100 Inspirational Quotes for a Healthy Lifestyle: Motivation to Thrive

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

- Mahatma Gandhi

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

- Jim Rohn

"The greatest wealth is health."

- Virgil

"The first wealth is health."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

- Buddha

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

- Ann Wigmore

"Food is not just fuel, it's information. It talks to your DNA and tells it what to do."

- Dr. Mark Hyman

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

- Jim Rohn

"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants."

- Michael Pollan

"Exercise is king, nutrition is queen. Together you have a kingdom."

- Jack LaLanne

"We do not stop exercising because we grow old – we grow old because we stop exercising."

- Dr Kenneth Cooper

"Exercise is the key not only to physical health but to peace of mind."

- Nelson Mandela

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

- Hippocrates

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

- World Health Organization

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

- Nia Shanks

"We are what we repeatedly eat. Healthy eating is not an act, but a habit."

- Felicity Luckey

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

- Dr. Mark Hyman

"Today is your day to start fresh, to eat right, to train hard, to live healthy, to be proud."

- Bonnie Pfiester

"Creating an overall healthy lifestyle for yourself doesn’t require a radical diet or significant life change. In fact, it can be attained through common sense decisions about the way we eat, move, and live."

- Harley Pasternak

"In health there is freedom. Health is the first of all liberties."

- Henri Frederic Amiel

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

- Joshua Holtz

"If you can change your mind, you can change your life."

- William James

"In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can."

- Nikos Kazantzakis

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

- Dr. Joseph Pizzorno

"You can’t put a limit on how much you can improve and how much you can do. There are no limits on what you can be, or what you can do, except the limits you place on yourself."

- Brian Tracy

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

- Arabian Proverb

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

- Dalai Lama

"Well-being is about the combination of our love for what we do each day, the quality of our relationships, the security of our finances, the vibrancy of our physical health, and the pride we take in what we have contributed to our communities. Most importantly, it’s about how these five elements interact."

- Tom Rath

"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

"Happiness is the highest form of health."

- Dalai Lama

"It’s up to you today to start making healthy choices. Not choices that are just healthy for your body, but healthy for your mind."

- Steve Maraboli

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

- Julius Erving

"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

"What hurts today makes you stronger tomorrow."

- Jay Cutler

"Eating healthy food fills your body with energy and nutrients. Imagine your cells smiling back at you and saying: ‘Thank you!’"

- Karen Salmansohn

"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

"Nothing will work unless you do."

- Maya Angelou

"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

"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

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

- Ann Wigmore

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

- Erin Taylor, Health Coach

"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

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

- Bobby Duffy

"To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art."

- La Rochefoucauld

"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

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

- Jillian Michaels

"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

"The groundwork for all happiness is good health."

- Leigh Hunt

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

- Billy Blanks

"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 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

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

- Benjamin Franklin

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

- Jack Lalanne

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

- Tony Horton

"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

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

- Kenneth H. Cooper

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

- Massy Arias

"Every time you eat or drink, you are either feeding disease or fighting it."

- Heather Morgan

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

- Oprah Winfrey

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

- Mark Hyman

"People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be."

- Abraham Lincoln

"One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well."

- Virginia Woolf

"If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things."

- Albert Einstein

"If you want to be happy, be."

- Leo Tolstoy

"The groundwork for all happiness is health."

- Leigh Hunt

"You are what you eat."

- Ancient Chinese proverb

"There are six components of wellness: proper weight and diet, proper exercise, breaking the smoking habit, control of alcohol, stress management, and periodic exams."

- Kenneth H. Cooper

"But the real secret to lifelong good health is actually the opposite: Let your body take care of you."

- Deepak Chopra

"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

"Wellness encompasses a healthy body, a sound mind, and a tranquil spirit. Enjoy the journey as you strive for wellness."

- Laurette Gagnon Beaulieu

"Sufficient sleep, exercise, healthy food, friendship, and peace of mind are necessities, not luxuries."

- Mark Halperin

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

- Maxime Lagacé

"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

"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

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

- Shaun T

"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

"It is easier to prevent disease than to cure it."

- Benjamin Franklin

"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

"One should eat to live, not live to eat."

- Moliere

"Every living cell in your body is made from the food you eat. If you consistently eat junk food then you’ll have a junk body."

- Jeanette Jenkins

"Healthy eating isn’t about counting fat grams, dieting, cleanses and antioxidants; it’s about eating food untouched from the way we find it in nature in a balanced way."

- Pooja Mottl

"Self-esteem is as important to our well-being as legs are to a table. It is essential for physical and mental health and for happiness."

- Louise Hart

"A child’s mental health is just as important as their physical health."

- Kate Middleton

"A great hallmark of mental wellness is the ability to be in the present moment, fully and with no thoughts of being elsewhere."

- Wayne Dyer

"Mental health can be just as important as physical health – and major depression is one of the most commonly diagnosed mental illnesses."

- Michael Greger

"Movement is a medicine for creating change in a person’s physical, emotional and mental states."

