Below are 10 inspirational quotes to spur you into taking control of your own health. We all need reminders like this every now and then.
- To keep the body in good health is a duty, otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear. Buddha (c. 563 BC to 483 BC) – a spiritual teacher from ancient India who founded Buddhism
- Life is not merely being alive, but being well. Marcus Valerius Martialis (known in English as Martial) (circa 40 AD – 103 AD) – a Latin poet from Hispania (the Iberian Peninsula) best known for his twelve books of Epigrams
- Those who do not find time for exercise will have to find time for illness. Edward Smith-Stanley (1752-1834) – English statesman, three times Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world. Paul Dudley White (1886 – 1973) – an American physician and cardiologist
- You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them. Michael Jordan
- Without health, life is not life; it is only a state of languor and suffering. Francois Rabelais (c. 1494 – 1553) – a major French Renaissance writer, doctor and Renaissance humanist
- A healthy body is a guest-chamber for the soul; a sick body is a prison. Francis Bacon (1561 – 1626) – an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, lawyer, jurist and author
- To be successful you must accept all challenges that come your way. You can’t just accept the ones you like. Mike Gafka
- People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success. Norman Vincent Peale
- Train insane or stay the same. Eat clean… talk dirty.
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