Well Being Quotes

You practice forgiveness for two reasons: to let others know that you no longer wish to be in a state of hostility with them and to free yourself from the self-defeating energy of resentment. Send love in some form to those you feel have wronged you and notice how much better you feel.

Your cells are as depressed as you are, and your cells are as happy and frisky as you are.

Live a vital life. If you live well, you will earn well. If you live well, it will show in your face; it will show in the texture of your voice. There will be something unique and magical about you if you live well. It will infuse not only your personal life but also your business life. And it will give you a vitality nothing else can give.

Ignore those that make you fearful and sad, that degrade you back towards disease and death.

Happiness is there for the taking - and the making.

The sum of the whole is this: walk and be happy, walk and be healthy. "The best of all ways to lengthen our days" is not, as Mr. Thomas Moore has it, "to steal a few hours from night, my love;" but, with leave be it spoken, to walk steadily and with a purpose. The wandering man knows of certain ancients, far gone in years, who have staved off infirmities and dissolution by earnest walking,-hale fellows close upon eighty and ninety, but brisk as boys.

The right way to deal with mental unhappiness must be within the mind too. On an emotional level, anger, fear and worry bring unhappiness. Scientists say they eat into our immune system. On the other hand, we are also equipped with a sense of affection and compassionate concern for the well-being of others.

Today, no matter where I am going, no matter what I am doing, it is my dominant intent to be good to me.

With your talents and industry, with science, and that steadfast honesty which eternally pursues right, regardless of consequences, you may promise yourself every thing-but health, without which there is no happiness. An attention to health then should take place of evey other object. The time necessary to secure this by active exercises, should be devoted to it in preference to every other pursuit.

Not less than two hours a day should be devoted to exercise.

I've often said there's nothing better for the inside of a man than the outside of a horse.

The only thing that feeling bad accomplishes is to plummet you into anxiety, despair, depression, and stress. In such situations, ask yourself in that moment what THOUGHT you can have that will make you feel GOOD!

We need the tonic of wildness.

What I believe, according to my own experience, is that a calm, peaceful mind is a very important element for sustaining the body in a balanced way.

In my view, wholesome pleasure, sport, and recreation are as vital to this nation as productive work and should have a large share in the national budget.

We are the creatives with teeth. We know ideas are more important than our personal wellbeing.

I can sleep. I love sleep; it's my favorite.

Unquiet meals make ill digestions.

If we develop concern for other people's welfare, share other people'ssuffering, and help them, ultimately we will benefit. If we think onlyof ourselves and forget about others, ultimately we will lose. The morewe care for the happiness of others, the greater our own sense ofwell-being becomes.

Most people do not realize that as they continue to find things to complain about, they disallow their own physical well-being. Many do not realize that before they were complaining about an aching body or a chronic disease, they were complaining about many other things first. It does not matter if the object of your complaint is about someone you are angry with, behavior in others that you believe is wrong, or something wrong with your own physical body. Complaining is complaining, and it disallows improvement.

Sickness is poor-spirited, and cannot serve anyone; it must husband its resources to live. But health or fullness answers its own ends, and has to spare, runs over, and inundates the neighborhoods and creeks of other men's necessities.

They who have health have hope; and they who have hope, have everything.

People who experience negative or stressful emotions on an ongoing basis are less healthy and live shorter lives.

Enjoying life is far superior to being graded on your performance in life.

...conservation of land and conservation of people frequently go hand in hand.

If we try to secure the well-being of others, we will, at the same time, create the conditions for our own.

Where a man can live, he can also live well.

Some people take better care of their pets than they do themselves. Their animals can run like the wind and they can barely make it up a flight of stairs.

I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time. To be in company, even with the best, is soon wearisome and dissipating. I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.

Sometimes it is extremely good for you to forget that there is anything in the world which needs to be done, and to do some particular thing that you want to do. Every human being needs a certain amount of time in which he can be peaceful.

Stress means there is something wrong, and you are not aligned with life.

Plan for pleasure for each and every day.

For years I've advocated keeping a gratitude journal, writing down five things every day that brought pleasure and gratefulness.

Twenty minutes in the morning, 20 in the evening. Transcendental Meditation teachers have taught everyone in my company who wanted to learn how to meditate. The results have been awesome. Better sleep. Improved relationships with spouses, children, coworkers. Some people who once suffered migraines don't anymore. Greater productivity and creativity all around.

Let go of people who bring you down, and surround yourself with those who bring out the best in you.

You must all pay attention to your health first.

Good things happen in your life when you surround yourself with positive people.

An economic policy which does not consider the well-being of all will not serve the purposes of peace and the growth of well-being among the people of all nations.

I'm a great supporter of transcendental meditation. I've been using it for almost 40 years now - and I think it's a great tool for anyone to have, to be able to utilize as a tool for stress. Stress, of course, comes with almost every business. I think there are enough studies out there that show that TM is something that could benefit anybody. It's a great system to use. Otherwise, why would I've been doing it for all these years, for almost half of my life?

During any moment in which you're experiencing thoughts that make you feel sick or bad, do your best to change them to thoughts that support the idea of feeling good. Refuse to talk about disease, and work to activate thoughts that predict recovery and overall well-being.

Music is important for one's health.

I've been running a lot, taking care of myself.

When my family isn't alright, I get restless. It just doesn't seem right to me.

Family fun is as necessary to modern living as a kitchen refrigerator.

Do not sit long with a sad friend. When you go to a garden do you look at the weeds? Spend more time with the roses and jasmines.

Beer, if drank with moderation, softens the temper, cheers the spirit, and promotes health.

How important is a constant intercourse with nature and the contemplation of natural phenomena to the preservation of moral and intellectual health!

The sound body is the product of the sound mind.

Above all, do not lose your desire to walk.

The quality of everything we do: our physical actions, our verbal actions, and even our mental actions, depends on our motivation. That's why it's important for us to examine our motivation in our day to day life. If we cultivate respect for others and our motivation is sincere, if we develop a genuine concern for others’ well-being, then all our actions will be positive.

Learn to let your intuition-gut instinct-tell you when the food, the relationship, the job isn't good for you (and conversely, when what you're doing is just right).

Nobody can be all smiley all the time, but having a good positive attitude isn't something to shrug off.

Nature is doing her best each moment to make us well. She exists for no other end. Do not resist. With the least inclination to be well, we should not be sick.

If you had one goal, and that was to feel good, you would never again need to hear another word from anyone. You would live successfully and happily and in a way of fulfilling your life's purpose ever after.

Being happy is the cornerstone of all that you are! Nothing is more important than that you feel good! And you have absolute and utter control about that because you can choose the thought that makes you worry or the thought that makes you happy; the things that thrill you, or the things that worry you. You have the choice in every moment.

Smile. It creates positive physiological change.

Every one knows that insufficient rest and gorging are not good for anyone, either physically or mentally.

Bodily labor alleviates the pains of the mind and from this arises the happiness of the poor

The most important thing that you can teach your children is that Well-being abounds. And that Well-being is naturally flowing to them.

One can hardly imagine a more healthful employment, or one more favorable to contemplation and the observation of nature.