- Caroline Myss

"Most of us think we don’t have enough time to exercise. What a distorted paradigm! We don’t have time not to. We’re talking about three to six hours a week – or a minimum of thirty minutes a day, every other day. That hardly seems an inordinate amount of time considering the tremendous benefits in terms of the impact on the other 162 – 165 hours of the week."

- Stephen Covey

"The best form of exercise is the one you'll do."

- Dr. Kenneth Cooper

"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

"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 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

"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

"A healthy outside starts from the inside."

- Robert Urich

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

- Eleanor Brownn

"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

"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 best thing you can do for your body is to keep your stress level low."

- Dr. David B. Agus

"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

"The groundwork of all happiness is health."

- Leigh Hunt

"All progress takes place outside the comfort zone."

- Michael John Bobak

"The elimination diet: Remove anger, regret, resentment, guilt, blame, and worry. Then watch your health, and life, improve."

- Charles F. Glassman

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

- Zig Ziglar

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

- Joan Welsh

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

- Chinese adage

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

- John Steinbeck

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

- Jillian Michaels

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

- Jon Kabat-Zinn

"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

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

- Pastor Rick Warren

"Remain calm, because peace equals power."

- Joyce Meyer

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

- Glenn Close

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

- Joan Welsh

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

- Damon Wayans

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

- Tom Stoppard

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

- Health Coach, Tara Wang

"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

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

- Carey Peters

"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

"Motivate the mind and set your body free."

- Shaun Thompson

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

- Gunnar Peterson

"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

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

- Lou Ferrigno

"Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated."

- Confucius

"The body is like a piano, and happiness is like music. It is needful to have the instrument in good order."

- Henry Ward Beecher

"Take care of yourself, be healthy, and always believe you can be successful in anything you truly want."

- Alessandra Ambrosio

"Nobody can be in good health if he does not have all the time fresh air, sunshine, and good water."

- Flying Hawk

"Your body holds deep wisdom. Trust in it. Learn from it. Nourish it. Watch your life transform and be healthy."

- Bella Bleue

"Your body hears everything your mind says."

- Naomi Judd

"Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life"

- Steve Jobs

"You are never too old to set new goals or to dream a new dream."

- C.S. Lewis

"Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it."

- Charles R. Swindoll

"If you fell down yesterday, stand up today."

- H.G. Wells

"Action is the foundational key to all success."

- Pablo Picasso

"When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too."

- Paulo Coelho

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

- Benjamin Franklin

"Health is a state of body. Wellness is a state of being."

- J. Stanford

"Everything in moderation, including moderation."

- Oscar Wilde

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

- Richard Baker

"It’s not coincidence that four of the six letter in health are heal."

- Ed Northstrum

"Today’s accomplishments were yesterday’s impossibilities."

- Robert H. Schuller

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

- Jim Rohn

"Health is a relationship between you and your body."

- Terri Guillemets

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

- Oprah Winfrey

"We can’t control the direction of the wind, but we can adjust our sails."

- Jimmy Dean

"If you want something bad enough, go get it"

- Tiger Woods

"The concept of total wellness recognizes that our every thought, word, and behavior affects our greater health and well-being. And we, in turn, are affected not only emotionally but also physically and spiritually."

- Greg Anderson

"Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground."

- Theodore Roosevelt

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

- William Shakespeare

"Health and cheerfulness naturally beget each other."

- Joseph Addison

"The greatest wealth is to live content with little."

- Plato

"The human body is the best work of art."

- Jess C. Scott

"Health is the crown on the well person’s head that only the ill person can see."

- Robin Sharma

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

- Greg Anderson

"Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind, and spirit."

- B.K.S. Iyengar

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

- Winston Churchill

"The secret of getting ahead is getting started."

- Mark Twain

"A year from now, you may wish you had started today."

- Karen Lamb

"Good habits are as addictive as bad habits, but much more rewarding."

- Harvey MacKay

"Positive habits, positive attitudes and positive results will follow if we just keep going in the right direction."

- Steve Maraboli

"It does not matter how slowly you go, as long as you do not stop."

- Confucius

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

- Jim Ryun

"Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher."

- Oprah

"Health is like money, we never have a true idea of its value until we lose it."

- Josh Billings

"Successful people maintain a positive focus in life no matter what is going on around them. They stay focused on their past successes rather than their past failures, and on the next action steps they need to take to get them closer to the fulfillment of their goals rather than all the other distractions that life presents to them."

- Jack Canfield

"You have to do the right thing even if it’s hard."

- Ginni Rometty

"Good health and good sense are two of life’s greatest blessings."

- Publilius Syrus

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."

- Sun Tzu

"You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough."

- Mae West

"The body achieves what the mind believes."

- Florence Griffith Joyner

"The difference between try and triumph is just a little umph!"

- Marvin Phillips

"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

"All people are the same; only their habits differ."

- Confucius

"Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach."

- Tony Robbins

"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."

"A year from now, you will wish you had started today."

"Happiness depends upon ourselves."

"It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness."

"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."

