“The greatest wealth is health.”
Virgil
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Health Quotes
200 FAMOUS QUOTES · HEALTH
Health Quotes
Read the best health quotes on wellness, healing and healthy living from Hippocrates, Charaka, Thiruvalluvar, Gandhi, William Osler and more. Words to inspire a healthier life.
“It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.”
Mahatma Gandhi
WealthPriorities
“Health is the supreme foundation of virtue, wealth, pleasure and liberation.”
Charaka
AyurvedaWellbeing
“Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity.”
Hippocrates
MedicineCompassion
“As to diseases, make a habit of two things: to help, or at least, to do no harm.”
Hippocrates
DoctorsEthics
“Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease.”
Hippocrates
Natural HealingBody
“Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.”
Hippocrates
HealingPatience
“For extreme diseases, extreme methods of cure are most suitable.”
Hippocrates
MedicineTreatment
“When diet is wrong, medicine is of no use. When diet is correct, medicine is of no need.”
Ayurvedic Proverb
DietPrevention
“A physician who fails to enter the body of a patient with the lamp of knowledge and understanding can never treat diseases.”
Charaka
DoctorsKnowledge
“No medicine is needed for the body of one who eats only after what he ate before has been digested.”
Thiruvalluvar
DigestionHealthy Eating
“If what was eaten is digested, eat in measure; this is the way to make the body last long.”
Thiruvalluvar
ModerationLong Life
“Know that the former food is digested, then eat with hunger what suits you.”
Thiruvalluvar
Healthy EatingWisdom
“He who eats more than his fire of digestion can bear, without thought, will suffer endless disease.”
Thiruvalluvar
OvereatingWarning
“Find the disease, find its cause, find the means of cure, and then act skilfully.”
Thiruvalluvar
TreatmentDoctors
“The learned physician must weigh the patient's strength, the nature of the disease and the season, before he treats.”
Thiruvalluvar
DoctorsWisdom
“The patient, the physician, the medicine and the attendant: these four make up the art of healing.”
Thiruvalluvar
HealingTeamwork
“It is part of the cure to wish to be cured.”
Seneca
MindsetHealing
“The body should be treated more rigorously, that it may not be disobedient to the mind.”
Seneca
DisciplineBody
“Pain is neither intolerable nor everlasting, if you bear in mind that it has its limits.”
Marcus Aurelius
PainResilience
“Diseases of the soul are more dangerous and more numerous than those of the body.”
Cicero
Mental HealthSoul
“The things in reference to which the Master exercised the greatest caution were fasting, war, and sickness.”
Confucius
CautionWisdom
“Hunger is the worst of diseases.”
Buddha
HungerShort Quotes
“Employment is nature's physician, and is essential to human happiness.”
Galen
WorkHappiness
“The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.”
William Osler
DoctorsCompassion
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About Health Quotes
Good health is one of life's greatest gifts, and we often only realise how precious it is when we lose it. From ancient healers like Hippocrates and Charaka to modern doctors like William Osler, people have always understood that a healthy life is built on simple things: good food, rest, movement, a calm mind and a little patience.
This collection brings together 200 of the best health quotes from physicians, philosophers and writers across the world, including Hippocrates, Charaka, Thiruvalluvar, Mahatma Gandhi, Florence Nightingale and more. These quotes are for inspiration only and are not medical advice, so always talk to a doctor about your own health. For more on staying active, explore our [Fitness Quotes](/topics/fitness-quotes).
Frequently asked questions
Quick answers about Health quotes.
What is the most famous quote about health?
Virgil's "The greatest wealth is health" is one of the oldest and best known. Gandhi said something similar: "It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver."
What did Hippocrates say about health?
The father of medicine advised doctors "to help, or at least, to do no harm." He also believed that "natural forces within us are the true healers of disease."
What does the Thirukkural say about health?
Thiruvalluvar wrote a whole chapter on medicine. One verse says no medicine is needed for someone who eats only after the previous meal has been digested, which is a simple rule of moderation.
What did William Osler say about doctors?
Osler, one of the founders of modern medicine, said, "The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease."
Why is mental health as important as physical health?
Cicero believed that "diseases of the soul are more dangerous and more numerous than those of the body." A healthy mind and a healthy body go hand in hand.
What are good short health quotes?
Try "The greatest wealth is health," "The dose makes the poison," "Hunger is the worst of diseases," or "Health is not valued till sickness comes."