30 Inspiring Health Quotes

In a world where health often takes a backseat to our fast-paced lives, finding inspiration to maintain a healthy lifestyle can be challenging. Words have the power to motivate, uplift, and guide us towards healthier choices, and sometimes, all it takes is a thoughtful quote to shift our perspective. Whether you're looking for a boost in your fitness journey, seeking mental well-being, or striving for a balanced life, these 30 inspiring health quotes are here to light the way. Dive in and let the wisdom of these powerful words invigorate your path to health and wellness.

1. “Money cannot buy health, but I'd settle for a diamond-studdedwheelchair.” - Dorothy Parker

2. “Your emotional state has a tremendous amount to do with sickness, health and well-being. For years, my husband and I lived on -- and because of -- hope. Hope continues to give me the mental strength to carry on.” - Dana Reeve

3. “One wants to live, of course, indeed one only stays alive by virtue of the fear of death, but I think, as I thought then, that it is better to die violently and not too old.” - George Orwell

4. “This is a diseased world in which it is impossible for anyone to be fully human. One way or another, everyone who lives in the modern world is sick or maladjusted.” - David Dellinger

5. “1 billion people in the world are chronically hungry. 1 billion people are overweight.” - Mark Bittman

6. “To wish a healthy man to die is the wish from a mind of sickness. To wish an ailing man to die is the wish of the ambitious.” - Roman Payne

7. “I could never kill myself. I approve of suicide if you have horrible health. Otherwise it's the ultimate hissy fit.” - John Waters

8. “Those who live in the country get idiotic in time, without noticing it, for a while they think it's original and good for their health, but life in the country is not original at all, for anyone who wasn't born in and for the country it shows a lack of taste and is only harmful to their health. The people who go walking in the country walk right into their own funeral in the country and at the very least they lead a grotesque existence which leads them first into idiocy, then into an absurd death.” - Thomas Bernhard

9. “Objection, evasion, joyous distrust, and love of irony are signs of health; everything absolute belongs to pathology.” - Friedrich Nietzsche

10. “... keeping her wild-honey-and-chamomile-soaked hair from falling into her oatmeal-and-yogurt face mask” - Emma McLaughlin

11. “I am opposed to animal welfare campaigns for two reasons. First, if animal use cannot be morally justified, then we ought to be clear about that, and advocate for no use. Although rape and child molestation are ubiquitous, we do not have campaigns for “humane” rape or “humane” child molestation. We condemn it all. We should do the same with respect to animal exploitation. Second, animal welfare reform does not provide significant protection for animal interests. Animals are chattel property; they are economic commodities. Given this status and the reality of markets, the level of protection provided by animal welfare will generally be limited to what promotes efficient exploitation. That is, we will protect animal interests to the extent that it provides an economic benefit.” - GaryLFrancione

12. “In a massive, long-term study of 17,000 civil servants, an almost unbelievable conclusion emerged: the status of a person's job was more likely to predict their likelihood of a heart attack than obesity, smoking or high blood pressure.” - Matt Ridley

13. “Ebola haunted Zaire because of corruption and political repression. The virus had no secret powers, nor was it unusually contagious. For centuries Ebola had lurked in the jungles of central Africa. Its emergence into human populations required the special assistance of humanity's greatest vices : greed, corruption, arrogance, tyranny, and callousness.” - Laurie Garrett

14. “I don't understand why asking people to eat a well-balanced, vegetarian diet is considered drastic, while it is medically conservative to cut people open.” - Dean Ornish M.D.

15. “I know positively - yes Rieux I can say I know the world inside out as no one on earth is free from it. And I know too that we must keep endless watch on ourselves lest in careless moment we breathe in somebody's face and fasten the infection on him. What's natural is the microbe. All the rest- health integrity purity if you like - is a product of the human will of vigilance that must never falter. The good man the man who infects hardly anyone is the man who has the fewest lapses of attention. And it needs tremendous will-power a never ending tension of the mind to avoid such lapses. Yes Rieux it's a wearying business being plague-stricken. But it's still more wearying to refuse to be it. That's why everybody in the world today looks so tired everyone is more or less sick of plague. But that is also why some of us who want to get the plague out of their systems feel such desperate weariness a weariness from which nothing remains to set us free except death.” - Albert Camus

16. “Sometimes you have to get sicker before you can get better.” - Jeannette Walls

17. “That's why it's called a practice. We have to practice a practice if it is to be of value.” - Allan Lokos

18. “It is in the balancing of your spirituality with your humanity that you will find immeasurable happiness, success, good health, and love.” - Steve Maraboli

19. “Thinking about working out burns 0 calories, 0 percentage of fat and accomplishes 0 goals!” - Gwen Ro

20. “-Speaking about Vaccinations - "If you accept the truth after the fact, the pain will last a life time.” - Richard Diaz

21. “Will is a skill.” - Jillian Michaels

22. “We have a duty tonight. Everybody, and guys this for you as well because I know you know women. You have a duty tonight. You only have to tell one other person what you heard. Just tell them what you heard, or ask them have you ever heard of this? If the answer is no, share what you learn tonight.That’s all. You don’t have to do anything else. You just have to tell somebody else. You have to take whatever stigma people think that is there. You have to take it. It’s not male or female. It has nothing to do with that. It has to do with, here’s a disease you don’t know about and you need to know about it. It’s that simple. It’s not rocket science.[Whoopi Goldberg on endometriosis awareness from the 2009 Blossom Ball]” - Whoopi Goldberg

23. “You are in good shape for a dead man.” - Mario Stinger

24. “No body is worth more than your body” - Melody Carstairs

25. “Alternative healing does not always offer a quick fix of a symptom, but it does offer a permanent healing that resonates beyond physical well-being. It creates a total uplift in attitude, enhanced spiritual awareness, and so much more that will change the way you appreciate life everyday. Embracing alternative healing by focusing on the cause and trusting the process as it unfolds will be a journey that can be trying or difficult at times, but it will always be extremely rewarding.” - Alice McCall

26. “Apologize quickly when you wrong someone, because I'm sorry has no value in the grave.” - Lakesha Ruise

27. “Is it just a coincidence that as the portion of our income spent on food has declined, spending on health care has soared? In 1960 Americans spent 17.5 percent of their income on food and 5.2 percent of national income on health care. Since then, those numbers have flipped: Spending on food has fallen to 9.9 percent, while spending on heath care has climbed to 16 percent of national income. I have to think that by spending a little more on healthier food we could reduce the amount we have to spend on heath care.” - Michael Pollan

28. “Our health is what we make of it - give it attention and it improves, give it none and it subsides.” - John F. Demartini

29. “I believe in living healthily and sustainably, and looking to nature for renewal and inspiration.” - jay woodman

30. “Beautiful food and health are priceless.” - Bryant McGill