44 Healing Quotes To Inspire

In life's most challenging moments, finding solace and strength can often feel like a daunting task. Yet, it's in these times of difficulty that words can serve as powerful tools for healing and inspiration. Whether you're seeking comfort during a personal struggle, recovery from an emotional setback, or simply wishing to boost your spirit, the right quote can provide a spark of hope and encouragement. We've gathered a curated collection of 44 profound healing quotes, each chosen for its ability to uplift, inspire, and guide you toward a place of inner peace and resilience. Allow these wise words to be your companions on the journey to healing and self-discovery.

1. “You have the power to heal your life, and you need to know that. We think so often that we are helpless, but we're not. We always have the power of our minds…Claim and consciously use your power.” - LOUISE L. HAY

2. “I think that little by little I'll be able to solve my problems and survive.” - Frida Kahlo

3. “Live simply. Deepest joy is like a flower....beautiful in essence.” - Tony Samara

4. “It is important for people to know that no matter what lies in their past, they can overcome the dark side and press on to a brighter world.” - Dave Pelzer

5. “In a futile attempt to erase our past, we deprive the community of our healing gift. If we conceal our wounds out of fear and shame, our inner darkness can neither be illuminated nor become a light for others.” - Brennan Manning

6. “Elder's Meditation of the Day - February 18 "laughter is a necessity in life that does not cost much, and the Old Ones say that one of the greatest healing powers in our life is the ability to laugh." --Larry P. Aitken, CHIPPEWA Laughter is a good stress eliminator. Laughter causes healing powers to be distributed through our bodies. Laughter helps heal relationships that are having problems. Laughter can change other people. Laughter can heal the sick. Laughter is spiritual. One of the greatest gifts among Indian people has been our ability to laugh. Humor is natural to Indian people. Sometimes the only thing left to do is laugh. Great Spirit, allow me to laugh when times get tough.” - Larry P. Aitken

7. “Transformation is my favorite game and in my experience, anger and frustration are the result of you not being authentic somewhere in your life or with someone in your life. Being fake about anything creates a block inside of you. Life can’t work for you if you don’t show up as you.” - Jason Mraz

8. “Surgeons can cut out everything except cause.” - Herbert M Shelton

9. “The so-called symptoms of disease are manifestations of an inherent principle of the organism to restore healthy function and to resist offending agents and influences.” - Herbert M Shelton

10. “Scars are but evidence of life," Coquette said. "Evidence of choices to be learned from...evidence of wounds...wounds inflicted of mistakes...wounds we choose to allow the healing of. We likewise choose to see them, that we may not make the same mistakes again.” - Marcia Lynn McClure

11. “Love taught me to die with dignity that I might come forth anew in splendor. Born once of flesh, then again of fire, I was reborn a third time to the sound of my name humming haikus in heaven’s mouth.” - Aberjhani

12. “We have to heal our wounded world. The chaos, despair, and senseless destruction we see today are a result of the alienation that people feel from each other and their environment.” - Michael Jackson

13. “If you don't take care of this the most magnificent machine that you will ever be given...where are you going to live?” - Karyn Calabrese

14. “Now, we shall be able to judge the extent of the spiritual undernourishment if we look at all these movements from another angle: not as errors but rather as attempts to find healing. I use this comparison: For a long time medical men combated fever as if it itself constituted the illness. Medicine today inclines rather to respect it, not only as a symptom of the disease but of the struggle of the organism against the disease. True, it is this struggle which makes it ill, and yet this very struggle is also the proof of its vitality and is the necessary way to healing.” - Paul Tournier

15. “We are not to be occupied with our feelings or symptoms,or our faith or lack of faith,but only with what God has said” - Gordon Lindsay

16. “There is no illness that is not exacerbated by stress.” - Allan Lokos

17. “The doctor of the future will be oneself.” - Albert Schweitzer

18. “Health and disease are the same thing—vital action intended to preserve, maintain, and protect the body. There is no more reason for treating disease than there is for treating health.” - Herbert M Shelton

19. “Oh what a wonderful soul so bright inside you. Got power to heal the sun’s broken heart, power to restore the moon’s vision too.” - Aberjhani

20. “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but I might be a vampire so I don't give a shit. I'll heal” - Gena Showalter

21. “Healing is a biological process, not an art. It is as much a function of the living organism as respiration, digestion, circulation, excretion, cell proliferation, or nerve activity. It is a ceaseless process, as constant as the turning of the earth on its axis. Man can neither duplicate nor imitate nor provide a substitute for the process. All schools of healing are frauds.” - Herbert M Shelton

22. “A bridge of silver wings stretches from the dead ashes of an unforgiving nightmareto the jeweled vision of a life started anew.” - Aberjhani

