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Wellness Quotes
“Don’t worry that your children never listen to you; worry that they are
always watching you.” – Robert Fulghum
“People change when they hurt enough that they have to, learn enough that
they want to, or receive enough that they are able to.” – John Maxwell
“Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought
about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is
also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.” –
Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian politician (1889 – 1964)
“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” -
George Bernard Shaw
“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy: They are the charming
gardeners who make our souls blossom.” - Marcel Proust
“There are three kinds of people – those who can count and those who can’t.”
- unknown
“I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty
of music. It seems to infuse strength into my limbs and ideas into my brain.
Life seems to go on without effort, when I am filled with music.” – George
Eliot, English novelist (1819 – 1880)
“Life has no remote. Get up and change it yourself!” - unknown
“The best way for a person to have happy thoughts is to count his blessings
and not his cash.” - Unknown
“Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our
children.” - Charles R. Swindoll, The Strong Family
“My own prescription for health is less paperwork and more running barefoot
through the grass.” – Terri Guillemets
“Write injuries in sand, kindnesses in marble.” – French proverb
“Love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward
together in the same direction.” – Antoine De Saint-Exupery
“Think of every step in a workout as a step in the right direction.” –
Valerie Bertinelli
“Don’t worry that your children never listen to you; worry that they are
always watching you.” – Robert Fulghum
“Sometimes sweat is the best form of therapy.” – Samantha Dunn
“Without a sense of caring, there can be no sense of community.” – Anthony
D’Angelo
“It is amazing how much crisper the general experience of life becomes when your body is given a chance to develop a little strength.” – Frank Duff, missionary
“Don’t put the key to happiness in someone else’s pocket – keep it in your
own.” - Unknown
“Never let yesterday use up too much of today.” – Will Rogers
“Life is a verb, not a noun.” – Kenyan proverb
“Laughter is by definition healthy.” – Doris Lessing
“Treat the Earth well. It was not given to you by your parents. It was loaned to you by your children.” – Kenyan proverb
“Nature gives to every time and season, some beauties of it’s own.”
–
Charles Dickens
“Be bold. If you’re going to make an error, make a doozy, and don’t be
afraid to hit the ball.”
– Billie Jean King
"The human spirit needs places where nature has not been rearranged by the
hand of man." - author unknown
“What we think, we become.” - Buddha
“To insure good health: Eat lightly, breathe deeply, live moderately,
cultivate cheerfulness, and maintain an interest in life.” – William Londen
"I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do."
- Edward Everett Hale
“In times like these, it is helpful to remember that there have always been
times like these.” – Paul Harvey, radio commentator
“The best six doctors anywhere
And no one can deny it
Are sunshine,
water, rest, and air
Exercise and diet.
These six will gladly you
attend
If only you are willing
Your mind they'll ease
Your will
they'll mend
And charge you not a shilling.”
– Nursery rhyme quoted by
Wayne Fields, What the River Knows, 1990
What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul.
– Yiddish Proverb
“The sweetest sounds to mortals given
Are heard in Mother, Home, and
Heaven.” – William Goldsmith Brown
“Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than
you work.” – Rita Mae Brown
“Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up – ‘cause they’re looking for ideas.” – Paula Poundstone
“I’ve been on a constant diet for the last two decades. I’ve lost a total of
789 pounds. By all accounts, I should be hanging from a charm bracelet.” –
Erma Bombeck
“A bear, no matter how hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise.” –
Pooh’s Little Instruction Book
“Today you are you. That is truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you.” – Dr. Seuss
“He who is outside his door already has
the hard part of his journey behind him.” – Dutch proverb
“The
ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental
wellness.” – Abraham Maslow
“The paradox is that the foundation for
greatness is honoring the small things of the present moment instead of
pursuing the idea of greatness. The present moment is always small in the
sense that it is always simple, but concealed within it lies the greatest
power.” – Eckhart Tolle
“It is useless to force the rhythms of life.
