Credit: Amir Hosseini

The power of community to create health is far greater than any physician, clinic or hospital.


Quote: The human body is the best picture of the human soul. by author Ludwig Wittgenstein overlaid on photo of four person standing beside wall
Photo Credit: Gemma Chua-Tran

The human body is the best picture of the human soul.


Quote: Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body. by author Joseph Addison overlaid on photo of silhouette of mountain
Photo Credit: Elliott Engelmann

Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.


Quote: I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order. by author John Burroughs overlaid on photo of woman standing on cliff
Photo Credit: Mitchell Hartley

I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.


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.


Quote: A feeble body weakens the mind. by author Jean-Jacques Rousseau overlaid on photo of two hands
Photo Credit: Toa Heftiba

A feeble body weakens the mind.


Quote: Happiness is good health and a bad memory. by author Ingrid Bergman overlaid on photo of three women sitting on rock near body of water
Photo Credit: Courtney Cook

Happiness is good health and a bad memory.


Quote: Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory. by author Albert Schweitzer overlaid on photo of man standing on sand while spreading arms beside calm body of water
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Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.


Quote: The devil has put a penalty on all things we enjoy in life. Either we suffer in health or we suffer in soul or we get fat. by author Albert Einstein overlaid on photo of people holding shoulders sitting on wall
Photo Credit: Duy Pham

The devil has put a penalty on all things we enjoy in life. Either we suffer in health or we suffer in soul or we get fat.


Quote: Good physical health with well mental health or peace of mind or happiness is the ultimate goal of life. by author Rajan and Sajan Mishra overlaid on photo of photo of author Rajan and Sajan Mishra with quote

Good physical health with well mental health or peace of mind or happiness is the ultimate goal of life.


Quote: Respect your body. Eat well. Dance forever. by author Eliza Gaynor Minden overlaid on photo of close-up photo of pink flower
Photo Credit: Ricardo Gomez Angel

Respect your body. Eat well. Dance forever.


Quote: You can't live a healthy life on a sick planet. by author John Replogle overlaid on photo of calm body of water and mountain
Photo Credit: Jake Fagan

You can't live a healthy life on a sick planet.


Quote: When the heart is at peace, the body will be healthy. by author Chinese Proverb overlaid on photo of man hugging woman wall painting
Photo Credit: Annie Spratt

When the heart is at peace, the body will be healthy.


Quote: Fresh air impoverishes the doctor. by author Danish Proverb overlaid on photo of toddler hugging siberian husky
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Fresh air impoverishes the doctor.


Quote: Pray for a healthy mind in a healthy body. by author Juvenal overlaid on photo of photo of author Juvenal with quote

Pray for a healthy mind in a healthy body.


Quote: The optimism of a healthy mind is indefatigable. by author Margery Allingham overlaid on photo of photo of author Margery Allingham with quote

The optimism of a healthy mind is indefatigable.


Quote: The body is a sacred garment. by author Martha Graham overlaid on photo of photo of author Martha Graham with quote

The body is a sacred garment.

Longer Version/[Notes]:

The body is a sacred garment. It's your first and last garment; it is what you enter life in and what you depart life with, and it should be treated with honor.


Quote: You need to make good health a hobby. by author Jack LaLanne overlaid on photo of photo of author Jack LaLanne with quote

You need to make good health a hobby.


Quote: Food is the new health care. by author Jason Calacanis overlaid on photo of photo of author Jason Calacanis with quote

Food is the new health care.


Quote: There's nothing more important than our good health -- that's our principal capital asset. by author Arlen Specter overlaid on photo of person wearing orange and gray Nike shoes walking on gray concrete stairs
Photo Credit: Bruno Nascimento

There's nothing more important than our good health -- that's our principal capital asset.


Quote: Love is not as important as good health. You cannot be in love if you're not healthy. You can't appreciate it. by author Bryan Cranston overlaid on photo of photo of author Bryan Cranston with quote

Love is not as important as good health. You cannot be in love if you're not healthy. You can't appreciate it.


