Mental Health Quotes
Introduction:
Mental health is a topic that has been gaining more and more attention in recent years. With the rise of mental health disorders and the growing awareness of its impact on individuals, it is clear that taking care of our mental well-being is just as important as taking care of our physical health. In this fast-paced world, it's easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle of everyday life, neglecting our mental health in the process. However, with the help of some inspiring mental health quotes, we can find the motivation and strength to prioritize our mental well-being.
"Your present circumstances don’t determine where you go; they merely determine where you start."
— Nido Qubein
"Slow breathing is like an anchor in the midst of an emotional storm: the anchor won't make the storm go away, but it will hold you steady until it passes."
— Russ Harris
"And still, I rise.” — Maya Angelou
"Be dedicated to change the way in which people see mental illness at all levels of society. If not for yourself, advocate for those who are struggling in silence.”
— Germany Kent
"Anyone can be affected, despite their level of success or their place on the food chain. In fact, there is a good chance you know someone who is struggling with it since nearly 20% of American adults face some form of mental illness in their lifetime. So why aren’t we talking about it?”
— Kristen Bell
"You don’t have to control your thoughts. You just have to stop letting them control you."
— Dan Millman
"There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in."
― Leonard Cohen
"Deep breathing is our nervous system’s love language."
— Dr. Lauren Fogel Mersy
"I think it’s really important to take the stigma away from mental health… My brain and my heart are really important to me. I don’t know why I wouldn’t seek help to have those things be as healthy as my teeth." —Kerry Washington, from HuffPost
"It is not the bruises on the body that hurt. It is the wounds of the heart and the scars on the mind."
— Aisha Mirza
"Mental health…is not a destination, but a process. It’s about how you drive, not where you’re going."
— Noam Shpancer, PhD
"Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves."
― Henry David Thoreau
"You are not your illness. You have an individual story to tell. You have a name, a history, a personality. Staying yourself is part of the battle."
— Julian Seifter
"Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light."
— Albus Dumbledore
"Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren’t always comfortable, but they're never weakness."
— Brené Brown
"Just because you don’t understand it doesn’t mean it isn’t so."
— Lemony Snicket
"Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think."
— Christopher Robin from Winnie the Pooh
"Just because no one else can heal or do your inner work for you doesn’t mean you can, should, or need to do it alone."
– Lisa Olivera
"There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t."
— John Green
"I cannot stand the words ‘Get over it’. All of us are under such pressure to put our problems in the past tense. Slow down. Don’t allow others to hurry your healing. It is a process, one that may take years, occasionally, even a lifetime – and that’s OK."
— Beau Taplin
"Self-care is how you take your power back."
— Lalah Delia
"My dark days made me strong. Or maybe I already was strong, and they made me prove it.
— Emery Lord
"There is no normal life that is free of pain. It's the very wrestling with our problems that can be the impetus for our growth."
— Fred Rogers
"‘Positive vibes only’ isn’t a thing. Humans have a wide range of emotions and that’s OK."
— Molly Bahr, LMHC
"You don’t have to be positive all the time. It’s perfectly okay to feel sad, angry, annoyed, frustrated, scared and anxious. Having feelings doesn’t make you a negative person. It makes you human."
— Lori Deschene
"Nothing can dim the light that shines from within."
– Maya Angelou
"You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection."
— Buddha
"This feeling will pass. The fear is real but the danger is not.― Cammie McGovern
"Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor. – Thich Nhat Hanh
"Even if we don’t have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there." — Stephen Chbosky
"You are valuable just because you exist. Not because of what you do or what you have done, but simply because you are. — Max Lucado
"There is no standard normal. Normal is subjective. There are seven billion versions of normal on this planet. — Matt Haig, Reasons to Stay Alive
Women have to take the time to focus on our mental health — take time for self, for the spiritual, without feeling guilty or selfish. The world will see you the way you see you, and treat you the way you treat yourself. – Beyoncé, from an Elle interview
The best way out is always through. — Robert Frost
"We are not our trauma. We are not our brain chemistry. That’s part of who we are, but we’re so much more than that." ― Sam J. Miller
"Your mental health is everything – prioritize it. Make the time like your life depends on it, because it does." — Mel Robbins
"If we start being honest about our pain, our anger, and our shortcomings instead of pretending they don’t exist, then maybe we’ll leave the world a better place than we found it." — Russell Wilson
"Mental health problems don’t define who you are. They are something you experience. You walk in the rain and you feel the rain, but you are not the rain."
— Matt Haig
"What mental health needs is more sunlight, more candor, and more unashamed conversation."
