Healing Quotes

You can't curl up on the sofa and deny life forever. Life is always going to be a series of ouch-making moments, and the question was, was I going to go all fetal-position or was I going to woman up?

~ Maureen Johnson

Depression thrives in secrecy but shrinks in empathy.

~ Seth Adam Smith

That was the crux. You. Only you could work on you. Nobody could force you, and if you weren't ready, then you weren't ready, and no amount of open-armed encouragement was going to change that.

~ Norah Vincent

If I was lonely, if I was afraid of being alone, then why abandon myself? Why run to someone else looking to give myself the thing that only I could give? I wanted to escape myself because I felt empty, and the emptiness frightened me. But obviously, I was empty because I was always running out, running away. The only way to fill the emptiness was to remain, to take up residence in myself.

~ Norah Vincent

Behind the shadows there lies defeat, Fancy the light where her smile greets.

~ Jackie Connors

It is not depression or anxiety that truly hurts us. It is our active resistance against these states of mind and body. If you wake up with low energy, hopeless thoughts, and a lack of motivation - that is a signal from you to you. That is a sure sign that something in your mind or in your life is making you sick, and you must attend to that signal. But what do most people do? They hate their depressed feelings. They think Why me? They push them down. They take a pill. And so, the feelings return again and again, knocking at your door with a message while you turn up all the noise in your cave, refusing to hear the knocks. Madness. Open the door. Invite in depression. Invite anxiety. Invite self-hatred. Invite shame. Hear their message. Give them a hug. Accept their tirades as exaggerated mistruths typical of any upset person. Love your darkness and you shall know your light.

~ Vironika Tugaleva

Dishonoring what we feel is an epidemic that has us self-medicating as a culture and trying to numb ourselves.

~ Abiola Abrams

The one who sees thought as a thought is the witness to mind and no longer subject to suffering.

~ Vivian Amis

Where there is light, darkness must cease.

~ Vivian Amis

You haunt my days and dreams.

~ Jennifer Elisabeth

There were times when I would sob until I shook, until my eyelids were so swollen that it pained me to open them, and through hiccoughs, trembling, I would hiss, don’t touch me! as he moved to place a gentle hand on my shoulder. There were times when we seemed locked into our chairs, discrete, the static between us more eloquent than words. But there was never a moment when I doubted Peter’s ability to heal me.

~ Antonella Gambotto-Burke

I felt like I was being carried over the threshold of a sisterhood of loss. I knew I was not walking alone, and that eventually I would bob back up to the surface of the deep, because the women around me showed me what healing looks like.

~ Anna White

I've had a lot of therapists, so I've had the opportunity to approach my fear in many different ways. I've faced it head on and sideways and tried to tiptoe up behind it.

~ Anna White

Other flowers came at the end of the summer, but by then the winter sadness had already dissipated, and the effect of the blooms was not the same.

~ Jessica Stern

An engaging examination of a painful subject, with a focus on healing and forgiveness. - Kirkus Review

~ Robert Uttaro

Some of the most effective segments are interviews with various staff members, including Aila, who works for the center’s legal department. She explains the difficulties of rape prosecution, concluding that “only the survivor” can truly define justice. - Kirkus Review

~ Robert Uttaro

If you have been raped or sexually assaulted and you have been blamed, or fear that you may be blamed, I just want you to understand this: You are not to blame. There is nothing you did to make someone hurt you, nor is there anything you could have done differently to prevent or stop it.

~ Robert Uttaro

Always know there are friends somewhere rooting for you. There are people you don’t know, always praying for you and lifting you before God. - Jenee, from To the Survivors.

~ Robert Uttaro

I think I just said it, but I think it’s worth repeating. They gave me hope that there is good in the world out there. There really is. It really does exist. Regardless of how bad things can be, and how down on your luck you can be, or how bad your trust is broken when it comes to warming up to people and all that stuff, I know that there’s people out there that genuinely wanna help. Putting yourself in that position is a huge step, and it’s a very risky and fragile step, but it’s also a step that needs to be taken because there is help. And you can get through something like this. You really can. - Jim, from To the Survivors

~ Robert Uttaro

This book is dedicated to all who have been affected by sexual violence.

~ Robert Uttaro

Selfish love hurts, selfless love heals.

~ Rob Liano

Between death and hell a bridge shining silver wings offers his soul hope.

