Take this advice and quote it

January 20th, 2009 at 06:00pm Mike DeDoncker

Last month, when we were preparing to make a HealthyRockford.com year-end video for 2008, I looked online for the top quotations ever made on the subject of health for help in writing the introduction.

I was just rifling my desk for something else and found the printout I made of the quotes. Upon reading them again, I thought “Gee, some of these are actually pretty good advice.” Here’s a sample of their wisdom:

“As I see it, every day you do one of two things: build health or produce disease in yourself,” — Adelle Davis.

“What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn’t much better than tedious disease,” — George Dennison Prentice.

 ”Health is not valued till sickness comes,” — Dr. Thomas Fuller.

“Health is not simply the absence of sickness,” — Hannah Green.

“To insure good health: eat lightly, breathe deeply, live moderately, cultivate cheerfulness, and maintain an interest in life,” — William Londen.

Even some that were meant to be funny are worth thinking about.

“There’s lots of people who spend so much time watching their health, they haven’t got the time to enjoy it,” — Josh Billings.

“It’s no longer a question of staying healthy. It’s a question of finding a sickness you like,” –Jackie Mason.

And, of course, “Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live.” 

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