It is human that we try to understand our nature and the roots of our origins. However, it is also human to forget about these, from time to time. Let’s remind ourselves of the preciousness of our bodies and the importance of connecting our physical shells with the nobility of our inner selves….by reading the words of wise men.
1) “He who has health, has hope. And he who has hope, has everything.”
~Arabian Proverb
2) “Our bodies are our gardens – our wills are our gardeners.”
~William Shakespeare
3) “In health there is freedom. Health is the first of all liberties.”
~Henri Frederic Amiel
4) “When eating a fruit, think of the person who planted the tree.”
~Vietnameese Proverb
5) “You pray for good health and a body that will be strong in old age. Good — but your rich foods block the gods’ answer and tie Jupiter’s hands.”
~Persius
6) “Gluttony is an emotional escape, a sign something is eating us.”
~Peter De Vries
7) “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.”
~Hippocrates
8) “To avoid sickness, eat less; to prolong life, worry less.”
~Weng Chu Hui
9) “We drink one another’s health and spoil our own.”
~Jerome K. Jerome
10) “Water, air, and cleanliness are the chief articles in my pharmacopoeia.”
~Napoleon
11) “True health care reform starts in your kitchen, not in Washington.”
~Anonymous
12) “Every human being is the author of his own health or disease.”
~Buddha
13) “There is something in sickness that breaks down the pride of manhood.”
~Charles Dickens
14) “Before healing others, heal yourself.”
~Anonymous
15) “Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live.”
~Jim Rohn
And what inspires you ?
Very inspiring quotes and images!
Thank You 🙂
You have gorgeous photos on your posts!
Thanks 🙂 I believe in a power of a good picture 🙂
Nicely done. Your pictures do add quite a bit to your blog, and surely broaden the audience.
Thanks for visiting our blog! Jill
Love these thoughts!
Thank You Amy 🙂
Great Thoughts! Thanks for sharing! LynnDavisCakes.com
Thank You Lynn 🙂
Wonderful quotes!
Thank You Tanya 🙂
Very needed in pregnancy time. Will come back to them many times. Thanks, Andrea.
Thank You and wish you all the best for you and your baby 🙂
Love this!
Hello, I think your site might be having browser compatibility issues.
When I look at your blog in Opera, it looks fine but when opening in Internet Explorer, it
has some overlapping. I just wanted to give you a quick heads up!
Other then that, excellent blog!
Hi, thank you very much for letting me know 🙂 I’ll have a look at it 🙂 thank you 🙂
Thanks for liking “half dead” and for the visuals and quotes about health and our bodies, some of which I’m familiar with.Good health to you and yours.
Thank You very much,
I enjoyed reading your posts and I look forward to reading your future ones 🙂
Good health to you and all your family.
Andrea 🙂
Reblogged this on ulearn2bu.
Love your blog, I nominated you for the Liebster Award!
Hi,
I can’t thank you more for nomination for the Liebster Award 🙂 I am very happy you enjoyed reading my blog and I hope you’ll always be happy to come back to my healthy lifestyle posts 🙂 yeeeey 🙂
Super super super! 🙂
Ďakujem 🙂
Love your philosophy, love your blog and love this post! 🙂
Thank You very much 🙂 Yes, it’s important to be thankful for our health before it’s too late. I thank you for bringing great poetry reading for my afternoon 🙂
Very healthy ideas with amazing visual explanation!
Thank you very much Robert 🙂 I am glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Andrea,
Thanks for stopping by my blog Aspiring to Inspire and liking “Light of Healing.” I appreciate you taking the time. I also want to say your photographs and quotes are great! I look forward to more healthful ideas from you as I strive for a healthier lifestyle.
Hi,
thank you very much for a wonderful comment 🙂 I hope you will enjoy my future posts and I can’t wait to read yours 🙂
Great post, but you forgot Mark Twain: “There are people who strictly deprive themselves of each and every eatable, drinkable, and smokable which has in any way acquired a shady reputation. They pay this price for health. And health is all they get for it.”
Also, Robert Benchley’s reply when told that drinking is a slow death: ”I am in no a rush.”
