Francois Rabelais Quotes

There is one consolation in being sick; and that is the possibility that you may recover to a better state than you were ever in before.

The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.

I was alarmed at my doctor's report: He said I was sound as a dollar.

The nearer any disease approaches to a crisis, the nearer it is to a cure. Danger and deliverance make their advances together; and it is only in the last push that one or the other takes the lead.

Medicine is so fascinating.

Do you suppose there is any living man so unreasonable that if he found himself stricken with a dangerous ailment he would not anxiously desire to regain the blessing of health?

The doctors and nurses at the Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital are saving lives every day and helping improve health care in the DRC which has been ravaged by more than a decade of war and disease.

Hygiene is two thirds of health.

We should always presume the disease to be curable, until its own nature prove it otherwise.

You are not just about death and disease.

I have spent 40 years both as a doctor and public servant putting people first.

There's a scripture that says, 'A merry heart doeth good like medicine.' I think that's true, too.

There is no health; physicians say that we, at best, enjoy but neutrality.

One of the most widespread diseases is diagnosis.

Your day will go the way the corners of your mouth turn.

I wish you the best that can be hoped for, and no worse than can be expected.

To the sick, indeed, nature is sick, but to the well, a fountain of health.

There is a very close connection between being a doctor and a politician. The doctor tries to prevent illness, then tries to treat it if it comes. It's exactly the same as what you try to do as a politician, but with regard to society.

Nothing is more dangerous than a poor doctor: not even a poor employer or a poor landlord.

I realized that I had a serious problem with depression, and I went to a doctor and he gave me some medication.

Good doctors get a mechanic's pleasure in making you tick over.

...nothing is too much trouble if it turns out the way it should.

Every disease is a musical problem. Its cure a musical solution. The more rapid and complete the solution, the greater the musical talent of the doctor.

Evil comes at leisure like the disease. Good comes in a hurry like the doctor.

I am a Doctor, but above all else I consider myself an activist for peace, justice and care for all people.