Sydney J. Harris Quotes

I try to be as positive as I can because I truly believe I am my feelings, and if I'm sad, if I have regrets, they will show up as illnesses, they will show up as cancers... I don't want that.

If we take care of our mental health like our dental health; we'll be ok.

Love is not as important as good health. You cannot be in love if you're not healthy. You can't appreciate it.

The state of your psyche is reflected in your body.

We participate and are responsible for a lot of the things that happen to us. If you hate your job, you are much more likely to get sick and die at a younger age than someone who's happy at work and has a nice family life and is mentally well adjusted.

I've spent half my life in gyms, if not more, and I love physical fitness and health; couple that with the fact that I love for people to be healthy, whether it's mentally, physically, or emotionally, and it's just a great opportunity for me to do something I love and have an impact on people's health.

Often, we ignore the fact that our spiritual condition and psychological state of mind are highly affected by what is happening to us physically.

I think a lot of trainers are forgetting to take care of themselves and focusing only on their clients. You see it with doctors, nurses, and caretakers. If you put too much effort into only helping others, you are neglecting yourself, and your health is the only thing that makes it possible for you to help others.

Often, we ignore the fact that our spiritual condition and psychological state of mind are highly affected by what is happening to us physically. Sometimes depression is simply the result of exhaustion.

If you feel well and happy, your face will reflect this, but if you are down in the dumps and having a miserable time, your face will soon show this, too. In fact, you get the face you deserve by the time you're forty, and one of the keys to looking and feeling younger is being active.

I believe a lot of disease comes from anxiety, loneliness.

All my indispositions have their source in my mind. It is when I am restless and unhappy that I become susceptible of cold, damp, heats, and such nonsense.

There's a lot of insecure, sad people in any profession.

My long-term dream is to have self-education in schools for mental, physical, and emotional health because we need to learn how to speak to ourselves in a loving way and to each other.

Science tells us more and more now that there is a strong connection between emotional well-being and health outcomes, and that you can proactively cultivate emotional well-being through relatively simple practices like sleep, social connection and meditation.

Sometimes moving your body can bring you into a better place mentally and emotionally.

I, as Chrissy, want to do things that mentally, emotionally and physically make me the best that I can be.

It's OK to not be OK.

If you're fighting moodiness and depression you don't want to hang around a bunch of other moody and depressed people.

Values are related to our emotions, just as we practice physical hygiene to preserve our physical health, we need to observe emotional hygiene to preserve a healthy mind and attitudes.

Take your vitamins. Exercise. Just work to love yourself as much as you can - not more than the people around you but not so much less.

Take care of yourselves, and each other.

Every day is not perfect. You have your bad days and good days just like anyone else. You do not want to talk to people sometimes. It is normal.

Why do people spend their time being sad when they could be happy?

It's our job to first make ourselves feel better and then make ourselves feel good.