Inspiring Epilepsy Quotes: Strength, Hope, and Resilience

"I'm important. I matter. I can do anything. I'm a sexy, strong woman that happens to have epilepsy. Do you get it? I have epilepsy but it's not who I am."

- Ray Robinson

"It appears to me to be no more divine nor more sacred than other diseases, but has a natural cause 3 like other affections. Men regard its nature and cause as divine from ignorance."

- Hippocrates

"There is such a stigma attached to epilepsy and seizures in general. When in fact it is like any other condition and if everyone is educated and free to talk about it then its not scary."

- Greg Grunberg

"Start by doing whats necessary; then do whats possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible."

- Francis of Assisi

"A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles."

- Christopher Reeve

"Promise me youll always remember: Youre braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think."

- A. A. Milne

"I want people with epilepsy to know that there are ways in which they can play a role in their own recovery. It's all in how they approach what is happening and how they can use that as a catalyst for their own growth. If there's one thing that I've learned, it's that people are willing to embrace you if you share your story."

- Danny Glover

"I encourage individuals with epilepsy to advocate for themselves and find a supportive doctor who will advocate for them as well. I hid for many years my epilepsy despite being seizure free for years due to the fear I would lose my job and not be able to get my medication to survive. Hiding what I have gone though would only allow the stigma to continue."

- Natalie Boehm

"The strongest people Ive met have not been given an easier life. Theyve learned to create strength and happiness from dark places."

- Kristen Butler

"Epilepsy is something nobody knows much about. Its just part of me, part of my head, part of whats happening in there. Sometimes something in my brain triggers it off."

- Neil Young

"As scientists, we know that each increment in knowledge, every marginal gain, when added together can make big differences to the lives of people with epilepsy."

- Professor Sameer Zuberi

"I almost flunked out of high school, because I missed so much school. Students with epilepsy should inform their teachers and professors about their illness. Their teachers or professors would then be aware of their illness. This would allow their teachers or professors to support them. Just speak up, even when its hard. People will be respectful."

- Iasmin Omar Ata

"Never let the things you cannot do prevent you from doing the things you can."

- John Wooden

"The truth is were all a little bit broken. We must learn to love the broken pieces of ourselvesbe gentle and empathetic with ourselves, and others."

- Karen Salmansohn

"It really is so important to keep advocating for your child and not to give up and to say, You know, maybe this is the best it can be."

- Donna Stahlhut

"Its not selfish to love yourself, take care of yourself, and to make your happiness a priority."

- Mandy Hale

"Epilepsy can, in some circumstances, be enabling - not just disabling - through the stimulation and enhancement of artistic expression."

- Jim Chambliss

"Tip toe if you must, but take a step."

- Naeem Callaway

"My mother and father didn't know what to do or how to handle it, but they did the best they could with what little they had."

- Prince

"Talking about our problems is our greatest addiction. Break the habit. Talk about your joys."

- Rita Schiano

"Resting is not laziness, its medicine!"

- Glenn Schweitzer

"Ive had a bunch of seizures, yall just never hear about them."

- Lil Wayne

"Every day may not be good, but there is something good in every day."

- Alice Morse Earle

"You are strong when you know your weaknesses. You are beautiful when you appreciate your flaws. You are wise when you learn from your mistakes."

"I dont want my pain and struggle to make me a victim. I want my battle to make me someone elses hero."

"Epilepsy may test me, but it will never break me."

"If you stumble, make it part of the dance."

"My path may be different, but I am not lost."