Quote Lady's Quotes by Subject, Health and Illness

Health & Illness

The art of medicine consists of keeping the patient amused, while nature heals the disease.--Voltaire
Be careful when reading health books; you may die of a misprint.--Mark Twain
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
Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.--Benjamin Franklin
A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold.--Ogden Nash
A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor's book.--Irish proverb
The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.--Hubert Humphrey
Grief is not an illness that requires a cure; rather, it is a call to embark on a journey of the soul.--Clare Wagner (Awakening to Prayer: A Woman's Perspective)
He who has health has hope. And he who has hope has everything.--Arabian Porverb
Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it.--Tori Amos
Health and good humor are to the human body like sunshine to vegetation.--Jean-Baptiste Massillon
Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit. When one is free from physical disabilities and mental distractions, the gates of the soul open.--B. K. S. Iyengar
Humor is contagious. Laughter is infectious. Both are good for your health.--William Fry
I reckon being ill is one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is not too ill and is not obliged to work till one is better.--Samuel Butler (The Way of All Flesh)
If you hear that a sick man is in need of hot soup, I counsel you to wake up from your ectasy and warm the soup for him. Leave God to serve God…--John Ruysbroeck
If you wish to keep as well as possible, the less you think about your health the better.--Oliver Wendell Holmes (Over the Teacups)
[In sickness] your heaviest artillery will be your will to live. Keep that big gun going.--Norman Cousins
Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon.--Doug Larson
Medicines may be necessary. Flowers lift the heart. But your smile is the best restorative of all.--Pam Brown
My holy of holies is the human body, health, intelligence, talent, inspiration, love, and absolute freedom.--Anton Chekhov
Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.--Erma Bombeck
Our health is a voyage and every illness is an adventure story.--Margiad Evans
People who are always taking care of their health are like misers, who are hoarding up a treasure which they have never spirit enough to enjoy.--Laurence Sterne
The sad truth is that there is no point to getting sick when you're a grown-up. You know why? It's because being sick is about you and your mother... Without that solicitous hand on your forehead, there is no one to confirm that you are really sick.--Adair Lara (Welcome to Earth, Mom)
Talk health. The dreary, never-changing tale
Of mortal maladies is worn and stale.
You cannot charm, or interest, or please
By harping in that minor chord, disease.
Say you are well, or all is well with you,
And God shall hear your words and make them true.--Ella Wheeler Wilcox
There is health in table talk and nursery play. We must wear old shoes and have aunts and cousins.--Ralph Waldo Emerson
There is nothing that can have a more powerful effect on your mental health than the spirit of thankfulness.--George Vandeman
This is a youth-oriented society, and the joke is on them because youth is a disease from which we all recover.--Dorothy Fuldheim
Time is the best doctor.--Yiddish Proverb
Visitor's footfalls are like medicine; they heal the sick.--Bantu proverb
Warning: Humor may be hazardous to your illness.--Ellie Katz
We are not responsible for our illness, we are responsible to them, to what they offer and require of all of us, sick and well alike.--Kat Duff
When health is absent, wisdom cannot reveal itself, art cannot manifest, strength cannot fight, wealth becomes useless, and intelligence cannot be applied.--Herophilus
You may not appreciate the presence of good health, but you will definitely regret the absence of good health, because health is happiness.--Amit Kalantri (Wealth of Words)