Quotes About Longevity

Leave sooner, drive slower, live longer.

Now most people in affluent and middle-income countries worry about what (and how much) is best to eat in order to maintain or improve their health and extend their longevity, not whether they will have enough to survive.

An analysis of more than 30 university research studies on happiness and health by Dutch researcher Dr. Ruut Veenhoven showed that being chronically unhappy has the same effect on longevity as smoking cigarettes daily. On average, the effects of unhappiness cut your life expectancy by six years.

Now it is believed that phytonutrients are actually weak toxins that stimulate the body's endogenous antioxidants through a stress reaction, much as other positive stressors such as exercise strengthen various systems of the body. In any case, we know that men and women who consume high levels of fruits exhibit higher antioxidant capacities, are less prone to chronic diseases, and live longer.

Get them off the Internet and stop them from looking for shortcuts. The human body does not adapt any faster than it did 30 years ago, so why should we expect performance gains to be accomplished faster today?

Biological age is much more important than chronological age.

The one quality which counters against longevity is neuroticism. Neuroticism is usually defined as an extra susceptibility to anger, sadness, fear and guilt – all of which can lead to anxiety, hostility, self- consciousness and depression – and there seems no doubt that these are unhealthy personality traits.

happiness increases heart health, strengthens the immune system, combats stress, reduces aches and pains, reduces chronic illness, and lengthens our lives.

To rise at six, to dine at ten,To sup at six, to sleep at ten,Makes a man live for ten times ten.

You can hype a questionable product for a little while, but you'll never build an enduring business.

The glow and energy of the healthy woman is the ultimate beauty, the only beauty that will last.

I was on Stealing Beauty in 1996 and then I started feeling acting was something I wanted to do forever. It made me feel like I'll still be looking for parts when I'm 70 years old.

The best business returns are usually achieved by companies that are doing something quite similar today to what they were doing five or ten years ago.

The best diet is the one that can be sustained over the long term, combined with other healthful lifestyle behaviors.

I'm inspired by people who keep on rolling, no matter their age.

The first hundred years are the hardest.

Youth had been a habit of hers for so long that she could not part with it.

And may you happy live, And long us bless.

Pretend to be dumb, that's the only way to reach old age.

"I hope, sir, that I will shoot your picture on your hundredth birthday." I don't see why not, young man. You look reasonably fit and healthy.

The bitterness of poor quality is remembered long after the sweetness of low price has faded from memory.

I think it's very important that whatever you're trying to make or sell or teach has to be basically good. A bad product and you know what? You won't be here in ten years.

If you want your business to survive for 100 years, you've got to make it through every single day for 100 years. It's not enough to do it 99.9% of the time.

We never set up Yandex to imitate what others were doing. We've been in the business longer than other search engines and have created many original products.