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 – American
Scientist Born 1886 Died 1973
Attention to health is life's
greatest hindrance.
--Plato – Greek Philosopher Born
427 BC Died 347 BC
Exercise is done against one's
wishes and maintained only because
the alternative is worse.
--George A. Sheehan – American
Writer Born 1918 Died 1993
Exercise is the chief source of
improvement in our faculties.
--Hugh Blair – Scottish Theologian
Born 1718 Died 1800
Happiness lies first of all in
health.
--George William Curtis – American
Author Born 1824 Died 1892
He who has health, has hope; and
he who has hope, has everything.
--Thomas Carlyle – Scottish
Philosopher Born 1795 Died 1881
I love to swim for miles; I could
just go back and forth.
--Jill Clayburgh – American Actress
Born 1944
If we could give every individual
the right amount of nourishment
and exercise, not too little and
not too much, we would have found
the safest way to health.
--Hippocrates – Greek Scientist Born
460 BC Died 357 BC
In the midst of these hard times
it is our good health and good
sleep that are enjoyable.
--Knute Nelson – American Politician
Born 1843 Died 1923
It is health that is real wealth
and not pieces of gold and silver.
--Mahatma Gandhi – Indian Leader
Born 1869 Died 1948
Leave all the afternoon for
exercise and recreation, which are
as necessary as reading. I will
rather say more necessary because
health is worth more than
learning.
--Thomas Jefferson – American
President Born 1743 Died 1826
Muscles come and go; flab lasts.
--Bill Vaughan – American Journalist
Born 1915 Died 1977
Never hurry. Take plenty of
exercise. Always be cheerful. Take
all the sleep you need. You may
expect to be well.
--James Freeman Clarke – American
Clergyman Born 1810 Died 1888
Our growing softness, our
increasing lack of physical
fitness, is a menace to our
security.
--John F. Kennedy – American
President Born 1917 Died 1963
Physical fitness is not only one
of the most important keys to a
healthy body, it is the basis of
dynamic and creative intellectual
activity.
--John F. Kennedy – American
President Born 1917 Died 1963
The first wealth is health.
--Ralph Waldo Emerson – American
Poet Born 1803 Died 1882
Take care of your body. It's the
only place you have to live.
--Jim Rohn – American Businessman
Born 1930 Died 2009
Walking is the best possible
exercise. Habituate yourself to
walk very fast.
--Thomas Jefferson – American
President Born 1743 Died 18264
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