“Eat and drink such an exact quantity as the constitution of thy body allows of, in reference to the services of the mind.”
Benjamin Franklin
Portion ControlBalance
Diet Quotes
200 FAMOUS QUOTES · DIET
Diet Quotes
Read 200 of the best diet quotes about healthy eating, moderation, food and wellness, from Benjamin Franklin, Seneca, Shakespeare, Brillat-Savarin and more.
“Against diseases here, the strongest fence, is the defensive virtue, abstinence.”
Benjamin Franklin
PreventionSelf-Control
“Hunger never saw bad bread.”
Benjamin Franklin
AppetiteGratitude
“The poor man must walk to get meat for his stomach, the rich man to get a stomach to his meat.”
Benjamin Franklin
ExerciseAppetite
“Can we ever have too much of a good thing?”
Miguel de Cervantes
ModerationFunny
“All sorrows are less with bread.”
Miguel de Cervantes
Comfort FoodNourishment
“'Tis the belly carries the legs, and not the legs the belly.”
Miguel de Cervantes
EnergyNourishment
“Send me a little pot of cheese, that, when I like, I may fare sumptuously.”
Epicurus
Simple PleasuresFood
“If a rich man, when you will; if a poor man, when you can.”
Diogenes
Meal TimingFunny
“Drink or food which is above or below a certain amount destroys the health, while that which is proportionate both produces and increases and preserves it.”
Aristotle
BalanceNutrition
“We must use moderate exercise; and take just enough food and drink to restore, not to overload, our strength.”
Cicero
ExerciseModeration
“Seek your sauce in hard exercise.”
Horace
ExerciseAppetite
“A sound mind in a sound body.”
Juvenal
WellnessMind And Body
“He was never without ginger when he ate.”
Confucius
Healthy HabitsSpices
“He did not eat meat which was not cut properly, nor what was served without its proper sauce.”
Confucius
Food StandardsFunny
“The five tastes deprive the mouth of taste.”
Lao Tzu
OverindulgenceSimplicity
“He who lives moderate in his food, faithful and strong, him Mara will certainly not overthrow, any more than the wind throws down a rocky mountain.”
Buddha (Dhammapada)
ModerationStrength
“Verily Yoga is not for him who eateth too much, nor who abstaineth to excess. Yoga killeth out all pain for him who is regulated in eating and amusement.”
Bhagavad Gita
BalanceYoga
“The foods that augment vitality, energy, vigour, health, joy and cheerfulness, delicious, bland, substantial and agreeable, are dear to the pure.”
Bhagavad Gita
Healthy FoodEnergy
“Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh.”
The Bible (Proverbs 23:20)
ModerationCompany
“There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour.”
The Bible (Ecclesiastes 2:24)
Enjoying FoodWork
“He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.”
The Bible (Psalm 104:14-15)
Natural FoodStrength
“Feed me with food convenient for me.”
The Bible (Proverbs 30:8)
ContentmentSimple Food
“And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days.”
The Bible (1 Kings 19:8)
NourishmentEnergy
“Give us this day our daily bread.”
The Bible (Matthew 6:11)
GratitudePrayer