Quotes About Prevention

There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic. A man's own observation, what he finds good of and what he finds hurt of, is the best physic to preserve health.

The surest way to prevent seditions...is to take away the matter of them.

Concerning the materials of seditions. It is a thing well to be considered; for the surest way to prevent seditions (if the times do bear it) is to take away the matter of them. For if there be fuel prepared, it is hard to tell, whence the spark shall come, that shall set it on fire.

The first remedy or prevention is to remove, by all means possible, that material cause of sedition whereof we spake; which is, want and poverty in the estate.

Fear nothing but what thy industry may prevent be confident of nothing but what fortune cannot defeat it is no less folly to fear what is impossible to be avoided than to be secure when there is a possibility to be deprived.

Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.

Let the fear of danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.

These measures may not constitute an absolute guarantee of peace, but, in my opinion, they constitute the greatest preventive measures ever adopted by nations.

Each one of these treaties is a step for the maintenance of peace, an additional guarantee against war. It is through such machinery that the disputes between nations will be settled and war prevented.

More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginnings of all wars.

It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.

industry and utility are the angels of death who, with fiery swords, prevent man's return to Paradise.

People ask me to predict the future, when all I want to do is prevent it.

A cup of blueberries a day may keep cognitive decline away.

He could hear Matthews saying, 'Worry before, and you'll be prepared. Worry afterwards and you'll keep your feet on the ground. But don't worry during action; that's fatal.

The patient says, Doctor, it hurts when I do this. The doctor says, Then don't do that!

I also believe that the most common source of the particular acid the polio virus seems to prefer comes from the putrefaction of ice cream in the bowels. Polio strikes most viciously at children who eat large quantities of ice cream.

The effort to cure disease has been, without doubt, the greatest curse that has ever been perpetrated upon the human race. The idea that disease is something that must be cured, the idea that it is something that can be cured, must be eradicated from the human mind before we can hope to arrive at a rational solution of our health problems.

The importance of heart health became very real for me when my father died of heart disease seven years ago. Having experienced the loss first hand, I am inspired to do everything I can to break the cycle and prevent families from losing loved ones to this preventable disease.

Nearly 60 years ago, the international community made a commitment to put an end to the crime of genocide by ratifying the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.

I think suicide is sort of like cancer was 50 years ago. People don't want to talk about it, they don't want to know about it. People are frightened of it, and they don't understand, when actually these issues are medically treatable.

I keep my skin - especially on my face and neck - out of the sun. My brother died of melanoma eight years ago, and I've got SPF on all the time, 24-7. It makes you realize, the sun is a wonderful thing, but it can be a very devastating thing. So sunscreen is key, and a lot of laughter, too.

If there had been a Financial Product Safety Commission in place 10 years ago, the current financial crisis would have been averted.

Ask yourself: was there anything I could have done to prevent the situation? If the answer is yes, do something now and become a better person for it.