– Glenn Close
"Being able to be your true self is one of the strongest components of good mental health."
– Dr. Lauren Fogel Mersy
"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant." – Robert Louis Stevenson
"Sometimes the people around you won’t understand your journey. They don’t need to, it’s not for them."
– Joubert Botha
"I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship." – Louisa May Alcott
"Sometimes self care is exercise and eating right. Sometimes it’s spending time with loved ones or taking a nap. And sometimes it’s watching an entire season of TV in one weekend while you lounge around in your pajamas. Whatever soothes your soul." — Nanea Hoffman
"The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen." — Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
“There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t.”
---- John Green
“The true definition of mental illness is when the majority of your time is spent in the past or future, but rarely living in the realism of NOW.”
---- Shannon L. Alder, n.d.
“No one would ever say that someone with a broken arm or a broken leg is less than a whole person, but people say that or imply that all the time about people with mental illness.”
----- Elyn R. Saks
“Things not to say to someone with mental illness: Ignore it. Forget about it. Fight it. You are better than this. You are over thinking.”
------ Nitya Prakash
“Being able to be your true self is one of the strongest components of good mental health.”
------ Lauren Fogel Mersy, n.d.
“All stress, anxiety, depression, is caused when we ignore who we are, and start living to please others.”
----- Paulo Coelho
“Mental illness… occurs when our mental health is compromised or neglected for so long that it affects our ability to function in our everyday life.”
----- Kati Morton
“Over the course of the past decade, there’s been increased willingness to recognize mental health as an essential part of one’s well-being.”
------ Nicole Spector
“Not surprisingly, there has been a mismatch between the enormous impact of mental illness and addiction on the public’s health and our society’s limited commitment to addressing these problems.”
------ John Campo,
“Slow, deep breathing is important… It’s like an anchor in the midst of an emotional storm: the anchor won’t get rid of the storm, but it will hold you steady until it passes.”
----- Russ Harris
“We all add to the stigma surrounding mental illness. I am not trying to call anyone out or make anyone feel bad, but in our own way, we all contribute to the stigma. It could be the way we think about other people with mental illness, or even the way we talk to ourselves about our own struggles.”
----- Kati Morton
“I believe the best way to manage our thoughts is to first educate ourselves. We need to fully understand how a mental illness can feel to someone before we thoughtfully talk about it.”
------ Kati Morton
“When mental health is ultimately recognized as essential to physical health, not an extraneous element of it, then we will have access to true, complete, modern medicine.”
------ John Campo
“Mental illness is nothing to be ashamed of, but stigma and bias shame us all.“
----- Bill Clinton
“We need never be hopeless, because we can never be irreparably broken.”
----- John Green
“It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart.”
------ Suzanne Collins
“I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.”
----- Louisa May Alcott
“Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.”
----- J. K. Rowling
“Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: It is easier to say ‘My tooth is aching’ than to say ‘My heart is broken.’”
---- C. S. Lewis
“And sometimes I have kept my feelings to myself, because I could find no language to describe them in.”
-----Jane Austen
“The advice I’d give to somebody that’s silently struggling is, you don’t have to live that way. You don’t have to struggle in silence. You can be un-silent. You can live well with a mental health condition, as long as you open up to somebody about it, because it’s really important you share your experience with people so that you can get the help that you need.”
— Demi Lovato
“I found that with depression, one of the most important things you can realize is that you’re not alone. You’re not the first to go through it, you’re not gonna be the last to go through it,”
— Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
“You are not alone. You are seen. I am with you. You are not alone.”
— Shonda Rhimes
“The experience I have had is that once you start talking about [experiencing a mental health struggle], you realize that actually you’re part of quite a big club.”
— Prince Harry
“Anything that’s human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable. When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary.”
— Fred Rogers
“There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t.”
― John Green
“Just remember, you are not alone, in fact, you are in a very commonplace with millions of others. We need to help each other and keep striving to reach our goals.”
— Mike Moreno
“The humanity we all share is more important than the mental illnesses we may not”
― Elyn R. Saks
“Life doesn’t make any sense without interdependence. We need each other, and the sooner we learn that, the better for us all.”
— Erik Erikson
“Mental health problems don’t define who you are. They are something you experience. You walk in the rain and you feel the rain, but, importantly, YOU ARE NOT THE RAIN.”
— Matt Haig
“You are the one thing in this world, above all other things, that you must never give up on. When I was in middle school, I was struggling with severe anxiety and depression and the help and support I received from my family and a therapist saved my life. Asking for help is the first step. You are more precious to this world than you’ll ever know.”
