Quotes About Well-being

Sadly, for some mothers, this experience can be made so much harder due to challenges with our very mental health.

Educated mothers are 50 percent more likely to immunize their children than mothers with no schooling.

I think that's why a lot of people are very lonely and get ill when they're older, because I think loneliness and having no motivation, nothing to work towards... I think it kills you.

To say that merit may be the same is not to say that productivity is the same. Nor can we logically or morally ignore the discrepancy in the relative urgency of those who want their shoes repaired versus those in need of brain surgery. In other words, it is not a question of simply weighing the interest of one income recipient versus the interest of another income recipient, while ignoring the vastly larger number of other people whose well-being depends on what these individuals produce. If

This is one of the pitfalls of being nice: You end up overexerting yourself. That's why one of the most important things to learn after you master good behavior is how to say no gracefully. It's ultimately better for everyone, because you don't burn out and wind up in a mental institution, making you no good to anyone at all.

most of us can literally "choose" to be happy, if we understand the mind's thought–emotion mechanism.

In the West, we have become addicted to work. Americans now work the longest hours in the world. And the result is not health, wealth and wisdom, but rather a lot of anxiety, a lot of ill health and a lot of debt.

The lie-in—by which I mean lying in bed awake—is not a selfish indulgence but an essential tool for any student of the art of living, which is what the idler really is. Lying in bed doing nothing is noble and right, pleasurable and productive.

After all, why be right when you can be happy.

Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness

My faith is whatever makes me feel good about being alive. If your religion doesn't make you feel good to be alive, what the hell is the point of it?

Often, moreover, it is...that aspect of our being that society finds eccentric, ridiculous, or disagreeable, that holds our sweet waters, our secret well of happiness, the key to our equanimity in malevolent climes.

Oh, no, darlin', none o' that. Sure and they destroyed some cells, no doubt about it, but 'twas for the good. If you want your tree to produce plenty o' fruit, you've got to cut it back from time to time. Same thing with your neural cells. Some people might call it brain damage. I call it prunin'.

life closely track your income: residents of wealthy districts can expect to live longer and better.

Money can't buy happiness but it can vastly improve the quality of your misery.

Psychopathy is like sunlight. Overexposure can hasten one's demise in grotesque, carcinogenic fashion. But regulated exposure at controlled and optimal levels can have a significant positive impact on well-being and quality of life.

As a professional programmer, you should know that trying to be focused and "productive" 60 hours a week is not a sensible thing to do.

sometimes we focus too much on the dead... that we forget about the living...! love your peers, love your friends, love your family, and most importantly... love yourself !

I have my parents to thank for that, they raised me to be active and play all sports. They taught me the importance of staying healthy, being focused and setting goals in whatever I do.

The food you put into your body works its way through your organs and bloodstream and is actually part of who you are. So every time you put crap in your body, you are crap.

What I wanted from food was companionship, comfort, reassurance, a sense of warmth and well-being that was hard for me to find in my own life, even in my own home.

To look and feel my best, I watch my calories and exercise.

The rewards for being sane may not be very many, but knowing what's funny is one of them.

The reason mindfulness skills work so well in depression is that they help you create a space between you and your thoughts and impulses. This allows you to pick approach behaviors instead of avoidance behaviors.