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“Be it remembered that man subsists upon the air more than upon his meat and drink; but no one can exist for an hour without a copious supply of air. The atmosphere which some breathe is contaminated and adulterated, and with its vital principles so diminished that it cannot fully decarbonize the blood, nor fully excite the nervous system.”

Men Hours Principles Air Blood Health Drink Breathe Nervous Atmosphere Remembered Meat Nervous System

Author:William Makepeace Thackeray

“Every man that has felt pain knows how little all other comforts can gladden him to whom health is denied. Yet who is there does not sometimes hazard it for the enjoyment of an hour?”

Knows Men Littles Doe Sometimes Pain Felt Hours Know How Health Comfort Every Man Enjoyment Denied Hazards

Book:The Rambler: In Four Volumes..

Source: The Rambler: In Four Volumes..

“Gold that buys health can never be ill spent, Nor hours laid out in harmless merriment.”

Hours Health Gold Ill Merriment

Book:The Works of John Webster: With Some Account of the Author, and Notes

Source: The Works of John Webster: With Some Account of the Author, and Notes

“The word 'aerobics' came about when the gym instructors got together and said: If we're going to charge $10 an hour, we can't call it Jumping up and down.”

“Most of us think we don't have enough time to exercise. What a distorted paradigm! We don't have time not to. We're talking about three to six hours a week - or a minimum of thirty minutes a day, every other day. That hardly seems an inordinate amount of time considering the tremendous benefits in terms of the impact on the other 162 - 165 hours of the week.”

Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

“Less than 7 hours of sleep at night causes lower overall brain function.”

Night Causes Hours Sleep Brain Health Function Safety Brain Function

Author:Daniel Amen

“Use now and then a little Exercise a quarter of an Hour before Meals, as to swing a Weight, or swing your Arms about with a small Weight in each Hand; to leap, or the like, for that stirs the Muscles of the Breast.”

Littles Use Hands Science Hours Health Arms Exercise Weight Meals Muscles Breasts Leap Quarters Swings Now And Then

Book:Poor Richard's Almanack

Source: Poor Richard's Almanack

“I'd heard it all the time, 'Live in the moment.' But if I did that, I'd weigh more than a dump truck. Losing weight wasn't about the moment at all; it was about having faith in the future. It was about knowing there would be another meal in a few hours.”

Ifs Moments Would Be Hours Knowing Heard Health Losing Weight Meals Have Faith Live In The Moment Truck Dump

Book:Moose: A Memoir

Source: Moose: A Memoir

“To state that the cost of proper medical care itself surpasses the financial resources of any of the countries in the West is of course ridiculous, not the least when one considers the other purposes for which money is freely being used and working hours spent.”

Country States Care Used Purpose Courses Hours Health Cost Resources West Financial Medical Ridiculous Medical Care Financial Resources

Book:Health service, society, and medicine: present day health services in their relation to medical science and social structures

Source: Health service, society, and medicine: present day health services in their relation to medical science and social structures