Inspirational Healthy Lifestyle Quotes: A Powerful Collection to Motivate Your Wellness Journey

"The greatest wealth is health."

- Virgil

"Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity."

- World Health Organisation

"Take care of your body, it’s the only place you have to live"

- Jim Rohn

"The man who earns a million, but destroys his health in the process is not really a success."

- Zig Ziglar

"Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live."

- Jim Rohn

"Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live in."

- Jim Rohn

"Fitness isn’t about building a better body. It’s about building a better life."

- Jillian Michaels

"It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver."

- Mahatma Gandhi

"Nothing will work unless you do."

- Maya Angelou

"If you achieve all kinds of things in the material world, but you lose your health or your peace of mind, you get little or no pleasure from your other accomplishments."

- Brian Tracy

"The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides a champion from someone who is not a champion."

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

"The food you eat can be either the safest and most powerful form of medicine or the slowest form of poison."

- Ann Wigmore

"To keep the body in good health is a duty, otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear."

- Buddha

"Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos — the trees, the clouds, everything."

- Thich Nhat Hanh

"So many people spend their health gaining wealth, and then have to spend their wealth to regain their health."

- A.J. Reb Materi

"To keep the body in good health is a duty…otherwise we shall not be able to keep the mind strong and clear."

- Buddha

"The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness."

- Abraham Maslow

"While weight loss is important, what's more important is the quality of food you put in your body - food is information that quickly changes your metabolism and genes."

- Dr. Mark Hyman

"Take care of your body, it’s the only place you have to live."

- Jim Rohn

"Wellness is the complete integration of body, mind, and spirit – the realization that everything we do, think, feel, and believe has an effect on our state of well-being."

- Greg Anderson

"No matter how old you are, no matter how much you weigh, you can still control the health of your body."

- Dr. Harvey Cushing

"You can't exercise your way out of a bad diet."

- Dr. Mark Hyman

"A calm mind brings inner strength and self-confidence, so that’s very important for good health."

- Dalai Lama

"He who has health has hope and he who has hope has everything."

- Arabian Proverb

"To get rich, never risk your health. For it is the truth that health is the wealth of wealth."

- Richard Baker

"The groundwork for all happiness is good health."

- Leigh Hunt

"Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise."

- Benjamin Franklin

"The reason I exercise is for the quality of life I enjoy."

- Kenneth H. Cooper

"If you want to feel good, you have to go out and do some good."

- Oprah Winfrey

"Let thy food be thy medicine and thy medicine be thy food."

- Hippocrates

"If you want a relaxed body, you can do it by relaxing your mind. If you want a relaxed mind, relax your body."

- Jay Winner

"It is exercise alone that supports the spirits, and keeps the mind in vigor."

- Marcus Tullius Cicero

"Keep your vitality. A life without health is like a river without water."

- Maxime Lagacé

"Wellness is a connection of paths: knowledge and action."

- Joshua Holtz

"A healthy outside starts from the inside."

- Robert Urich

"If you keep good food in your fridge, you will eat good food."

- Errick McAdams

"Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basic of dynamic and creative intellectual activity."

- John F. Kennedy

"There is no health without mental health; mental health is too important to be left to the professionals alone, and mental health is everyone’s business."

- Vikram Patel

"Those who have no time for healthy eating will sooner or later have to find the time for illness."

- Edward Stanley

"What most people don’t realize is that food is not just calories: It’s information. It actually contains messages that communicate to every cell in the body."

- Dr. Mark Hyman

"Sorry, there’s no magic bullet. You gotta eat healthy and live healthy to be healthy and look healthy. End of story."

- Morgan Spurlock

"Self-care is not selfish. You cannot serve from an empty vessel."

- Eleanor Brownn

"The key to a healthy life is having a healthy mind."

- Richard Davidson

"The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will instruct his patients in care of the human frame, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease."

- Thomas Edison

"I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health."

- Voltaire

"Some things you have to do every day. Eating seven apples on Saturday night instead of one a day just isn’t going to get the job done."

- Jim Rohn

"A sad soul can be just as lethal as a germ."

- John Steinbeck

"When health is absent, wisdom cannot reveal itself, art cannot manifest, strength cannot fight, wealth becomes useless, and intelligence cannot be applied."

- Herophilus

"Happiness is the highest form of health."

- Dalai Lama

"And I believe that the best buy in public health today must be a combination of regular physical exercise and a healthy diet."

- Julie Bishop

"What hurts today makes you stronger tomorrow."

- Jay Cutler

"Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going."

- Jim Ryun

"Fitness is not about being better than someone else. It’s about being better than you used to be."

- Khloe Kardashian

"I hate every minute of training. But I said, don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion."

- Muhammad Ali

"If it doesn’t challenge you, it won’t change you."

- Fred Devito

"You’re only one workout away from a good mood."

- Health Coach Maria Marlowe

"You can have results or excuses, but not both."

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

"Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can."

- Arthur Ashe

"A rested body is a healthy one."

- Health Coach, Jessica Sepel

"When you focus on your health, you awaken your creativity. By creativity I don’t mean painting or drawing, I mean the ability to conceive your life exactly the way you most want it."

- Stacey Morgenstern

"The food you eat can either be the safest & most powerful form of medicine…or the slowest form of poison."

- Ann Wigmore

"Self-care is about giving the world the best of you, not what’s left of you."

- Marissa Palmer, Health Coach

"The hard days are what make you stronger."