Quote: Eating crappy food isn't a reward -- it's a punishment. by author Drew Carey overlaid on photo of photo of author Drew Carey with quote

Eating crappy food isn't a reward -- it's a punishment.


Quote: Experience taught me that working families are often just one pay check away from economic disaster. And it showed me first-hand the importance of every family having access to good health care. by author Dave Obey overlaid on photo of fawn pug lying on floor
Photo Credit: Matthew Henry

Experience taught me that working families are often just one pay check away from economic disaster. And it showed me first-hand the importance of every family having access to good health care.


Quote: Health care should be affordable for everyone. by author Ed Pastor overlaid on photo of photo of author Ed Pastor with quote

Health care should be affordable for everyone.


Quote: You can't take good health for granted. by author Jack Osbourne overlaid on photo of photo of author Jack Osbourne with quote

You can't take good health for granted.


Quote: One should eat to live, not live to eat. by author Moliere overlaid on photo of two women holding flowers
Photo Credit: Sam Manns

One should eat to live, not live to eat.


Quote: Good health is the most important thing. More than success. More than money. More than power. by author Lee Strasberg overlaid on photo of photo of author Lee Strasberg with quote

Good health is the most important thing. More than success. More than money. More than power.


Quote: All the money in the world can't buy you back good health. by author Reba McEntire overlaid on photo of photo of author Reba McEntire with quote

All the money in the world can't buy you back good health.


Quote: A healthy outside starts from the inside. by author Robert Urich overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Urich with quote

A healthy outside starts from the inside.


Quote: Your health is your starting point -- without it, you have nothing. by author Sienna Guillory overlaid on photo of photo of author Sienna Guillory with quote

Your health is your starting point -- without it, you have nothing.


Quote: He who has good health is young. by author Henry George Bohn overlaid on photo of two hands
Photo Credit: Toa Heftiba

He who has good health is young.


Quote: Life is not living, but living in health. by author Martial overlaid on photo of top view of green succulent plants
Photo Credit: Annie Spratt

Life is not living, but living in health.


Quote: Not sleeping is a problem when you get older. Not only is it linked to weight gain but the whole point of sleep is it allows your body to heal and replenish itself which is vital for good health. by author Toyah Willcox overlaid on photo of photo of author Toyah Willcox with quote

Not sleeping is a problem when you get older. Not only is it linked to weight gain but the whole point of sleep is it allows your body to heal and replenish itself which is vital for good health.


Eating healthy and exercising won't help you if it's only temporary.


As parents, we have a responsibility to teach our family and our children everything they need to know about good health and eating and movement, and just an everyday healthy life.


Quote: Health and fitness are totally a choice for a better quality of life. by author Chris Powell overlaid on photo of photo of author Chris Powell with quote

Health and fitness are totally a choice for a better quality of life.


Quote: Health is not, in the minds of most people, a unitary concept. It is multi-dimensional, and it is quite possible to have 'good' health in one respect, but 'bad' in another. by author Mildred Blaxter overlaid on photo of man in red shirt sitting on white suv during daytime
Photo Credit: Alexandre Barbosa

Health is not, in the minds of most people, a unitary concept. It is multi-dimensional, and it is quite possible to have 'good' health in one respect, but 'bad' in another.


Quote: Good health is multifaceted -- it's physical, it's internal, it's my diet, and my emotional state. It's all tied in together. by author Michelle Obama overlaid on photo of photo of author Michelle Obama with quote

Good health is multifaceted -- it's physical, it's internal, it's my diet, and my emotional state. It's all tied in together.


Quote: Our body is a machine for living. by author Leo Tolstoy overlaid on photo of photo of author Leo Tolstoy with quote

Our body is a machine for living.


Quote: The First wealth is health. by author Ralph Waldo Emerson overlaid on photo of woman hugging other woman while smiling at beach
Photo Credit: Omar Lopez

The First wealth is health.