Hi,
thank you very much. You’re officially the first one to tell me here what inspire motto or quotes inspire you. Thanks and I will make sure that I wont’t forget to mention Mr.Twain and mr Benchley next time 🙂
This is wonderful – both the quotes and the photos. I love the photo of the goldfish jumping out of the bowl. I guess I see it as what my hubby and I did when we went vegan. We jumped out of the norm and in so doing found our health and freedom. Thanks for sharing this, and thanks for following. Also, I’m curious, you’ve only been blogging for two months and have over 200 followers. What are you doing to grow so fast? Celeste:)
Hi Celeste,
I am very happy for you and your husband 🙂 As you beautifully said ….health gives you unlimited freedom and once you discover it….no chocolate on fast food can taste better than this 🙂 I am also surprised I managed to get such a high number of followers within 2 months and I am very thankful for everyone of them 🙂 Maybe it’s because I read a lot of blogs connected to healthy lifestyle …..and there are so many great and inspirational bloggers here including you 🙂 But your blog is amazing and I really enjoy reading it 🙂 It so beautifully structured and positive that I am sure that its positiveness will be still attracting more and more followers 🙂
Thank you so much for your thoughtful answer and for your kind words. I really love your blog and am so glad to be connected to you. Have a wonderful week! Celeste:)
Hi, thanks for liking my post – I really like these quotes, very inspiring!!
Take care
Hi,
I thank you for great reading 🙂 Look forward to your next delicious posts 🙂 Have a great stay in London 🙂
Hi Andrea,
A healing message; perfect words coupled with lovely imagery. Thank you for the enlightening and inspiring post.
Paul
Hi Paul,
I am very thankful for your beautiful comment 🙂 But the biggest thanks belongs to the masters who said these magical wisdoms 🙂 Thanks
Andrea
Thank you for visiting me…this is a lovely post! Really enjoying your blog….thinking I will stay and read more 😉
I can’t be happier now 🙂 I am glad you enjoyed this post…..the same way as I enjoyed reading your ones 🙂 I look forward to seeing your May blogging 🙂 Thanks and Cheers 🙂
These are some great quotes 🙂 Being healthy physically and mentally really starts from within. Thanks for liking my post earlier!
Hi Flora,
thanks for beautiful comment 🙂 You’re more than right. I wish you loot of luck with your healthy lifestyle journey 🙂 And I really enjoyed your post 🙂
Thanks for liking the first page of my very first blog! I was excited to see a “Like” and when I clicked on your page, I loved your articles! This page is especially great and I love the pics you chose as well. As can be seen, it’s not a new idea that “you are what you eat” and that your health ultimately lies in your own hands – this idea been around for so many years! Great blog and I’m excited to read more of yours! 🙂
Hi,
thank you for wonderful comment 🙂 Yes, I really enjoyed reading your beautiful intro….and if all your posts are so beautifully written….I believe your blog will be amazing 🙂
And I am wishing you all the health and happiness in this world on your wedding 🙂
Andrea 🙂
Andrea, I simply love your blog, especially this post. I am going to print a couple of these thoughtfully chosen quotes and pin them up to my fridge. They are very carefully chosen and so apt in this day and age. I am following you now! All the best. Keep spreading the good message.
Cheers, Minu
Hi,
I can’t thank you more for your kind words 🙂 I am so happy you enjoyed reading this post 🙂 I was trying to choose them as precisely as possible to fit into the reality of these days.
Many thanks for being so nice
Andrea 🙂
Full-on digging this blog! I really like the way you present health as (basically) integrated armor.
Hi,
thank you very much for beautiful comment 🙂 Exactly, we have to join and fight for the only thing we truly need for survival, our health 🙂 Thank you and I look forward to reading your future posts 🙂
You’re very welcome. I look forward to reading your future posts as well. Have a great one!
Thank you for visiting my blog. Loved this post. I wil be reading often since I am in the health journey too 🙂
Hi,
I honestly enjoyed reading your post and I thank you for your kind comment 🙂 I hope this blog will help you on your health journey at least a little bit 🙂
Andrea 🙂
Very inspiring! Since I have diagnosed with type one diabetes, I have become more in touch with my body and health. From here on out I can only become more “at one” with my body.
Hi Paul,
I am very sorry for you being diagnosed with such an awful disease. But as you smartly said, I believe that when you connect with yourself and understand the healthy needs of your body, you will win over diabetes. I wish you all the luck in the world 🙂
Andrea 🙂
Thank you very much for the kind words.
Very nice!
Thank You David 🙂
Love these quotes! Makes you really think
Hi,
exactly….wisdoms of these people are never-ending. I am glad you liked them 🙂
I love #6 and #14. I’ve taken a new step in my healing journey, two days ago, and I’m beginning to really respect the importance of healing oneself, in order to better heal others.
