Top 200 Healing Quotes (2024 Update)
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51. “Self-compassion is key because when we’re able to be gentle with ourselves in the midst of shame, we’re more likely to reach out, connect, and experience empathy.”

— Brené Brown

52. “Radical acceptance rests on letting go of the illusion of control and a willingness to notice and accept things as they are right now, without judging.”

— Marsha M. Linehan

53. “Share your story with someone. You never know how one sentence of your life story could inspire someone to rewrite their own.”

— Demi Lovato

54. “For everyone, well-being is a journey. The secret is committing to that journey and taking those first steps with hope and belief in yourself.”

— Deepak Chopra

55. “Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hatred. It is a power that breaks the chains of bitterness and the shackles of selfishness.”

— Corrie ten Boom

56. “Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different.”

— Oprah Winfrey

57. “Still the mind. Inhale peace. Let go of worries. Exhale stress. Notice the breath. Connect to all. Embrace calm.”

— Mary Davis

58. “It’s ok to not be ok, but it’s not ok to stay that way.”

— Perry Noble

59. “If you put shame in a petri dish, it needs three ingredients to grow exponentially: secrecy, silence, and judgment. If you put the same amount of shame in the petri dish and douse it with empathy, it can’t survive.”

— Brené Brown

60. “Sport is a preserver of health.”

— Hippocrates

61. “The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will involve the patient in the proper use of food, fresh air and exercise.”

— Thomas A. Edison

62. “Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness.”

— Marianne Williamson

63. “Go where you are wanted and stray from where you aren’t. Surround yourself with positive people and environments.”

— Demi Lovato

64. “What hurts us is what heals us.”

— Paulo Coelho

65. “Never in this world can hatred be stilled by hatred; it will be stifled by non-hatred – this is the law Eternal.”

— Buddha

66. “Forgiveness is setting the prisoner free, only to find out that the prisoner was me.”

— Corrie ten Boom

67. “Each moment is a chance for us to make peace with the world, to make peace possible for the world, to make happiness possible for the world.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

68. “The doctor of the future will no longer treat the human frame with drugs, but rather will cure and prevent disease with nutrition.”

— Thomas A. Edison

69. “The practice of medicine is an art, not a trade; a calling, not a business; a calling in which your heart will be exercised equally with your head.”

— William Osler

70. “The wave does not need to die to become water. She is already water.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

71. “When you're at peace with yourself and love your self, it is virtually impossible to do things to yourself that are destructive.”

— Wayne W. Dyer

72. “The physician treats, but nature heals.”

— Hippocrates

73. “I now see how owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we will ever do.”

— Brené Brown

74. “Perfectionism is a self destructive and addictive belief system that fuels this primary thought: If I look perfect, and do everything perfectly, I can avoid or minimize the painful feelings of shame, judgment, and blame.”

— Brené Brown

75. “Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.”

— Melody Beattie

76. “I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become.”

— Oprah Winfrey

77. “Medicine is not only a science; it is also an art. It does not consist of compounding pills and plasters; it deals with the very processes of life, which must be understood before they may be guided.”

— Paracelsus

78. “If you can learn to love yourself and all the flaws, you can love other people so much better. And that makes you so happy.”

— Kristin Chenoweth

79. “What mental health needs is more sunlight, more candor, more unashamed conversation.”

— Glenn Close

80. “Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally.”

— Jon Kabat-Zinn

81. “I close my eyes, think positive thoughts, and breathe goodness in and out.”

— Louise Hay

82. “Learn to relax. Your body is precious, as it houses your mind and spirit. Inner peace begins with a relaxed body.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

83. “Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it’s less good than the one you had before. You can fight it, you can do nothing but scream about what you’ve lost, or you can accept that and try to put together something that’s good.”

— Elizabeth Edwards

84. “Never give up, no matter how hard life gets no matter how much pain you feel. Pain will eventually subside, nothing remains forever, so keep going and don’t give up.”

— Imran Khan

85. “Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you were.”

— Cherie Carter-Scott

86. “A person whose mind is quiet and satisfied in God is in the pathway to health.”

— Ellen G. White

87. “The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.”

— William Osler

88. “Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.”

— Regina Brett

89. “Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning.”

— Desmond Tutu

90. “The parent-child connection is the most powerful mental health intervention known to mankind.”

— Bessel van der Kolk

91. “Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.”

— Rumi

92. “The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive yourself, unless you forgive the situation, unless you realize that the situation is over, you cannot move forward.”

— Steve Maraboli

93. “Do not try to fix whatever comes in your life. Fix yourself in such a way that whatever comes, you will be fine.”

— Jaggi Vasudev

94. “Think thoughts that make you happy. Do things that make you feel good. Be with people who make you feel good. Eat things that make your body feel good. Go at a pace that makes you feel good.”

— Louise Hay

95. “While there’s life, there’s hope.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

96. “There is hope after despair and many suns after darkness.”

— Rumi

97. “It’s healthy to admit you’re not ok. ‘It’s ok not to be ok’ it’s brave. But don’t let it win. Be sad. Have your moment, your day or week. Then do something about it and be happy. For yourself.”

— Jessie J.

98. “Let difficulty transform you. And it will. In my experience, we just need help in learning how not to run away.”

— Pema Chödrön

99. “People start to heal the moment they feel heard.”

— Cheryl Richardson

100. “I forgive myself for not being perfect. I am living the very best way I know how.”

— Louise Hay