Quotes About Wellness

Food is your body's fuel. Without fuel, your body wants to shut down.

You can't really be strong until you can see a funny side to things.

Dr. Henry Lodge, coauthor of Younger Next Year, makes the point sharply. "It turns out," he says, "that 70% of American aging is not real aging. It's just decay. It's rot from the stuff that we do.

La edad física es incuestionable como forma de medir el número de años que han transcurrido desde nuestro nacimiento, pero es puramente relativa en lo que se refiere a la salud y a la calidad de vida.

Si tienes cincuenta años, ejercita tu mente y tu cuerpo con regularidad, come bien y mantén un entusiasmo general por la vida;

Todas las enfermedades causadas por nuestro estilo de vida —la diabetes, la obesidad, las enfermedades cardíacas, muchos tipos de Alzheimer y de cáncer, y casi todas las osteoporosis— son una forma de descomposición. La naturaleza no nos reservaba ninguna de estas cosas. Salimos y las compramos».

Una forma de mejorar nuestra verdadera edad es cuidarnos físicamente mediante el ejercicio y la alimentación.

La salud proporciona una libertad que muy pocos valoran hasta que la pierden

Few of us have lost our minds, but most of us have long ago lost our bodies.

Making sure that health care is affordable for every American. I think that is very, very important.

Looking at affordable health care, I think it is important that we look not only at prescription drugs, but also make sure that there is a major focus on health care.

We do not stop exercising because we grow old – we grow old because we stop exercising.

My words are life unto those that find them, and my words are health, or medicine, to all their flesh" (Proverbs 4:20–22).

I know from experience, dear friends, if you're going to walk in health, you're going to have to walk in love and pray for those who persecute you and despitefully use you. Pray for them: That's the best way in the world to overcome the problem.

Many people believe the lie that it is not God's will to heal them, yet it is illogical to believe that God heals, and at the same time believe that He won't heal you.)

There are six components of wellness: proper weight and diet, proper exercise, breaking the smoking habit, control of alcohol, stress management and periodic exams.

So I've broadened the fitness concept to make it one of moderation and balance.

Far too many times over the next 12 to 15 years, it was brought to my attention that people who followed my exercise guidelines exactly but ignored their diet, their weight and their cigarette smoking had heart attacks at age 55.

The reason I exercise is for the quality of life I enjoy.

Remember: If you run more than 3 miles five times per week (or a combination totaling 15 miles per week), you are running for something other than fitness, such as competition or ego-building.

But even as I talk about working out for 20 minutes in these most effective aerobic activities, I should mention that that's only a minimum. The optimum workout would be more like 30 minutes, three to four times a week.

Bill Phillips, one of his successors as chairman, captured the spirit in his mantra: "Work hard. Play hard. Sleep fast.

Body practice is the root of spiritual practice. When we calm the body, the mind can expand without limit.

Sometimes we learn the lessons we most desperately need in the form of illness." - Larry Dossey