— Lili Reinhart
“I would say what others have said: It gets better. One day, you’ll find your tribe. You just have to trust that people are out there waiting to love you and celebrate you for who you are. In the meantime, the reality is you might have to be your own tribe. You might have to be your own best friend. That’s not something they’re going to teach you in school. So start the work of loving yourself.
— Wentworth Miller
“Being able to be your true self is one of the strongest components of good mental health.”
– Dr. Lauren Fogel Mersy
“My dark days made me stronger. Or maybe I already was strong, and they made me prove it.”
— Emery Lord
“Sometimes the people around you won’t understand your journey. They don’t need to, it’s not for them.”
— Joubert Botha
“You don’t have to be positive all the time. It’s perfectly okay to feel sad, angry, annoyed, frustrated, scared and anxious. Having feelings doesn’t make you a negative person. It makes you human.”
— Lori Deschene
“This feeling will pass. The fear is real but the danger is not.”
― Cammie McGovern
“Your present circumstances don’t determine where you go; they merely determine where you start.”
– Nido Qubein
“Tough times never last, but tough people do!”
— Robert Schuller
“Many survivors insist they’re not courageous: ‘If I were courageous I would have stopped the abuse.’ ‘If I were courageous, I wouldn’t be scared’… Most of us have it mixed up. You don’t start with courage and then face fear. You become courageous because you face your fear.”
― Laura Davis
“I keep moving ahead, as always, knowing deep down inside that I am a good person and that I am worthy of a good life.”
― Jonathan Harnisch
“What mental health needs is more sunlight, more candor, and more unashamed conversation.”
— Glenn Close
“We would never tell someone with a broken leg that they should stop wallowing and get it together. We don’t consider taking medication for an ear infection something to be ashamed of. We shouldn’t treat mental health conditions any differently.”
— Michelle Obama
“There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t.”
— John Green
“There is no normal life that is free of pain. It’s the very wrestling with our problems that can be the impetus for our growth.”
— Fred Rogers
“You are not alone. You are seen. I am with you. You are not alone.”
— Shonda Rhimes
“You don’t have to control your thoughts. You just have to stop letting them control you.”
— Dan Millman
“You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.”
— Buddha
“The best way out is always through.”
— Robert Frost
“If there is no struggle, there is no progress.”
— Frederick Douglas
“Nothing can dim the light that shines from within.”
— Maya Angelou
“Death will come for all of us but let us fight to live.”
— Jamie Tworkowski, If You Feel Too Much
“If you are broken, you do not have to stay broken.”
— Selena Gomez
“Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts.”
— Buddha
“Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.”
— Henry David Thoreau
“If you’re going through hell, keep going.”
— Winston Churchill
“Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren’t always comfortable, but they’re never weakness.”
— Brené Brown
“In the middle of winter I at last discovered that there was in me an invincible summer.”
— Albert Camus
“When you take care of yourself, you’re a better person for others. When you feel good about yourself, you treat others better.”
— Solange Knowles
“Self-care is one of the active ways that I love myself. When you can and as you can, in ways that feel loving, make time and space for yourself.”
— Tracee Ellis Ross
“As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.”
— Maya Angelou
“Slow, deep breathing is important… It’s like an anchor in the midst of an emotional storm: the anchor won’t get rid of the storm, but it will hold you steady until it passes.”
— Russ Harris
“Rest and self-care are so important. When you take time to replenish your spirit, it allows you to serve others from the overflow. You cannot serve from an empty vessel.”
— Eleanor Brownn
“The advice I’d give to somebody that’s silently struggling is, you don’t have to live that way. You don’t have to struggle in silence. You can be un-silent. You can live well with a mental health condition, as long as you open up to somebody about it, because it’s really important you share your experience with people so that you can get the help that you need.”
— Demi Lovato
“Women have to take the time to focus on our mental health — take time for self, for the spiritual, without feeling guilty or selfish. The world will see you the way you see you, and treat you the way you treat yourself.”
— Beyoncé
“I found that with depression, one of the most important things you can realize is that you’re not alone. You’re not the first to go through it, you’re not gonna be the last to go through it,”
— Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
“People feel so much shame about [mental health], so if, by talking about it, I can even have an impact on one person, that would be awesome”
— Sophie Turner, in an interview with Net-A-Porter
“Anything that’s human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable. When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary.”
— Fred Rogers
“I think it’s really important to take the stigma away from mental health… My brain and my heart are really important to me. I don’t know why I wouldn’t seek help to have those things be as healthy as my teeth.”
