Sound Body Quotes

• A sound mind in a sound body, is a short, but full description of a happy state in this World: he that has these two, has little more to wish for; and he that wants either of them, will be little the better for anything else.

  John Locke

  Happiness, Two, Mind

  John Locke, Ruth Weissbourd Grant, Nathan Tarcov (1996). “Some Thoughts Concerning Education: And, Of the Conduct of the Understanding”, Hackett Publishing

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• A sound soul dwells within a sound mind and a sound body.

  Atsushi

  Soul, Mind, Sound

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• A sound mind in a sound body is a short but full description of a happy state in this world.

  John Locke

  Happiness, Get Well, Health

  1693 Some Thoughts Concerning Education, opening words. See Juvenal 453:20.

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• To become a thoroughly good man is the best prescription for keeping a sound mind and a sound body.

  Francis Bowen

  Inspiring, Health, Exercise

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• What is it that is most beautiful? - The Universe; for it is the work of God. What is most powerful? - Necessity; because it triumphs over all things. What is most difficult? - To know one's self. What is most easy? - To give advice. What method must we take to lead a good life? - To do nothing we would condemn in others. What is necessary to happiness? - A sound body and a contented mind.

  Thales

  Beautiful, Powerful, Good Life

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• A sound body keeps a sound mind.

  Joe Frazier

  Mind, Sound, Body

  "Fire Still Burns Inside Smokin' Joe Frazier" by Vincent M. Mallozzi, www.nytimes.com. October 18, 2006.

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• A rich man cannot enjoy a sound mind nor a sound body without exercise and abstinence; and yet these are truly the worst ingredients of poverty.

  Henry Home, Lord Kames

  Exercise, Men, Mind

  Henry Home (lord Kames.) (1818). “Introduction to the art of thinking, to which is prefixed an original life of the author”, p.58

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• Industry is not only the instrument of improvement, but the foundation of pleasure. He who is a stranger to it may possess, but cannot enjoy, for it is labor only which gives relish to pleasure. It is the indispensable condition of possessing a sound mind in a sound body, and it is the appointed vehicle of every good to man.

  Robert Blair

  Men, Giving, Mind

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• The sound body is the product of the sound mind.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Health, Mind, Massage

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• Your prayer must be for a healthy mind in a sound body. Ask for a brave soul that has no fear of death, deems length of life the least of nature's gifts and is able to bear any kind of sufferings, knows neither wrath nor desire and believes the woes and hard labors of Hercules better than the loves and feasts and downy cushions of Sardanapalus. Reveal what you are able to give yourself; the only path to a life of tranquility lies through virtue.

  Juvenal

  Prayer, Lying, Believe

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• There is need of a sound body, and even more need of a sound mind. But above mind and above body stands character-the sum of those qualities which we mean when we speak of a man's force and courage, of his good faith and sense of honor.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Character, Mean, Men

  Citizenship in a Republic - The Man in the Arena, delivered 23 April 1910, Le Sorbonne, University of Paris

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• A sound mind in a sound body is a thing to be prayed for.

  Juvenal

  Loss, Medicine, Mind

  "Satires". Book by Juvenal, X, line 356, 1890.

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• If thou wouldst preserve a sound body, use fasting and walking; if a healthful soul, fasting and praying. Walking exercises the body; praying exercises the soul; fasting cleanses both.

  Francis Quarles

  Exercise, Soul, Fasting

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• Health is the natural condition. When sickness occurs, it is a sign that Nature has gone off course because of a physical or mental imbalance. The road to health for everyone is through moderation, harmony, and a 'sound mind in a sound body'.

  Jostein Gaarder

  Mind, Balance, Gone

  "Sophie's World". Book by Jostein Gaarder, 1995.

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• There is nothing as precious to man as a sound mind in a sound body and it is essential that the physical well being of our people merits as much attention as its spiritual welfare

  Haile Selassie

  Spiritual, Men, People

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• I spend around one hour per day on physical exercise. Exercise is a must for every chess player. As the proverb says, 'A sound mind in a sound body'.

  Humpy Koneru

  Exercise, Player, Training

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• If a sound body and a sound mind, which is as much as to say health and virtue, are to be preferred before all other considerations, ought not men, in choosing a business either for themselves or children, to refuse such as are unwholesome for the body, and such as make a man too dependent, too much obliged to please others, and too much subjected to their humors in order to be recommended and get a livelihood?

  Benjamin Franklin

  Children, Men, Order

  Benjamin Franklin “Poor Richard Day by Day”, Lulu.com

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• As long as the body is not in perfect health, you think about it, and that prevents you from thinking of the mind. The sound mind is a sound body.

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Thinking, Long, Perfect

  B. K. S. Iyengar (2016). “Sparks of Divinity: The Teachings of B. K. S. Iyengar”, p.49, Shambhala Publications

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• We need sound bodies so we can develop sound minds.

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Mind, Needs, Sound

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.24, Rodale

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• Don Quixote followed nature, and being satisfied with his first sleep, did not solicit more. As for Sancho, he never wanted a second, for the first lasted him from night to morning, indicating a sound body and a mind free from care; but his master, being unable to sleep himself awakened him, saying, "I am amazed, Sancho, at the torpor of thy soul; it seems as if thou wert made of marble or brass, insensible of emotion or sentiment!

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Morning, Sleep, Night

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1866). “Adventures of Don Quixote de la Mancha”, p.681

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