Body Proverbs
Sayings about The Body
An excellent compilation of proverbs and sayings about The Body that convey meaningful lessons drawn from life experiences of various Nations, followed by quotations from the world's greatest authors and leaders.Sometimes the body becomes healthy by being very sick. ~ Iranian Proverb
The body is killed by the mouth. ~ Malawian Proverb
Better to satisfy the body than to tarnish the soul. ~ Chinese Proverb
The plagiarist turns the body inside-out and changes the bones. ~ Japanese Proverb
A bath refreshes the body, tea refreshes the mind. ~ Japanese Proverb
One body cannot perform two services. ~ Chinese Proverb
The body pays for a slip of the foot and gold pays for a slip of the tongue.~ Malawian Proverb
The tiredness of the body is the health of the soul. ~ French Proverb
Your soul to God, your body to dust, your property to your relatives, because thus it has been found written. ~ Maltese Proverb
A little body often harbors a great soul. ~ Traditional Proverb
The shadow should be the same length as the body. ~ Indonesian Proverb
What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. ~ Yiddish Proverb
A healthy soul cannot live in a dry body. ~ French Proverb
Wisdom is lost in a fat man's body. ~ Japanese Proverb
When the heart acts the body is its slave. ~ African Proverb
When the heart is at ease, the body is healthy. ~ Chinese Proverb
Thick body, weak soul. ~ Iranian Proverb
The body of joy is not so big. ~ Nigerian Proverb
Faith is confirmed by the heart, confessed by the tongue, and acted upon by the body. ~ Sufi Proverb
Eating and drinking holds body and soul together. ~ German Proverb
Master and servant -- both have the same body odor. ~ Tibetan Proverb
Your body belongs to the Tsar, your soul to God, and your back to the squire. ~ Russian Proverb
Easier to bend the body than the will. ~ Chinese Proverb
A little body often harbors a great soul. ~ Traditional Proverb
What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul. ~ Jewish Proverb
When the head is sick the whole body is sick. ~ Dutch Proverb
Doctors purge the body, ministers the conscience, lawyers the purse. ~ German Proverb
The sickness of the body is the cure of the mind. ~ Basque Proverb
Do not refuse the body what it asks for. ~ Mexican Proverb
You can wash your body but not your soul. ~ Yiddish Proverb
The physician prescribes the medicine, the vulture waits for the body. ~ Turkish Proverb
The mind is the emperor of the body. ~ Chinese Proverb
The character of a man lies not in his body but in his soul. ~ Japanese Proverb
He who has a straight body is not worried about his crooked shadow. ~ Chinese Proverb
Better a sick body than an ignorant mind. ~ Greek Proverb
Death is a shadow that always follows the body. ~ English Proverb
Quotations about The Body
Your body is a temple, but only if you treat it as one. ~Astrid AlaudaThe labor of the body frees us from the pains of the mind, and thus makes the poor happy. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld
The best cure for the body is a quiet mind. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
The body manifests what the mind harbors. ~ Jerry Augustine
The body never lies. ~ Martha Graham
A feeble body weakens the mind. ~ Jean Jacques Rousseau
Emotion always has its roots in the unconscious and manifests itself in the body. ~ Irene Claremont de Castillejo
Few of us have lost our minds, but most of us have long ago lost our bodies. ~ Ken Wilbur
Man consists of two parts, his mind and his body, only the body has more fun. ~ Woody Allen
It takes more than just a good looking body. You’ve got to have the heart and soul to go with it. ~ Lee Haney
Body and mind, like man and wife, do not always agree to die together. ~ Charles Caleb Colton
I’ve made many good friends in bodybuilding, though there are few I’d trust to oil my back. ~ Lee Labrada
The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of its operation. ~ George Santayana
Sometimes your body is smarter than you are. ~ Author Unknown
Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live. ~ Jim Rohn
The human body is a machine which winds its own springs. ~Julien Offroy de la Mettrie
A woman watches her body uneasily, as though it were an unreliable ally in the battle for love.~ Leonard Cohen
The human body is the only machine for which there are no spare parts. ~ Hermann M. Biggs
The body is your temple. Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in. ~ Author Unknown
It is not I who become addicted, it is my body. ~ Jean Cocteau
When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body. ~ Saadi
Modern bodybuilding is ritual, religion, sport, art, and science, awash in Western chemistry and mathematics. Defying nature, it surpasses it. ~ Camille Paglia
If the body be feeble, the mind will not be strong. ~ Thomas Jefferson
Good for the body is the work of the body, good for the soul the work of the soul, and good for either the work of the other. ~ Henry David Thoreau
Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do, and play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do. ~ Mark Twain
There is nothing the body suffers which the soul may not profit by. ~ George Meredith
Beyond my body my veins are invisible. ~ Antonio Porchia
Our bodies are our gardens – our wills are our gardeners. ~ William Shakespeare
The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around. ~ Thomas A. Edison
Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Let me look at the foulness and ugliness of my body. Let me see myself as an ulcerous sore running with every horrible and disgusting poison. ~ St. Ignatius Loyola
I love the body. Flesh is so honest, and organs do not lie. ~Candea Core-Starke
Our body is simply a social structure made of many souls. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche
The body achieves what the mind believes. ~ Author Unknown
The Art of the Body: Antiquity and Its Legacy. ~ Book preview