Bell Hooks Quotes

I was having health issues all my life. You're just not conditioned to think of them as health issues.

You can't take good health for granted.

I keep up with everything in terms of health, fitness, nutrition, skin care, hair, nails. Really, everything. I'm an avid reader of every women's health newsletter from every hospital in the country.

I'm an ordinary Tasmanian like everybody else, and I have weight issues; I have issues around finding the time to do the exercise and things, but in my role as Health Minister, and in my role as myself as well, I have to look after my own health.

That's all I care about is being healthy.

When we are busy with the everyday bhag-daud, one fine day a health scare just stops it all.

There is nothing in the world like health. Live cleanly, and the high thinking will look after itself - or at least won't matter. Physical condition - there's nothing like it.

Irregular contact with doctors means many men fail to receive any preventive care for potentially life-threatening conditions. In addition, when men do seek care, embarrassment can often prevent them from openly discussing health concerns with their physicians.

Women know the financial, social and physical costs of not having access to basic health care.

Women in particular need to keep an eye on their physical and mental health, because if we're scurrying to and from appointments and errands, we don't have a lot of time to take care of ourselves. We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own 'to do' list.

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

Health is very important to me.

You have to fight for your health and stay on top of it. Our bodies are meant to be healthy.

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

And so to those who suggest that we are somehow 'harming' young women by encouraging them to take charge of their health we say this: We are not harming young women by educating them. We are arming them with information that they will carry with them throughout their lives.

I'm exhausted trying to stay healthy.

I want to encourage women to take control of their health.

I've always been aware of my health - when you are having to go on stage and perform, you need to be feeling good - but when I was diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, I became really, really conscious of my health.

Your health is your starting point - without it, you have nothing.

We have been trained not to think about our health care until there's a problem.

Just like children must be taught to read in order to be successful, they must also be taught the skills that will help them stay healthy throughout their entire life.

Health is more than the absence of disease…It is also education….We have a health illiterate society.

Keep yourself healthy. If you got your health, you can do anything. You don't need no money, you don't need nothing.

An actor must take care of her health.

Taking care of my body helps me to focus.