"A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor’s book."

"The best defence against illness is a healthy lifestyle."

- Unknown

"True wellness is a holistic combination of physical, mental and spiritual health."

- Unknown

"Take care of your body, it will take care of you."

- Unknown

"Wellness is not just the absence of disease, but a state of physical, mental, and social well-being."

- Unknown

"The key to a healthy life is balance, in all things."

- Unknown

"Invest in your body, it’s the only place you have to live."

- Unknown

"Wellness starts with a positive mindset and a commitment to change."

- Unknown

"Health and wellness are a lifelong pursuit, not just a destination."

- Unknown

"A healthy lifestyle is the foundation of a happy life."

- Unknown

"The road to a healthy life is not a sprint, it’s a marathon."

- Unknown

"Wellness is a journey, not a destination."

- Unknown

"The body is a temple, treat it with care and respect."

- Unknown

"Taking care of your body is a form of self-respect."

- Unknown

"The foundation of a healthy life is a strong mind and body connection."

- Unknown

"The foundation of good health is a healthy diet and lifestyle."

- Unknown

"The way to a healthy mind and body is through regular exercise and a balanced diet."

- Unknown

"The journey to a healthy lifestyle is not a sprint, it’s a marathon."

- Unknown

"A healthy body is the result of a healthy mind and a healthy spirit."

- Unknown

"Healthy living is a combination of mindfulness and action."

- Unknown

"A healthy lifestyle is the foundation for a happy and fulfilling life."

- Unknown

"Taking care of your body is not vanity, it’s sanity."

- Unknown

"The best form of medicine is a healthy lifestyle."

- Unknown

"The secret to a long and healthy life is a strong mind, body, and spirit."

- Unknown

"Healthy habits are the key to a healthy and happy life."

- Unknown

"The foundation of a healthy life is a positive mindset and healthy habits."

- Unknown

"A healthy mind, body, and spirit is the key to a happy and fulfilling life."

- Unknown

"Investing in your health is the best investment you will ever make."

- Unknown

"Healthy living is not about perfection, it’s about balance."

- Unknown

"A healthy body and mind are the keys to a happy and successful life."

- Unknown

"Wellness is not a destination, it is a journey."

- Unknown

"Healthy mind, healthy body, healthy life."

- Unknown

"Your health is an investment, not an expense."

- Unknown

"The greatest gift you can give your loved ones is a healthy you."

- Unknown

"Wellness begins with self-awareness and self-care."

- Unknown

"The road to good health is paved with good decisions."

- Unknown

"Wellness is about balance, not perfection."

- Unknown

"Healthy is not just a physical state, it’s a state of mind and being."

- Unknown

"Healing is not a matter of time, but a matter of choices."

- Unknown

"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now."

"The mind and the body must be trained together for the best results."

- Unknown

"The key to a healthy body is to never stop moving."

- Unknown

"A healthy mind, a healthy body and a sound soul are the three pillars of life."

- Unknown

"The power of the mind is undeniable when it comes to healing the body."

- Unknown

"Eat healthy and stay fit!"

- Unknown

"A healthy body is the best outfit. Wear it with pride."

- Unknown

"You are what you eat, so don't be fast, cheap, easy, or fake."

"Health is not just about what you’re eating. It’s about what you’re thinking and feeling as well."

- Unknown

"You are what you eat, drink, breathe, think, say, and do."

- Unknown

"Happiness is not just a state of mind, it’s a state of health."

- Unknown

"Heal your mind, heal your body, heal the world."

- Unknown

"The body heals with play, the mind heals with laughter, and the spirit heals with joy."

- Unknown

"The power of a healthy lifestyle is unlimited."

- Unknown

"The best way to get better is to start with taking care of yourself."

- Unknown

"A healthy spirit, a healthy mind, a healthy body. That’s all that matters."

- Unknown

"The secret of completing habits is consistency and dedication."

- Unknown

"Make happen what you want to happen. Nothing will happen naturally until you make it happen."

- Unknown

"The only way to have a good life is to have a healthy mind, body and soul."

- Unknown

"Health is the greatest wealth."

- Unknown

"Start today, not tomorrow. If anything, you should have started yesterday."

- Unknown

"A healthy mind in a healthy body."

"A healthy mind, a healthy body and a guilty conscience are the three best companions."

- Unknown

"A daily routine of healthy habits is the key to a successful life."

- Unknown

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

- Unknown

"Eat clean, train dirty."

"Every workout is progress."

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

"Health is not a destination, it's a journey."

- Unknown

"The mind and body are not separate. What affects one, affects the other."

- Unknown

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

"Laughing decreases blood pressure and increases blood flow."

"Being healthy is a success that many people forget to celebrate."

"Be the reason someone smiles today."

"Stop chasing after the wrong things and start chasing after the right things."

- Unknown

"True happiness comes from within."

"You don’t have to be happy every second to be happy overall."

- Unknown

"Consistency is more important than perfection."

"Create healthy habits, not restrictions."

"You are the only one who can limit your greatness."

- Unknown