43 Inspirational Quotes About Healing To Help You Through Your Journey
You are not alone.
We all have something (maybe even several things) in our lives that wounded us. When the damage from these blows feels irreparable, these inspirational quotes about healing will help you keep your chin up through the tough times.
As beautiful as life can be or as invincible as we may feel at times, obstacles and challenges can knock us down with swift and brute force. It’s incredibly intimidating to face the path of recovery when it looks endlessly long and winding, but that doesn’t mean that recovery is unattainable.
While everyone has a different story, we can find solidarity in the fact that all humans suffer. Many, many people can and do pull themselves out of their moments of darkness, and I created a list of quotes from those that have survived and thrived to show the possibilities of rediscovering the light.
Inspirational Quotes About Healing
It is an arduous journey, so when you’re in need of encouragement look at this list for some empathy and inspiration. We are all capable of healing.
1. “The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” — Rumi
Allow it to come in.
2. “The emotion that can break your heart is sometimes the very one that heals it.” — Nicholas Sparks
Face what you’re going through. Examination could help you through it.
3. “The soul is healed by being with children.” — Fyodor Dostoevsky
They are joyful and can be surprisingly insightful.
4. “Change, like healing, takes time.” — Veronica Roth
The pain won’t magically disappear.
5. “Just like there’s always time for pain, there’s always time for healing.” — Jennifer Brown
You do have time.
6. “The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.” — Marianne Williamson
Your energy has an echo. Will it be a scream or a song?
7. “I think that little by little I’ll be able to solve my problems and survive.” — Frida Kahlo
Take manageable steps. They’ll get you to where you need to be.
8. “We are healed of a suffering only by experiencing it to the full.” — Marcel Proust
You cannot fix what you ignore.
9. “A bridge of silver wings stretches from the dead ashes of an unforgiving nightmare to the jeweled vision of a life started anew.” — Aberjhani
There is light beyond the darkness.
10. “The human heart has a way of making itself large again even after it’s been broken into a million pieces.” — Robert James Waller
We are designed to heal.
11. “Life becomes easier when you learn to accept an apology you never got.” — Robert Brault
Forgiveness is for your own relief.
12. “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
You are in control of your life, even if it feels like you’ve lost it.
13. “Some people see scars, and it is wounding they remember. To me, they are proof of the fact that there is healing.” — Linda Hogan
It’s all about perspective.
14. “A daily dose of daydreaming heals the heart, soothes the soul, and strengthens the imagination.” — Richelle E. Goodrich
Take a vacation to your imagination.
15. “It’s not forgetting that heals. It’s remembering.” — Amy Green
Forgive, but never forget.
16. “We don’t heal in isolation, but in community.” — S. Kelley Harrell
You’d be surprised at how well others can understand and empathize.
17. “No one heals himself by wounding another.” — St. Ambrose
We can uplift each other instead of dragging each other down.
18. “Pain in this life is not avoidable, but the pain we create avoiding pain is avoidable.” — R.D. Laing
Avoidance only makes matters worse.
19. “It’s important to make sure that we’re talking with each other in a way that heals, not in a way that wounds.” — Barack Obama
We must respect and encourage, not scrutinize and degrade.
20. “Everybody’s damaged. It’s just a question of how badly, and whether you’re healing or still bleeding.” — Angela N. Blount
We can learn from others who are in different parts of their journeys than us.
21. “But no matter how much evil I see, I think it’s important for everyone to understand that there is much more light than darkness.” — Robert Uttaro
There is a lot of evil, but there is that much more light.
22. “Restore your attention or bring it to a new level by dramatically slowing down whatever you’re doing.” — Sharon Salzberg
Smell those roses!
23. “Emotional pain cannot kill you, but running from it can. Allow. Embrace. Let yourself feel. Let yourself heal.” — Vironika Tugaleva
Feel your feelings and you can better deal with them.
24. “There is a comfort in knowing that you don’t have to pretend anymore, that you are going to do everything within your power to heal.” — Ellen Bass
First, you must accept your problems, and then you can solve them.
25. “The healing power of even the most microscopic exchange with someone who knows in a flash precisely what you’re talking about because she experienced that thing too cannot be overestimated.” — Cheryl Strayed
Try sharing and you could see that knowing look.
26. “Instead of saying ‘I’m damaged, I’m broken, I have trust issues’ say ‘I’m healing, I’m rediscovering myself, I’m starting over.’” — Horacio Jones
Reframing holds a lot of power.
27. “Even the smallest shift in perspective can bring about the greatest healing.” — Joshua Kai
How can you look at things differently?
28. “Stories that rise from deep suffering can provide the most potent remedies for past, present, and even future ills.” — Clarissa Pinkola Estés
Learn from your pain.
29. “The ache will always be there, but the intensity will fade, and you’ll find other beautiful things to fill your days with.” — Lang Leav
Things don’t just disappear, but they do constantly change.
30. “Accepting the reality of change gives rise to equanimity.” — Allan Lokos
Accept the flow and it will carry you with grace.
31. “In every pain and joy lie the makings of our next awakening.” — Michael Brant DeMaria
Everything is either a blessing or a lesson.
32. “The point of healing is not to return to a place where everything is perfect. Instead, it is to begin to develop the ability to respond to what’s imperfect.” — Brianna Wiest
There is no going back, but forward is so much brighter.
33. “Healing begins with awareness, understanding, and action.” — Diane Metcalf
Accept, analyze, adapt.
34. “Repaired objects hold even more beauty as the restoration becomes part of the object’s history.” — Ana Johns
Character is much more interesting than perfection.
35. “Liberation is not about win or lose. It is about when you choose.” — Keith Anthony Blanchard
Stagnation is easy, but change is freeing.
36. “One way to heal is through storytelling. It is stories that get you through and bring you home.” — Ambelin & Ezekiel Kwaymullina
Own your story by telling your story.
37. “This is where I am, so I give myself to here.” — Donna Goddard
Let yourself be present. You cannot change the past, and the future has not yet arrived.
38. “Pretending not to be hurt isn’t healing. If you want to HEAL from it, you have to DEAL with it.” — Steve Maraboli
You can fool others, but you cannot fool yourself.
39. “Passion is the quality that has the power to switch the manifest form from destructive feedback loops into feedback loops of healing.” — Georgi Y. Johnson
Set intentions and go after them.
40. “Some people go to the gym to get more attractive physically, I’ve chosen to study the past and patterns I was trapped into. It is more about dropping than lifting weight.” — Alain Bremond-Torrent
Exercise your mind and it will get stronger and more flexible.
41. “Learn to read symptoms not only as problems to be overcome but as messages to be heeded.” — Gabor Maté
Listen to your body, it’s trying to tell you what it needs.
42. “I wish everyone some healing, including myself. We experience so much trauma in this world.” — Mitta Xinindlu
No one is exempt from the hardships of life.
43. “As soon as healing takes place, go out and heal somebody else.” — Maya Angelou
Tell your story, spread your wisdom.
Colleen Fogarty is a writer who covers self-care, astrology, and relationship topics.