- Aly Raisman

"Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it."

- Michael Jordan

"Even though you really don’t feel like you’re motivated to go to the gym, remember how good you felt after the last time you went. Keep that in the forefront of your brain."

- Bob Harper

"Fitness isn’t a destination, it’s a lifelong journey of self-love, self-care and self-discovery."

- Katrina Scott

"Discipline is remembering what you want most. Not what you want now."

- Billy Blanks

"You will always be challenged in this life. How you go about the conversations in your head is the only thing that will save you. The conversation is always more difficult than the challenge itself."

- Melissa Alcantara aka FitGurlMel

"Anything in life is possible if you make it happen."

- Jack Lalanne

"There is no quick, easy way to the body you want. Commit yourself now to your workout and get started."

- Tracy Anderson

"Failure isn’t diving on your face or hitting rock bottom. That is being human. You only fail when you decide not to try again."

- Kayla Itsines

"Know that what seems really hard today, with good practice and consistency, will be a piece of cake later."

- Massy Arias

"A bad day for your ego is a great day for your soul."

- Jillian Michaels

"If you truly treat your body like a temple, it will serve you well for decades. If you abuse it, you must be prepared for poor health and a lack of energy."

- Old Hille

"Those who do not find time for exercise will have to find time for illness."

- Edward Smith Stanley

"The groundwork of all happiness is health."

- Leigh Hunt

"If your body’s not right, the rest of your day will go all wrong. Take care of yourself."

- V.L. Allineare

"Prevention is better than cure."

- Desiderius Erasmus

"Health is not valued until sickness comes."

- Thomas Fuller

"Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of the dynamic and creative intellectual activity"

- John F. Kennedy

"Wellness is the complete integration of body mind and spirit."

- Greg Anderson

"Make eating fruits and vegetables a priority. This is so simple and beneficial, yet most people don’t do it."

- Nia Shanks

"The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body. The more efficient your body, the better you feel and the more you will use your talent to produce outstanding results."

- Anthony Robbins

"Number one, like yourself. Number two, you have to eat healthy. And number three, you’ve got to squeeze your buns. That’s my formula."

- Richard Simmons

"The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don’t want, drink what you don’t like, and do what you’d rather not"

- Mark Twain

"Motivate the mind and set your body free."

- Shaun Thompson

"Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have."

- Winston Churchill

"Our bodies are our gardens – our wills are our gardeners."

- William Shakespeare

"A man’s health can be judged by which he takes two at a time – pills or stairs."

- Joan Welsh

"A fresh start isn’t a new place, it’s a new mindset."

- Erin Taylor, Health Coach

"Don’t say ‘I can’t,’ say ‘I presently struggle with.’"

- Tony Horton

"A well-built physique is a status symbol. It reflects you worked hard for it, no money can buy it. You cannot inherit it. You cannot steal it. You cannot borrow it."

- Pauline Nordine

"One thing that does seem to be clear is that health and happiness are connected, more so than we’re often aware."

- Bobby Duffy

"Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure."

- Oprah Winfrey

"A healthy attitude is contagious but don’t wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier."

- Tom Stoppard

"What mental health needs are more sunlight, more candor, and more unashamed conversation."

- Glenn Close

"The attitude is very important. Because, your behavior radiates how you feel."

- Lou Ferrigno

"Learning to love is a process. It starts from a decision."

- Health Coach, Tara Wang

"It is not the bruises on the body that hurt. It is the wounds of the heart and the scars on the mind."

- Aisha Mirza

"A man’s health can be judged by which he takes two at a time — pills or stairs."

- Joan Welsh

"Half the costs of illness are wasted on conditions that could be prevented."

- Dr. Joseph Pizzorno

"Some struggle is healthy. If you can embrace it rather than be angry, you can use it as your pilot light."

- Damon Wayans

"In order to master aliveness—in life and in business—we must let go of the habit of being stopped."

- Carey Peters

"The existence of illness in the body may no doubt be called a shadow of the true illness that is held by a man in his mind."

- Hazrat Khan

"If you don’t do what’s best for your body, you’re the one who comes up on the short end."

- Julius Erving

"You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf."

- Jon Kabat-Zinn

"Only the disciplined are truly free. The undisciplined are slaves to moods, appetites, and passions."

- Stephen Covey

"Good health is not something we can buy. However, it can be an extremely valuable savings account."

- Anne Wilson Schaef

"Constant deprivation is no way to live. Don’t always skip the delicious stuff for raw carrots and brown rice."

- Gunnar Peterson

"People who laugh actually live longer than those who don’t laugh. Few persons realize that health actually varies according to the amount of laughter."

- James J. Walsh

"Remain calm, because peace equals power."

- Joyce Meyer

"Your illness is not your identity. Your chemistry is not your character."

- Pastor Rick Warren

"It’s not until you get tired that you see how strong you really are."

- Shaun T

"If you know the art of deep breathing, you have the strength, wisdom and courage of ten tigers."

- Chinese adage

"All progress takes place outside the comfort zone."

- Michael John Bobak

"The longer I live the more I see that I am never wrong about anything and that all the pains that I have so humbly taken to verify my notions have only wasted my time."

- George Bernard Shaw

"The only bad workout is the one that didn’t happen."

- Anonymous

"He who has health has hope; and he who has hope has everything."

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."

"You can’t control what goes on outside, but you can control what goes on inside."