Healing Quotes

"If we can’t make memories, we can’t heal."

- Leonard Shelby

"A sweet friendship refreshes the soul."

- Proverbs 27:9

"Remember me and smile, for it's better to forget than to remember me and cry."

- Dr. Seuss

"Maybe it's not too late / To learn how to love and forget how to hate"

- Ozzy Osbourne

"When I'm tired and thinking cold / I hide in my music, forget the day"

- Boston

"Thank Heaven! the crisis—The danger is past, And the lingering illness, Is over at last—And the fever called “Living,” Is conquered at last."

- Edgar Allan Poe

"Healing is not about moving on or ‘getting over it.’ It’s about learning to make peace with our pain and finding purpose in our lives again."

- Shirley Kamisky

"Grief is like the ocean; it comes on waves ebbing and flowing. Sometimes the water is calm, and sometimes it is overwhelming. All we can do is learn to swim."

- Vicki Harrison

"A person never truly gets over a suicide loss. You get through it. Day by day. Sometimes it’s moment by moment."

- Holly Kohle

"Continue to live your life, know that it’s OK to smile again. Don’t ever be ashamed or let anyone make you feel ashamed."

- Jackie Burson

"Healing takes time, and asking for help is a courageous step."

- Mariska Hargitay

"Take your time healing, as long as you want. Nobody else knows what you've been through. How could they know how long it will take to heal you?"

- Abertoli

"When Sun shines, it not only brightens our day; it enlightens us, our soul, cleansing it of the gloominess that the night's darkness had brought in."

- Tista Ray

"Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones"

- Proverbs 16:24

"Only time and tears take away grief; that is what they are for."

- Terry Pratchett

"I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil."

- J.R.R. Tolkien

"Grief is itself a medicine."

- William Cowper

"Grief is not a disorder, a disease or a sign of weakness. It is an emotional, physical and spiritual necessity, the price you pay for love. The only cure for grief is to grieve."

- Earl Grollman

"Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak whispers the o'er-fraught heart and bids it break."

- William Shakespeare

"What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul."

- Jewish Proverb

"Forgiveness is healing ... especially forgiving yourself."

- Alyson Noel 'Evermore'

"Simply touching a difficult memory with some slight willingness to heal begins to soften the holding and tension around it."

- Stephen Levine

"We all want to do something to mitigate the pain of loss or to turn grief into something positive, to find a silver lining in the clouds. But I believe there is real value in just standing there, being still, being sad."

- John Green

"In our longest, hardest hours, that’s when God’s love touches us most—when it holds us, comforts us, and prepares us to move through dark and into steadfast light."

- Courtney Taylor

"Now there is no suffering. Now there is no more pain. Peace and comfort have taken their places. Peace and comfort will heal your heart."

- Renee Daniels

"A long, hard path has turned toward gentle rest and sweet release."

- Ginnie Job

"Sometimes being with your best friend is all the therapy you need."

"Books break your heart and then put it back together again, but better than it was before."

"In the midst of your sorrow, may you find comfort in the memories you hold."

"Healing is not linear, but it is possible."