Quotes about Vitality

The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy.

I don't know what the big deal is about old age. Old people who shine from the inside look 10 to 20 years younger.

For man, as for flower and beast and bird, the supreme triumph is to be most vividly, most perfectly alive.

The ideal life is in our blood and never will be still.

So much of motion, is so much of life, and so much of joy, and to stand still, or get on but slowly, is death and the devil.

If you are not getting as much from life as you want to, then examine the state of your enthusiasm.

I still need some more healthy rest in order to work at my best. My health is the main capital I have and I want to administer it intelligently.

All I know is that young boys sleep late and hard.

If you are breathing, you are still alive. If you are alive, then you are still here, physically, on this planet. If you are still here, then you have not completed what you were put on earth to do. If you have not completed what you were put on earth to do … that means your very purpose has not yet been fulfilled. If your purpose has not yet been fulfilled, then the most important part of your life has not yet been lived.

The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy.

For me this is the vital litmus test: no intellectual society can flourish where a Jew feels even slightly uneasy.

Your physical self is inspired by a divine force that beats its heart, digests its food and grows its fingernails, and this same force is receptive to endlessly abundant health.