Body Quotes - Page 3

• If the body be feeble, the mind will not be strong.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Strong, Yoga, Mind

  Letter to Thomas M. Randolph Jr, 27 August (1786)

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• The human body has been designed to resist an infinite number of changes and attacks brought about by its environment. The secret of good health lies in successful adjustment to changing stresses on the body.

  Harry Johnson

  Stress, Lying, Health

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• Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.

  Winston Churchill

  Leadership, Pain, Growth

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• The human body has two ends on it: one to create with and one to sit on. Sometimes people get their ends reversed. When this happens they need a kick in the seat of the pants.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Creativity, Two, People

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• The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Medicine, Nurse, Mind

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• Bodily decay is gloomy in prospect, but of all human contemplations the most abhorrent is body without mind.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Perspective, Mind, Endurance

  Letter to John Adams, 1 August (1816)

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• Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack. We give it orders which make no sense.

  Henry Miller

  Order, Giving, Redemption

  Henry Miller (1957). “Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch”, p.325, New Directions Publishing

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• The body is a community made up of its innumerable cells or inhabitants.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Cells, Community, Made

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• It is confidence in our bodies, minds and spirits that allows us to keep looking for new adventures.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Motivational, Confidence, Adventure

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• Fitness - if it came in a bottle, everybody would have a great body.

  Cher

  Funny, Fitness, Health

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• Know, then, whatever cheerful and serene supports the mind supports the body too.

  John Armstrong

  Health, Support, Mind

  John Armstrong, John Dyer (1858). “The Poetical Works of Armstrong, Dyer, and Green: With Memoirs, and Critical Dissertations”, p.59

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• In a disordered mind, as in a disordered body, soundness of health is impossible.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Philosophical, Health, Mind

  Tusculanarum Disputationum Bk III

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• Man consists of two parts, his mind and his body, only the body has more fun.

  Woody Allen

  Fun, Men, Two

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• Our bodies are apt to be our autobiographies.

  Gelett Burgess

  Philosophy, Yoga, Inspiration

  Gelett Burgess (1937). “Look Eleven Years Younger”

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• Health of body and mind is a great blessing, if we can bear it.

  John Henry Newman

  Health, Blessing, Mind

  John Henry Newman (1997). “Parochial and Plain Sermons”, p.36, Ignatius Press

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• When you are in vibrational harmony, your body produces whatever it needs to remain in perfect balance.

  Esther Hicks

  Philosophy, Medicine, Perfect

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• You can free yourself from aging by reinterpreting your body and by grasping the link between belief and biology.

  Deepak Chopra

  Age, Links, Free Yourself

  FaceBook post by Deepak Chopra from Dec 13, 2011

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• Man is an intelligence in servitude to his organs.

  Aldous Huxley

  Yoga, Health, Men

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• The sovereign invigorator of the body is exercise, and of all the exercises walking is the best.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Motivational, Fitness, Health

  Thomas Jefferson, Jerry Holmes (2002). “Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts”, p.76, Rowman & Littlefield

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• I'm never going to starve myself for a part. I don't want little girls to be like, 'Oh, I want to look like Katniss, so I'm going to skip dinner.' That's something I was really conscious of during training, when you're trying to get your body to look exactly right. I was trying to get my body to look fit and strong-not thin and underfed.

  Jennifer Lawrence

  Life, Inspiring, Girl

  "Jennifer Lawrence Weight: Actress Says In Hollywood She’s Obese", www.huffingtonpost.com. November 8, 2012.

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• Wisdom is to the soul what health is to the body.

  Cesar Vichard de Saint-Real

  Spiritual, Health, Serenity

  "Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims" by François de La Rochefoucauld, p. 108, 1665-1678.

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• When you stand with your two feet on the ground, you will always keep your balance.

  Laozi

  Life, Two, Feet

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• If you don’t think your anxiety, depression, sadness and stress impact your physical health, think again. All of these emotions trigger chemical reactions in your body, which can lead to inflammation and a weakened immune system. Learn how to cope, sweet friend. There will always be dark days.

  Kris Carr

  Sweet, Stress, Sadness

  "Celebrating a Decade Thriving With Cancer" by Kris Carr, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 21, 2013.

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• The mind's first step to self-awareness must be through the body.

  George A. Sheehan

  Sexy, Inspiration, Self

  George A. Sheehan, George Sheehan (1992). “Dr. George Sheehan on getting fit & feeling great”, Outlet

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• Fie, fie upon her!
  There's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip,
  Nay, her foot speaks; her wanton spirits look out
  At every joint and motive of her body.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Eye, Feet

  'Troilus And Cressida' (1602) act 4, sc. 5, l. 54

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