Quotes About Prevention

Where there are wars, where there are divided allegiances, where there are temptations to be resisted, objects of love to be fought for or defended -- there, obviously, nobility and heroism have some sense. But there aren't any wars nowadays. The greatest care is taken to prevent you from loving any one too much.

A gramme in time saves nine.

Cynicism is a great cure for over-study. There is a great deal of cynicism in this book, in one place and another. It should be regarded as Angostura Bitters, to brighten the flavour of a discourse which were else too sweet. It prevents one from slopping over into sentimentality.

Isabel looked at her. "Five pieces? Isn't that the Government recommendation?" "It's none of their business," said Jamie. Isabel disagreed. "Oh, I think it is. If the Government has to pick up the bill when we get ill, then surely it has the right to tell us how to avoid getting ill in the first place.

Addiction is finding a quick and dirty solution to the symptom of the problem, which prevents or distracts one from the harder and longer-term task of solving the real problem.

To the wise, a prick on the finger avoids a hole in the heart.

a person with an ACE Score of 4 or more is, statistically, 1,220 percent more likely to attempt suicide than someone with an ACE Score of 0.

I am interested in getting people to use the healthcare system at the right time, getting them to see the doctor early enough, before a small health problem turns serious.

The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease. —Thomas A. Edison

You and your loved ones need to know that your health is largely in your own hands, and no one else's. What needs to be understood is that health is the natural, spontaneous consequence of healthful living. It is rarely the consequence of expensive or complicated medical care.

The truth is that the overwhelming majority of diseases threatening you and your loved ones are preventable, but not effectively treatable.

Charles Martel's victory at the Battle of Tours in 732 is recognised for having prevented the spread of Islam throughout Europe.

When competent, sensible people do something stupid, the smartest move is to try to figure out, first, what kept them from seeing it coming and, second, how to prevent the problem from happening again. Talking

We are currently living under a form of government that our Constitution was explicitly designed to prevent.

Medication, surgery, and medical tests are all focused on disease, not on health. Prevention is the act of moving away from the disease. Proactivity in health is seeking a high level of wellness and acting in a way that will create that reality in your life.

It's gonna take someone getting seriously sick. Football didn't do much 'bout steroids until Lyle Alzado died. That's the way of the world. Until your house burns down, you don't worry about getting smoke detectors.

When people speak to you about a preventive war, you tell them to go and fight it. After my experience, I have come to hate war.

Trying to manage diabetes is hard because if you don't, there are consequences you'll have to deal with later in life.

We have to prevent loss of life.

Fight the staggering rise of type-2 diabetes by simply learning to cook healthy fresh food - it's fun, and it could save your life!

Most people do not go to the dentist until they have a toothache; most societies do not reform abuses until the victims begin to make life uncomfortable for others.

Hindsight is a wonderful thing but foresight is better, especially when it comes to saving life, or some pain!

Get between your kid and drugs, any way you can, if you want to save the kid's life.

To the as-yet-unborn, to all innocent wisps of undifferentiated nothingness: Watch out for life.