Sound Mind Quotes

• There is nothing as precious to man as a sound mind in a sound body and it is essential that the physical well being of our people merits as much attention as its spiritual welfare

  Haile Selassie

  Spiritual, Men, People

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• When you have a sound mind, you can do what's necessary.

  Evander Holyfield

  Mind, Sound, Can Do

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• There is need of a sound body, and even more need of a sound mind. But above mind and above body stands character-the sum of those qualities which we mean when we speak of a man's force and courage, of his good faith and sense of honor.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Character, Mean, Men

  Citizenship in a Republic - The Man in the Arena, delivered 23 April 1910, Le Sorbonne, University of Paris

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• We need sound bodies so we can develop sound minds.

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Mind, Sound Body, Needs

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.24, Rodale

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• The truly strong and sound mind is the mind that can embrace equally great things and small.

  Samuel Johnson

  Life, Strong, History

  James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1859). “The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides”, p.185

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• The sound body is the product of the sound mind.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Health, Mind, Sound Body

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• A sound mind in a sound body is a short but full description of a happy state in this world.

  John Locke

  Happiness, Get Well, Health

  1693 Some Thoughts Concerning Education, opening words. See Juvenal 453:20.

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• No matter what the circumstances, we Christians should keep our heads. God has not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, of love and of a sound mind. It is a dismal thing to see a son of heaven cringe in terror before the sons of earth.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Christian, Son, Heaven

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• A sound soul dwells within a sound mind and a sound body.

  Atsushi

  Soul, Mind, Sound Body

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• The time has come when we must take an unyielding stand. We must shore up our spiritual underpinnings, listen to the prophets of God, and follow their counsel.Said Paul to Timothy: “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord.” (2 Timothy 1:7-8.)It requires courage to make good choices, even when others around us choose differently. As we make righteous choices day by day in little things, the Lord will strengthen us and help us choose the right during more difficult times.

  W. Craig Zwick

  Spiritual, Choices, Mind

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• To become a thoroughly good man is the best prescription for keeping a sound mind and a sound body.

  Francis Bowen

  Inspiring, Health, Exercise

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• A sound mind in a sound body is a thing to be prayed for.

  Juvenal

  Loss, Medicine, Mind

  "Satires". Book by Juvenal, X, line 356, 1890.

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• Health is the natural condition. When sickness occurs, it is a sign that Nature has gone off course because of a physical or mental imbalance. The road to health for everyone is through moderation, harmony, and a 'sound mind in a sound body'.

  Jostein Gaarder

  Mind, Balance, Sound Body

  "Sophie's World". Book by Jostein Gaarder, 1995.

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• A man who is 'of sound mind' is one who keeps the inner madman under lock and key.

  Paul Valery

  Being Yourself, Being Single, Men

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• I desired as many as could to join together in fasting and prayer, that God would restore the spirit of love and of a sound mind to the poor deluded rebels in America.

  John Wesley

  Prayer, America, Mind

  John Wesley (1835). “The Works of the Reverend John Wesley, A. M.”, p.476

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• When a man you know to be of sound mind tells you his recently deceased mother has just tried to climb in his bedroom window and eat him, you only have two basic options. You can smell his breath, take his pulse and check his pupils to see if he's ingested anything nasty, or you can believe him.

  Richard K. Morgan

  Mother, Believe, Men

  Richard K. Morgan (2009). “The Steel Remains”, p.3, Del Rey

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• Liberty is precious. But so is life. It should not be so difficult for men and women of good will and good heart and sound mind to find the right balance between the two.

  Jon Meacham

  Heart, Men, Two

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• As long as the body is not in perfect health, you think about it, and that prevents you from thinking of the mind. The sound mind is a sound body.

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Thinking, Long, Perfect

  B. K. S. Iyengar (2016). “Sparks of Divinity: The Teachings of B. K. S. Iyengar”, p.49, Shambhala Publications

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• Everybody is afraid to touch the topic of religion, especially with the extreme muslims. It's such a touchy subject. You can attack any other religion and nothing bad will come about, but I think those that are extremists, the way they are taught or the way, as I'd like to say, "brain-washed." they're not of sound mind, They're of a different mind.

  Charlie Benante

  Thinking, Brain, Mind

  Source: www.alternativenation.net

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• A sound mind in a sound body, is a short, but full description of a happy state in this World: he that has these two, has little more to wish for; and he that wants either of them, will be little the better for anything else.

  John Locke

  Happiness, Two, Mind

  John Locke, Ruth Weissbourd Grant, Nathan Tarcov (1996). “Some Thoughts Concerning Education: And, Of the Conduct of the Understanding”, Hackett Publishing

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• I spend around one hour per day on physical exercise. Exercise is a must for every chess player. As the proverb says, 'A sound mind in a sound body'.

  Humpy Koneru

  Exercise, Player, Training

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• Physical fitness is the first requisite of happiness. Our interpretation of physical fitness is the attainment and maintenance of a uniformly developed body with a sound mind fully capable of naturally, easily, and satisfactorily performing our many and varied daily tasks with spontaneous zest and pleasure.

  Joseph Pilates

  Zest, Daily Tasks, Mind

  Joseph H. Pilates, William John Miller (1998). “Pilates' Return to Life Through Contrology”, Presentation Dynamics Incorporated

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• A sound mind in a manly body.

  Homer

  Military, Mind, Sound

  Homer (2013). “The Homer Anthology”, p.1747, eBookIt.com

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• Industry is not only the instrument of improvement, but the foundation of pleasure. He who is a stranger to it may possess, but cannot enjoy, for it is labor only which gives relish to pleasure. It is the indispensable condition of possessing a sound mind in a sound body, and it is the appointed vehicle of every good to man.

  Robert Blair

  Men, Giving, Mind

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• A rich man cannot enjoy a sound mind nor a sound body without exercise and abstinence; and yet these are truly the worst ingredients of poverty.

  Henry Home, Lord Kames

  Exercise, Men, Mind

  Henry Home (lord Kames.) (1818). “Introduction to the art of thinking, to which is prefixed an original life of the author”, p.58

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