~ Aberjhani

In the same way you BELIEVED and RECEIVED salvation, so it is with your healing!

~ Andrew Wommack

May the Lord heal every sick soul.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Solace of Silencesurreal synapsesof a melancholy dronea dream per chanceshe dared not be alone...

~ Muse

As I watched them file down the stairs, I didn't cry and I wasn't afraid. But I couldn't tell if it was Jesus or the gin.

~ Sarah Thebarge

They say there is six degrees of separation between you and another person. However, when people are praying for you there are only two degrees.

~ Shannon L. Alder

I have no guarantee that God will choose to heal Ann, but I know he wants me to pray to that end.

~ K. Howard Joslin

As the books of Job, Jeremiah, and Habakkuk clearly show, God has a high threshold of tolerance for what appropriate to say in a prayer. God can handle my unsuppressed rage. I may well find that my vindictive feelings need God's correction - but only by taking those feelings to God will I have the opportunity for correction and healing.

~ Philip Yancey

God's forgot that ever I lived... He's forgot...and He never cared, nohow....He smoothed her brown, rough-palmed hand; he held her hands to keep her from jerking herself away from his admonishing: Oh, 'tis not true, the words yere a-sayin', Cean Smith; and well ye know it. Never does He forget a child o' His'n. 'Tis His children that forget that He is rememberin'. Get on yere knees and climb on them up to the shelter o' His arms. Knock on His ears with yere prayers. Creep into His arms, Cean Smith, and lay yere head on His bosom, and He'll hold ye closer than inny man ye ever love can ever hold ye. He'll lay His hand on yere head and ye'll stop yere restless fightin' against His will. He'll shut yere pitiful little mouth from complainin' against Him. Ye'll hush and be comforted....She dared him to prove his saying: Then pray fer Him to do them things fer me!He prayed; and when he had finished, Cean's will was as water to God's will, and Cean's tears were softening and healing to her heart.

~ Caroline Miller

Some wounds were worth bearing for the healing they brought.

~ Dianna Hardy

Blessed are you who forgive.You will forever be happy.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

In this life, we reap the results of everything that we do; even if the things that we do and the things that we become, are the direct results of circumstances that we could have never controlled, in the first place. They say we are never given more than we can handle; but I don't believe that. We are often given more than we can handle, and that's why so many of us are so broken. The jar breaks when there's too much to handle. The only beauty in all of this, is that jars can be repaired with gold; and because of that, they can become even more beautiful than they were before.

~ C. Joybell C.

Arise! Arise! Arise and shine!May Christ message of eternal life fill your heart with everlasting love, hope, happiness and new dreams.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Life should be full of- Compassion, Peace, Companionship, Honor, Love, Honesty, Joy, Rapture, Euphoria, Friendship, Family, Spiritual Enrichment, Enlightenment, Trust, Truth, Loyalty, Passion, Cultural Enrichment, Unity, Serenity, Zen, Wonder, Respect, Beauty of All Kinds, Balance of all Creation, Philosophy, Adventure, Art, Happiness, Bliss, Serendipity, Kismet, Fantasy, Positivity, Yin, Yang, Color, Variety, Excitement, Sharing, Fun, Sound, Paradise, Magick, Tenderness, Strength, Devotion, Courage, Conviction, Responsibility, Wisdom, Justice, Satisfaction, Fulfillment, Purpose, Mystery, Healing, Learning, Virtue, History, Creativity, Imagination, Receptiveness and Faith. For through these things you are One with your Creator.

~ Solange Nicole

It is after days ofSoaking in these downpoursThat the land can drink inThe bounty,That the bejeweled trees canAccept nature’s offering.While the dewy greens areVery pretty, and theRunning streams make the mostGentle trickling soundsThere is no healing until theWater is absorbed.

~ Nicole Grace

A bird cannot fly with broken wings. Your heart cannot love without learning to heal.

~ Kemi Sogunle

Through spiritual maturity you will see new ways to avoid unnecessary suffering; wiser ways to endure unavoidable hardships with grace, and opportunities to turn your pain into lessons of service and healing for others.

~ Bryant Mcgill

Shame without repentance doesn’t lose power when it is spoken, it only seeks approval.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Never sever ties with a family member you once loved. Each of you might be on different spiritual paths, but both trails are leading you home.

~ Shannon L. Alder