Hi Joselle,
6 is also one of my favourite ones 🙂 I wish you all the best on your health journey and I believe that not only you but also people around you will feel the change 🙂
This is excellent!! I can see why so many re-blogged this – it’s a keeper! Oh and thanks for liking my blog – I’ll be searching through yours as well because it looks so interesting! Blessings,
Hi Ellie,
thanks for beautiful words 🙂 And congratulations to your award : You deserve it 🙂
Hi there. Thank you for visiting my site and liking my writings cos it gave me an opportunity to discover yours. Lately i have too been walking down the path of healthy eating. And i love this one. Esp 9) “We drink one another’s health and spoil our own.”
Well i am going to look forward to reading more from you. Thank you for sharing.
Hi Shivani,
I am very happy you enjoyed this post the same way as I enjoyed reading your blog…….when I clicked on it…it was so eye-catching that I could not stop reading 🙂 You’re right….that’s a great quote….so next time…when will drink to someone’s health we will make sure that we take proper care of ours as well 🙂
Cheers
Andrea 🙂
Great post! I’m printing it out so that I will not forget them!
I am very happy you enjoyed reading them 🙂 I also try to repeat them for myself every single day 🙂 Good luck with health journey 🙂
Andrea
“True health care reform starts in your kitchen, not in Washington.” I love this. Very true. Thanks! I love the different thoughts.
Yes….I was thinking of including at least one funny quote and this one just came to my way 🙂
I am glad you like them 🙂
Andrea
This is great! Thanks for the inspiration!
Thanks 🙂 I am glad they inspired you the same way as me 🙂
Cheers
Andrea 🙂
Great post Andrea!
Hi Matt,
thanks a lot for your positive comment 🙂 I am glad you enjoyed it the same way as I enjoyed reading yours 🙂
I love healthy quotes! Very inspirational.
Hi Jenny,
I am happy they inspired you the same way as me 🙂
Ok, my favorite pictures is the one with the loan pine tree in the middle of a desolate wasteland, and also the plucky fish. The fish make me smile, and the tree makes me think of hope and tenacity. Kind of like those disaster movies where they hold on even when everyone else is giving up and yet they survive in the end. Good collection!
Hi Jenny,
you picked the best pictures, carrying big wisdoms 🙂 Yes, tree is a symbol of strength and endurance for me as well….shame that there are still less and less of them 😦 I am glad you liked my collection 🙂
Hey! I am LOVING your blog, so I nominated you for the Bouquet of Three award over at jenniferalyce.wordpress.com 🙂 Happy Blogging!
Hi Jennifer,
I can’t thank you more for your award and for your positive comment 🙂 I am happy to be your next follower 🙂
“To avoid sickness, eat less; to prolong life, worry less.” ~Weng Chu Hui
Exactly.
Really inspirational quotes. Some good combination of quote and image as well!
Thanks, I am glad inspired you as your blog inspired me 🙂 Happy to be your new follower 🙂
Andrea
Wow, you have put a lot of effort into this well done
Hi Kelvin,
thanks a lot for your positive comment 🙂 Actually once I started to search for the quotes….they start to appear quickly…:) Thanks a lot 🙂
Have a Great Day
Andrea 🙂
Wow, thanks for posting. I am new to blogging and I just started my health and fitness blog and I am using quotes to inspire entries. I have a lot to draw from in one post 🙂 I’ll be sure to read some more
Andrea, great blog. I like that you’ve tied food, well being and philosophy together in this post — the three are certainly interconnected. Thanks for sharing your insight and please keep writing!
Hi,
thank you very much for your positive comment :)Yes, I always believed that these three things can easily link with each other 🙂
Thanks and I look forward to be your next follower 🙂
Hi, thanks for liking my post. This one is great too 🙂
Thanks a lot 🙂 I enjoyed reading it 🙂
Nice use of pictures to convey the important message!
Thank you for your kind comment 🙂
Thanks for liking my post. I enjoyed this post very much and am grateful to all who inspire me. Peace.
I love your posts — they are excellent! And thank you so much for stopping by to like our brand new blog. We really appreciate it.
Thank you very much for your positive comment and wish you all the best with starting your new blog 🙂
Best,
Andrea
Great quotes! I think it’s so amazing that sometimes one sentence is all it takes to motivate and inspire us.
FYI, I’ve nominated you for the Bouquet of Three Award: http://ontheroadtobeinghappy.wordpress.com/2013/05/12/i-got-nominated-for-an-award/
Take care!
Yeeeey, thank you very very much 🙂 Finally someone who helped me to understand this award 🙂
Thank You very very much 🙂
Andy