23. “I believe in fiction and the power of stories because that way we speak in tongues. We are not silenced. All of us, when in deep trauma, find we hesitate, we stammer; there are long pauses in our speech. The thing is stuck. We get our language back through the language of others. We can turn to the poem. We can open the book. Somebody has been there for us and deep-dived the words.” - Jeanette Winterson

24. “consolation is a beautiful word. everyone skins his knee-that doesnt make yours hurt anyless.” - Amy Hempel

25. “Un-winged and naked, sorrow surrenders its crown to a throne called grace.” - Aberjhani

26. “Sometimes we must yield control to others and accept our vulnerability so we can be healed.” - Kathy Magliato

27. “September 11… I will never forget feeling scared and vulnerable… I will never forget feeling the deep sad loss of so many lives… I will never forget the smell of the smoke that reached across the water and delivered a deep feeling of doom into my gut… I will never forget feeling the boosted sense of unity and pride… I will never forget seeing the courageous actions of so many men and women… I will never forget seeing people of all backgrounds working together in community… I will never forget seeing what hate can destroy… I will never forget seeing what love can heal…” - Steve Maraboli

28. “History dressed up in the glow of love’s kiss turned grief into beauty.” - Aberjhani

29. “Meditation is a microcosm, a model, a mirror. The skills we practice when we sit are transferable to the rest of our lives.” - Sharon Salzberg

30. “PTSD is a whole-body tragedy, an integral human event of enormous proportions with massive repercussions.” - Susan Pease Banitt

31. “He forced my soul back into innocent belief, not by empty words or false promises but by consistent action that never failed. He was safe.” - Rachel Higginson

32. “A daily dose of daydreaming heals the heart, soothes the soul, and strengthens the imagination.” - Richelle E. Goodrich

33. “Then came the healing time, hearts started to shine, soul felt so fine, oh what a freeing time it was.” - Aberjhani

34. “And gradually his memory slipped a little, as memories do, even those with so much love attached to them; as if there is an unconscious healing process within the mind which mends up in spite of our desperate determination never to forget.” - Colleen McCullough

35. “blue-gold sky, fresh cloud, emerald-black mountain, trees on rocky ledges, on the summit, the tiny pin of a telephone tower-all brilliantly clear, in shadow and out. and on and through everything everywhere the sun shines without reservation (p. 97)” - Barbara Blatner

36. “Those who are wounded wound others. Moses was wounded profoundly when he lost his birth family, his heritage, and his history. In the years to come, he would come to know Jehovah-rophe, the Healer of life’s sicknesses and sorrows. Exodus 15: 26b says, “…for I am the Lord, who heals you.” (from Under His Wings: Healing Truth for Adoptees of All Ages)” - Beth Willis Miller

37. “This is what you should know about losing someone you love. They do not travel alone. You go with them.” - Augusten Burroughs

38. “Healing can be a long and winding road or a straightforward march to the finish line.” - Alice McCall

39. “The Book of Numbers relates that when the people murmured rebelliously against God, they were punished with a plague of fiery serpents, so that many lost their lives. When they repented, Moses was told by God to make a brazen serpent and set it up for a sign, and all those bitten by the serpents who looked upon that sign would be healed. Our Blessed Lord was now declaring that He was to be lifted up, as the serpent had been lifted up. As the brass serpent had the appearance of a serpent and yet lacked its venom, so too, when He would be lifted up upon the bars of the Cross, He would have the appearance of a sinner and yet be without sin. As all who looked upon the brass serpent had been healed of the bite of the serpent, so all who looked upon Him with love and faith would be healed of the bite of the serpent of evil.” - Fulton J. Sheen

40. “When our heart is closed, it can create a lonely and isolated feeling together with the attitude: "Nobody loves me" or "Nobody cares about me", which can make it hard for other people to love us.” - Swami Dhyan Giten

41. “Healing is to be in the light of our own consciousness. Healing is an inner light, which exist as a natural radiance around a person. This inner light is in itself a healing force beyond words. This inner light disperses darkness, like when you lit a candle in a dark room and the darkness disappears by itself. This inner light exudes a subtle influence through its mere presence. The more the light in our own consciousness is lit, the more it creates a subtle effect in the world.” - Swami Dhyan Giten

42. “Sometimes it is one step at a time, and things don’t always work out the way we would like them to, but as you allow God to direct you He will bring you to a place of peace.” - Anna Stevens

43. “May hope rise within you. May peace wash over you.” - Charlene Costanzo

44. “Each of us has his own inner concentration camp... We must deal with, with forgiveness and patience-as full human beings, as we are and what we will become.” - Viktor Frankl