Quote: Take care of your body with steadfast fidelity. by author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe overlaid on photo of photo of author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe with quote

Take care of your body with steadfast fidelity.


Quote: Health is the greatest of human blessings. by author Hippocrates overlaid on photo of photo of author Hippocrates with quote

Health is the greatest of human blessings.


Quote: A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools. by author Spanish proverbs overlaid on photo of person standing on rock beside body of water between green trees
Photo Credit: Steve Carter

A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools.


Quote: The groundwork for all happiness is good health. by author Leigh Hunt overlaid on photo of photo of author Leigh Hunt with quote

The groundwork for all happiness is good health.


Quote: After dinner rest a while; after supper walk a mile. by author T. Cogan overlaid on photo of two dragonflies on green cornate leaf
Photo Credit: mike mcgrath

After dinner rest a while; after supper walk a mile.


Quote: Physical ills are the taxes laid upon this wretched life; some are taxed higher, and some lower, but all pay something. by author Lord Chesterfield overlaid on photo of green leaf in close up photography
Photo Credit: Dan Hodgkins

Physical ills are the taxes laid upon this wretched life; some are taxed higher, and some lower, but all pay something.


Quote: No time for your health today, no health for your time tomorrow. by author Thibaut Courtois overlaid on photo of photo of author Thibaut Courtois with quote

No time for your health today, no health for your time tomorrow.


Quote: There is something in sickness that breaks down the pride of manhood. by author Charles Dickens overlaid on photo of white snow mountain
Photo Credit: Olivier Miche

There is something in sickness that breaks down the pride of manhood.


Quote: I think you might dispense with half your doctors if you would only consult Dr. Sun more. by author Henry Ward Beecher overlaid on photo of gray and black laptop computer on surface
Photo Credit: Ales Nesetril

I think you might dispense with half your doctors if you would only consult Dr. Sun more.


Quote: Doctors are always working to preserve our health and cooks to destroy it, but the latter are the more often successful. by author Denis Diderot overlaid on photo of photo of author Denis Diderot with quote

Doctors are always working to preserve our health and cooks to destroy it, but the latter are the more often successful.


Quote: If you do everything you should do, and do not do anything you should not do, you will, according to the best available statistics, live exactly eighteen hours longer than you would otherwise. by author Logan Clendening overlaid on photo of woman in black tank top and gray leggings doing yoga
Photo Credit: Katie Bush

If you do everything you should do, and do not do anything you should not do, you will, according to the best available statistics, live exactly eighteen hours longer than you would otherwise.


Quote: Many people treat their bodies as if they were rented from Hertz -- something they are using to get around in but nothing they genuinely care about understanding. by author Chungliang Al Huang overlaid on photo of man in red shirt sitting on white suv during daytime
Photo Credit: Alexandre Barbosa

Many people treat their bodies as if they were rented from Hertz -- something they are using to get around in but nothing they genuinely care about understanding.


Quote: Joy and temperance and repose, slam the door on the doctor's nose. by author Henry Wadsworth Longfellow overlaid on photo of computer coding screengrab
Photo Credit: Markus Spiske

Joy and temperance and repose, slam the door on the doctor's nose.


Quote: If we are creating ourselves all the time, then it is never too late to begin creating the bodies we want instead of the ones we mistakenly assume we are stuck with. by author Deepak Chopra overlaid on photo of body of water
Photo Credit: Lopez Robin

If we are creating ourselves all the time, then it is never too late to begin creating the bodies we want instead of the ones we mistakenly assume we are stuck with.


Quote: Your body holds deep wisdom. Trust in it. Learn from it. Nourish it. Watch your life transform and be healthy. by author Bella Bleue overlaid on photo of green trees under white clouds
Photo Credit: Conscious Design

Your body holds deep wisdom. Trust in it. Learn from it. Nourish it. Watch your life transform and be healthy.


Quote: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. by author Benjamin Franklin overlaid on photo of three women sitting on rock near body of water
Photo Credit: Courtney Cook

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.


