Quotes About Health

All the crimes on earth do not destroy so many of the human race, nor alienate so much property, as drunkenness.

The joyfulness of a man prolongeth his days.

I know a man who gave up smoking, drinking, sex, and rich food. He was healthy right up to the time he killed himself.

Years back someone said cod liver oil was the cure-all! Cheerfulness is more palliative and with no unpleasant aftertaste.

Do not worry; eat three square meals a day; say your prayers; be courteous to your creditors; keep your digestion good; exercise; go slow and easy. Maybe there are other things your special case requires to make you happy, but my friend, these I reckon will give you a good life.

If we could learn how to balance rest against effort, calmness against strain, quiet against turmoil, we would assure ourselves of joy in living and psychological health for life.

Laughter puts your brain, your central nervous system and your whole being into a state of free play.

It has always seemed to me that hearty laughter is a good way to jog internally without having to go outdoors.

A good belly laugh is like taking your liver for a horseback ride.

I've put on a lot of weight... I only weighed six and a half pounds when I was born.

Nature heals under the auspices of the medical profession.

Sickness is felt, but health not at all.

The placebo cures 30% of patients - no matter what they have.

The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals.

After dinner, rest a while, after supper walk a mile.

Wherever a doctor cannot do good, he must be kept from doing harm.

I observe the physician with the same diligence as the disease.

The very first requirement in a hospital is that it should do the sick no harm.

Sickness is a sort of early old age; it teaches us a diffidence in our earthly state.

To be sick is to enjoy monarchal prerogatives.

Physicians of the Utmost Fame were called at once, but when they came they answered, as they took their fees, 'There is no cure for this disease.'

One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine.

I was sick, and ye visited me.

There is a great difference between a good physician and a bad one; yet very little between a good one and none at all.