— Kerry Washington
“Part of my identity is saying no to things I don’t want to do… I check in with myself throughout the day and I say, ‘Do I really want to do this?’ and if the answer is no, then I don’t do it. And you shouldn’t either.”
— Lady Gaga
“What I love about therapy is that they’ll tell you what your blind spots are. Although that’s uncomfortable and painful, it gives you something to work with.”
— Pink
“Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”
— Christopher Robin
“Better not to give in to it. It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart.”
— Finnick Odair
“And sometimes I have kept my feelings to myself, because I could find no language to describe them in.”
— Marianne Dashwood
“I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.”
— Amy March
“Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.”
— Albus Dumbledore
“Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.”
— Anne Lamott
“I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me. He said I was being ridiculous — everyone hasn’t met me yet.”
— Rodney Dangerfield
“When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.”
— Mark Twain
“Your mental health is everything — prioritize it. Make the time like your life depends on it, because it does.”
— Mel Robbins
“If we start being honest about our pain, our anger, and our shortcomings instead of pretending they don’t exist, then maybe we’ll leave the world a better place than we found it.”
— Russell Wilson
“Allow yourself the things you need right now. Whether that’s space, rest, support, or something else, know that you are not a burden for taking care of yourself.”
— TWLOHA
“It is okay to have depression, it is okay to have anxiety and it is okay to have an adjustment disorder. We need to improve the conversation. We all have mental health in the same way we all have physical health.”
— Prince Harry
“It’s ok not to be okay, but it’s not okay to stay that way.”
— Perry Noble
“It’s okay to not be perfect and not to have everything figured out. It’s okay to feel things that are shameful, hate, and feel guilty. I feel like the message we’ve tried to stand by, is that it’s basically okay to have scars and to show them. To show that you’ve been through all sorts of things and have come out a different and better person because of it.”
— Hayley Williams
“It’s okay, you know? It’s okay to be you. It’s okay to just not be okay. It’s okay to not be okay.”
— Kristen Stewart
“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
“If you were born with the weakness to fall, you were born with the strength to rise.”
— Rupi Kaur
“My dark days made me stronger. Or maybe I already was strong, and they made me prove it.”
— Emery Lord
“Many survivors insist they’re not courageous: ‘If I were courageous I would have stopped the abuse.’ ‘If I were courageous, I wouldn’t be scared’… Most of us have it mixed up. You don’t start with courage and then face fear. You become courageous because you face your fear.”
— Laura Davis
“Being vulnerable is actually a strength and not a weakness — that’s why more and more mental health is such an important thing to talk about. It’s the same as being physically sick. And when you keep all those things inside, when you bottle them up, it makes you ill.”
— Cara Delevingne
“The strongest people are not those who show strength in front of the world but those who fight and win battles that others do not know anything about.”
— Jonathan Harnisch
“I hope you live a life you are proud of. If you find that you are not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.”
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
“To anyone out there who’s hurting — it’s not a sign of weakness to ask for help. It’s a sign of strength.”
— Barack Obama
“If you can’t fly, run. If you can’t run, walk. If you can’t walk, crawl, but by all means, keep moving.”
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
“There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in.”
— Leonard Cohen
“It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.”
— John Steinbeck
“The shadow is the greatest teacher for how to come to the light.”
— Ram Dass
“I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.”
— Og Mandino
“It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.”
— Aristotle
“Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.”
— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
“Don’t give up. Don’t give up on your story. Don’t give up on the people you love. Hope is real. Love is real. It’s all worth fighting for.”
— Jamie Tworkowski
“You can’t see the future coming — not the terrors, for sure, but you also can’t see the wonders that are coming, the moments of light-soaked joy that await each of us.”
— John Green
“The bravest thing I ever did was continuing my life when I wanted to die.”
— Juliette Lewis
“Life is waiting for you. You might be stuck here for a while, but the world isn’t going anywhere. Hang on in there if you can. Life is always worth it.”
— Matt Haig, Reasons to Stay Alive
“Depression is being colorblind and constantly told how colorful the world is.”
— Atticus
“Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.”
— Thich Nhat Hanh
In conclusion:
these 150 inspiring mental health quotes serve as powerful reminders that our mental health is just as important as our physical health. They encourage us to prioritize self-care, seek help when needed, and remind us that we are not defined by our struggles. Let these quotes inspire you to take care of your mental well-being and continue on your journey towards healing and growth. Remember, you are not alone, and there is always hope for a brighter tomorrow.
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