Health is wealth — every person who has ever been seriously ill will tell you that. These quotes cover physical health, mental health, wellness, prevention, and the daily habits that add up to a life with more energy and fewer regrets.
“My health is very much improved.”
“One of the things I like best about 'Biggest Loser' is being around people who are trying to make the right choices. When you feel defeated about your weight and your health, like there's no hope, and you still make the choice to fight for it, to make the change happen no matter what people say or think, that's inspiring to me.”
“We drink one another's health and spoil our own.”
“The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens.”
“Take all that is given whether wealth, love or language, nothing comes by mistake and with good digestion all can be turned to health.”
“Mental health is often missing from public health debates even though it's critical to wellbeing.”
“The awareness that health is dependent upon habits that we control makes us the first generation in history that to a large extent determines its own destiny.”
“It is reasonable to expect the doctor to recognize that science may not have all the answers to problems of health and healing.”
“The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not.”
“Addiction should never be treated as a crime. It has to be treated as a health problem. We do not send alcoholics to jail in this country. Over 500,000 people are in our jails who are nonviolent drug users.”
“I have never yet met a healthy person who worried very much about his health, or a really good person who worried much about his own soul.”
“I believe we can incentivize more affordable health care in general by better regulating insurance and creating meaningful competition for health care services.”
“This syndrome, SARS, is now a worldwide health threat... The world needs to work together to find its cause, cure the sick and stop its spread.”
“This is a historic moment in global public health, demonstrating the international will to tackle a threat to health head on.”
“The health care system is really designed to reward you for being unhealthy. If you are a healthy person and work hard to be healthy, there are no benefits.”
“Overnight stardom can be harmful to your mental health. Yeah. It has ruined a lot of people.”