I did not, thank the Lord, have to have a hysterectomy.

I knew through the surgeries that he was on my side and that this wasn’t something where I was gonna feel less of a woman, because my husband wasn’t gonna let that happen.

Exercise is bunk. If you are healthy, you don’t need it: if you are sick you should not take it.

When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.

I don’t have much positive to say about motor neurone disease. But it taught me not to pity myself because others were worse off, and to get on with what I could still do.

So long as I’m Commander-in-Chief, we will sustain the strongest military the world has ever known. When you take off the uniform, we will serve you as well as you’ve served us – because no one who fights for this country should have to fight for a job, or a roof over their head, or the care that they need when they come home.

I sometimes wish I were suffering in a good cause, or risking my life for the good of others, instead of just being a gravely endangered patient.

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

I’m living a dream I never want to wake up from.

I have a very good family. I’m very fortunate to have a very good family. I believe very strongly in the family. It’s one of the things we have in our platform, is to talk about it.

No body can be healthful without exercise, neither natural body nor politic, and certainly, to a kingdom or estate, a just and honourable war is the true exercise.

If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health.

As we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours, and this we should do freely and generously.

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, ‚I used everything you gave me‘.

Cancer victimhood contains a permanent temptation to be self-centred and even solipsistic.

You are important enough to ask and you are blessed enough to receive back.

My son has died of AIDS.

The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness.

I have the problems of, I must confess, old age.

I have allergies, and I’ve had my share of nosebleeds, but that’s usually related to pollen.

I have never felt more confident in myself, more clear on who I am as a woman. But I am constantly thinking about my own health and making sure that I’m eating right and getting exercise and watching the aches and pains. I want to be this really fly 80-90-year old.

He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged.

Let not your mind run on what you lack as much as on what you have already.

I always thought money was something just to make me happy. But I’ve learned that I feel better being able to help my folks, ‚cause we never had nothing. So just to see them excited about my career is more of a blessing than me actually having it for myself.

When I look back on my life as a whole, it is impossible for me not to feel blessed.

When one’s expectations are reduced to zero, one really appreciates everything one does have.

I have little bones.

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.

‚Thank you‘ is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding.

You might not have the things you want, but if you check carefully, you got all you need.

I understand that being able to appeal to the public and having an amazing sense of humour is not something that comes easy. It’s definitely a gift and for which I’m thankful.

Fill the earth with your songs of gratitude.

Who is rich? He that rejoices in his portion.

It’s flattering to people who stop you and say that you’ve helped them and all. But, again, you know, you’ve got to stay humble because as quick as you came up, you can come down.

It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we have to do, that makes life blessed.

I would never exchange my life with anybody else’s.

There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.

Statistics show that of those who contract the habit of eating, very few survive.

If you want to deal with an epidemic – crime or health – the smartest and most effective and cheapest way to deal with it is prevention first.

Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults.

My mother never cursed at home; my father never cursed at home. My father didn’t drink. Even though we were poor, we would say a blessing over the table. So that’s who I am.

‚Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.

If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue.

My rule is to break one sweat a day.

The older I get, the better I understand that every day is a gift.

I wake up some mornings and sit and have my coffee and look out at my beautiful garden, and I go, ‚Remember how good this is. Because you can lose it.‘

Give yourself a gift of five minutes of contemplation in awe of everything you see around you. Go outside and turn your attention to the many miracles around you. This five-minute-a-day regimen of appreciation and gratitude will help you to focus your life in awe.

The first wealth is health.

Man only likes to count his troubles, but he does not count his joys.

I believe if you keep your faith, you keep your trust, you keep the right attitude, if you’re grateful, you’ll see God open up new doors.

God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with.

I want my food dead. Not sick, not dying, dead.

Nutrition is so important. It can’t be stressed enough.

The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it.

Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you’re going to live your life.

I have now exactly the same weight I had when I was 18, 20.

I don’t write so much now. I’m getting on 33, pot belly and creeping dementia.

Medicines are only fit for old people.

Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.

We learned about gratitude and humility – that so many people had a hand in our success, from the teachers who inspired us to the janitors who kept our school clean… and we were taught to value everyone’s contribution and treat everyone with respect.

The more cats you have, the longer you live. If you have a hundred cats, you’ll live 10 times longer than if you have 10. Someday this will be discovered, and people will have a thousand cats and live forever. It’s truly ridiculous.