The art of living is about learning how to give time to each and every
thing. - Carlo Petrini
“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
“Being defeated is
often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.” –
Marilyn vos Savant
“He who is outside his door already has the hard
part of his journey behind him.” – Dutch proverb
“Live with
intention. Walk to the edge. Listen hard. Practice wellness. Play with
abandon. Laugh. Choose with no regret. Appreciate your friends. Continue to
learn. Do what you love. Live as if this is all there is.” – Mary Anne
Radmacher
“Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and
realize they were the big things.” – Robert Brault
“A dog is the only
thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.” – Josh Billings
“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing
himself.” – Leo Tolstoy
“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask
yourself what makes you come alive, and then go do that. Because what the
world needs is people who have come alive.” - Harold Thurman Whitman
“The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridges to cross and which to
burn.” – unknown
“The price of anything is the amount of life you
exchange for it.” – Henry David Thoreau
“People will forget what you
said; people will forget what you did; but people
will NEVER forget how
you made them feel.” – Bonnie Jean Wasmund
“The way I see it, if you
want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.” – Dolly Parton
“Television is a chewing gum for the eyes.” – Frank Lloyd Wright
“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly
endless.” – Mother Teresa
“I always wanted to be somebody, but now I
realize I should have been more specific.” – Lily Tomlin
“Success is getting what you
want. Happiness is wanting what you get.” – Dale Carnegie
“You only
live once, but if you work it right, once is enough.” – Joe Lewis
“The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that,
you’ve got it made.” – Groucho Marx
“It is better to sleep on things
beforehand than lie awake about them afterward.” – Baltasar Morales
“The trouble with life in the fast lane is that you get to the other end in
an awful hurry.” – John Jensen
“If I were two-faced, would I be
wearing this one?” – Abraham Lincoln
“Live with intention. Walk to
the edge. Listen hard. Practice wellness. Play with abandon. Laugh. Choose
with no regret. Appreciate your friends. Continue to learn. Do what you
love. Live as if this is all there is.” - Mary Anne Radmacher
“Enthusiasm is contagious. Be a carrier.” – Susan Rabin
"I’d give all
wealth that years have piled, the slow result of life’s decay, to be once
more a little child for one bright summer day." – Lewis Carroll
"To
be interested in the changing seasons is…a happier state of mind than to be
hopelessly in love with spring." – George Santayana
"If you want
children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their
shoulders." – Abigail Van Buren
"In spite of the cost of living, it’s
still popular." – Kathleen Norris
"There is a force within that gives
you life. Seek that." – Rumi
"A minute of thought is worth more than
an hour of talk." – unknown
"The only way to make sense out of change
is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance." – Alan W. Watts
"No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up." – Lily
Tomlin
"We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things
with great love." - Mother Theresa
"Wellness is a process – a
developing awareness that there is no end point, but that health and
happiness are possible in each moment, here and now." – J.W. Travis and R.S.
Ryan, The Wellness Workbook
"Life is not measured by the number of
breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away!" – Unknown
"Money isn’t everything, but it sure keeps you in touch with your
children." – J. Paul Getty
"Don’t you wish there were a knob on the
TV to turn up the intelligence? There’s one marked ‘Brightness’, but it
doesn’t work." – Gallagher
"Become the change you want to see in the
world." – Gandhi
"The grass may be greener on the other side of the
fence, but it’s just as hard to cut." – Little Richard
"Your children
need your presence more than your presents." – Jesse Jackson
"Ginger
Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and
in high heels." – unknown
"You must do the thing you think you cannot
do." – Eleanor Roosevelt
"If you obey all the rules, you miss all the
fun." – Katharine Hepburn
"Exercise is like a savings account. The
more you put in, the more you're going to get out of it." – Ron Ekovich
"Consider the postage stamp, my son. It secures success through it
ability to stick to one thing till it gets there." – Josh Billings
"Even if you fall on your face, you’re still moving forward." – Victor Kiam
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you
didn’t do than by the ones you did do." – Mark Twain
"You are only
young once. But you can stay immature indefinitely." – Ogden Nash
"Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order
that sets me free to fly." – Julie Andrews
"If wrinkles must be
written upon our brow, let them not be written upon the heart; the spirit
should not grow old." - James A. Garfield
"The way to the heart is
through the ears." - Katie Hurley
"I don't know the key to success,
but the key to failure is trying to please everybody." – Bill
Cosby"Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain
empties."
- Jules Renard
"Youth is when you're allowed to stay up
late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you're forced to." - Bill Vaughn
"I drive way too fast to worry about cholesterol." – unknown
"You
don’t stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop
laughing." – Michael Pritchard
"The best ideas come as jokes. Make
your thinking as funny as possible." – unknown
"Life expectancy would
grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon." -
Doug Larson
"I generally avoid temptation unless I can’t resist it."
– Mae West
"Know yourself. Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive
evidence that you are wonderful." – Ann Landers
"Health is a state of
complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence
of disease or infirmity." - World Health Organization
"Nature, time, and
patience are three great physicians." - H.G. Bohn
"If it weren't for the fact that the TV and
refrigerator are so far apart, some of us wouldn't get any exercise at all."
- Joey Adams
"Most of us spend our lives as if we had another one in the
bank." - Ben Irwin
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