Dan Buettner Quotes

Have fun, be active. Ride a bike instead of driving, for example.

Singapore is the happiest place in Asia

Eat your vegetables, have a positive outlook, be kind to people, and smile.

The people you surround yourself with influence your behaviors, so choose friends who have healthy habits.

The longest-lived people eat a plant-based diet. They eat meat but only as a condiment or a celebration. Nothing they eat has a plastic wrapper.

Gratitude always comes into play; research shows that people are happier if they are grateful for the positive things in their lives, rather than worrying about what might be missing.

A long healthy life is no accident. It begins with good genes, but it also depends on good habits.

Diet and supplements and exercise programs aren't what is achieving longevity. Having a faith-based community can add four to 14 years.

Walking is the only way proven to stave off cognitive decline - it works.

I live on the water. I live in a neighborhood that's consummately connected to my neighbors. I bump into them every day. I can bike to work.

Drink without getting drunk Love without suffering jealousy Eat without overindulging Never argue And once in a while, with great discretion, misbehave

The more things for which you develop a fondness the richer the life you live.

Having a purpose and knowing exactly what your values are will add additional years to your life.

Inconvenience yourself: ditch the remote, the garage door opener, the leaf-blower; buy a bike, broom, rake, and snow shovel.

Kids in a home with grandparents are healthier.

A doctor may know more than a peasant, but a peasant and a doctor know more together.

The happiest people in America socialize about seven hours a day.

Serve yourself, put the food away, then eat.

It's hard to reach [the age of] 100. We're not programmed for longevity. We are programmed for something called procreative success.

Actually, when you get into your sixties and above, you want to think about exercise differently. It's not just about you know cardiovascular or lifting weights. It's also about avoiding accidents.

So learning to play a new instrument, learning a new language - those sorts of things will pay dividends for years or decades to come.

Deepen your existing spiritual commitment.

The brutal reality about aging is that it has only an accelerator pedal. We have yet to discover whether a brake exists for people.

You rarely get satisfaction sitting in an easy chair. If you work in a garden on the other hand, and it yields beautiful tomatoes, that's a good feeling.

If you’re eating vegetables you are probably pushing unhealthier food out of your diet.

I think we need to think about our physical activity as a reward, as something enjoyable and something we look forward to doing, not something that we regard as self-flogging.

True happiness involves the pursuit of worth goals; without dreams, without risks, only a trivial semblance of living can be achieved.

Select your friendships carefully. Gather people around you who will reinforce your lifestyle.

You have to know why you get up every morning.

I know exactly what my values are and what I love to do. That's worth additional years right there. I say no to a lot of stuff that would be easy money but deviates from my meaning of life.

The luster of an experience can actually go up with time. So, learning to play a new instrument, learning a new language - those sorts of things will pay dividends for years or decades to come.

Eat your vegetables, have a positive outlook, be kind to people, and smile - Kamada Nakasato, 102-y/o-female fr. Okinawa