Quote: The best doctors gives the least medicine. by author Benjamin Franklin overlaid on photo of four people sitting on wooden stair
Photo Credit: Gaelle Marcel

The best doctors gives the least medicine.


Quote: Eat to live, not live to eat. by author Socrates overlaid on photo of photo of author Socrates with quote

Eat to live, not live to eat.


Quote: I stand in awe of my body. by author Henry David Thoreau overlaid on photo of two hands
Photo Credit: Toa Heftiba

I stand in awe of my body.


Quote: An apple a day keeps the doctor away. by author Unknown Author overlaid on photo of green trees on forest during daytime
Photo Credit: Adam Bixby

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.


Quote: I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health. by author Voltaire overlaid on photo of silhouette of mountain during sunset
Photo Credit: Sonil Trivedi

I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.


Quote: Moderation. Small helpings. Sample a little bit of everything. These are the secrets of happiness and good health. by author Julia Child overlaid on photo of photo of author Julia Child with quote

Moderation. Small helpings. Sample a little bit of everything. These are the secrets of happiness and good health.


Quote: The greatest wealth is health. by author Publius Vergilius Maro overlaid on photo of photo of author Publius Vergilius Maro with quote

The greatest wealth is health.


Quote: Happiness is the highest form of health. by author Dalai Lama overlaid on photo of photo of author Dalai Lama with quote

Happiness is the highest form of health.


Quote: Give me health and a day, and I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous. by author Ralph Waldo Emerson overlaid on photo of Blue to purple gradient
Photo Credit: Luke Chesser

Give me health and a day, and I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous.


Quote: Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. by author Benjamin Franklin overlaid on photo of man raising arms between greenfield
Photo Credit: Hanny Naibaho

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.


Quote: Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far. by author Thomas Jefferson overlaid on photo of photo of author Thomas Jefferson with quote

Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far.

Longer Version/[Notes]:

Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far. The Europeans value themselves on having subdued the horse to the uses of man; but I doubt whether we have not lost more than we have gained, by the use of this animal.


Quote: Health is not valued till sickness comes. by author Thomas Fuller overlaid on photo of photo of author Thomas Fuller with quote

Health is not valued till sickness comes.




Quote: The first wealth is health. by author Ralph Waldo Emerson overlaid on photo of two women standing on moutain
Photo Credit: Roberto Nickson

The first wealth is health.


Quote: Water, air, and cleanness are the chief articles in my pharmacy. by author Napoléon Bonaparte overlaid on photo of saguaro
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Water, air, and cleanness are the chief articles in my pharmacy.


Quote: Guilt can stop us from taking healthy care of ourselves. by author Melody Beattie overlaid on photo of landscape photography of road at savannah
Photo Credit: Nikola Knezevic

Guilt can stop us from taking healthy care of ourselves.


Quote: It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver. by author Mahatma Gandhi overlaid on photo of close-up photo of two men shaking hands near beach at sunset
Photo Credit: Tyler Nix

It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.


Quote: The wish for healing has always been half of health. by author Seneca the Younger overlaid on photo of photo of author Seneca the Younger with quote

The wish for healing has always been half of health.


Quote: I believe that the greatest gift you can give your family and the world is a healthy you. by author Joyce Meyer overlaid on photo of body of water under clear blue sky painting
Photo Credit: Adam Dutton

I believe that the greatest gift you can give your family and the world is a healthy you.


Quote: Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security. by author John F. Kennedy overlaid on photo of white and black soccer ball on grass field
Photo Credit: Wesley Tingey

Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security.


Quote: If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health. by author Hippocrates overlaid on photo of red and white led lighted heart decor
Photo Credit: Izumi LaCorte

If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health.


Quote: But the real secret to lifelong good health is actually the opposite: Let your body take care of you. by author Deepak Chopra overlaid on photo of pink balloon tied on white wooden chair
Photo Credit: Florian Klauer

But the real secret to lifelong good health is actually the opposite: Let your body take care of you.


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