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Quotes About Wellness

A sad soul can kill you quicker, far quicker, than a germ.
~ John Steinbeck
You're getting well,' Samuel said. 'Some people think it's an insult to the glory of their sickness to get well. But the time poultice is no respecter of glories. Everyone gets well if he waits around.
~ John Steinbeck
Some people think it's an insult to the glory of their sickness to get well.
~ John Steinbeck
Money does not change sickness, only the symptoms.
~ John Steinbeck
During the years he was never sick, except of course for the chronic indigestion which was universal, and still is, with men who live alone, cook for themselves, and eat in solitude.
~ John Steinbeck
You're getting well," Samuel said. "Some people think it's an insult to the glory of their sickness to get well. But
~ John Steinbeck
Coming in from his work, he gorged himself on fried food and went to bed and to sleep in the resulting torpor.
~ John Steinbeck
You're getting well," Samuel said. "Some people think it's an insult to the glory of their sickness to get well. But the time poultice is no respecter of glories. Everyone gets well if he waits around.
~ John Steinbeck
Getting old could be jolly, if you stayed strong.
~ John Updike
Nature is the index and context of all health and if we have an appetite it is there to be satisfied, satisfying thereby the cosmic order.
~ John Updike
Next to love, balance is the most important thing.
~ John Wooden
One very important domain of our lives and experience that we tend to miss, ignore, abuse, or lose control of as a result of being in the automatic pilot mode is our own body.
~ Jon Kabat-Zinn
The main things are to commit to some simple behaviors—meditating, exercising, getting enough sleep—and to practice altruism.… And nurture your social connections.
~ Jon Kabat-Zinn
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~ Jon Kabat-Zinn
Even something as simple as relaxation can be frustratingly elusive if you are unaware of your body. The stress of daily living often produces tension that tends to localize in particular muscle groups, such as the shoulders, the jaw, and the forehead.
~ Jon Kabat-Zinn
So before we convince ourselves that our bodies are too this or too that, shouldn't we get more in touch with how wonderful it is to have a body in the first place, no matter what it looks or feels like?
~ Jon Kabat-Zinn
from our point of view, as long as you are breathing, there is more right with you than wrong with you, no matter what is wrong. Over the next eight weeks, we are going to pour energy in the form of attention into what is right with you—much of which we never notice or take for granted, or don't fully develop in ourselves—and let the rest of the medical center and your health care team take care of what is "wrong," and just see what happens.
~ Jon Kabat-Zinn
Attention leads to connection, connection to regulation, regulation to order, and order to ease (as opposed to dis-ease), or, more colloquially, to health.
~ Jon Kabat-Zinn
health is a dynamical process. It is not a fixed state that you "get" and then hold on to.
~ Jon Kabat-Zinn
Dr. Lown's story graphically illustrates the enormous power that strongly held beliefs, which are in actuality just thoughts, can have on our health.
~ Jon Kabat-Zinn
Be the good & seek the good. Faith fights anxieties… go after your faith with body, mind & soul.
~ Erica Goros
take care of one another.
~ Unknown
You are the most important part of the family. Take care of yourself first. Then you'll be able to take care of everyone else even better.
~ Deepak Chopra
I am healthy, my family is healthy. That is the important thing. After that we go racing.
~ Mark Webber