69+ Best Mental Health Quotes: Exclusive Selection

Health is the condition of the body and the degree to which it is free from illness, or the state of being well. Inspirational mental quotes will fire up your brain and inspire you to look at life differently.

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Famous Mental Health Quotes

The advice I’d give to somebody that’s silently struggling is, you don’t have to live that way. You don’t have to struggle in silence. You can be un silent. You can live well with a mental health condition, as long as you open up to somebody about it, because it’s really important you share your experience with people so that you can get the help that you need. Demi Lovato

You don’t have to control your thoughts. You just have to stop letting them control you. Dan Millman

I found that with depression, one of the most important things you can realize is that you’re not alone. You’re not the first to go through it, you’re not gonna be the last to go through it, Dwayne “The Rock

There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in. Leonard Cohen

Deep breathing is our nervous system’s love language. Dr. Lauren Fogel Mersy

You are not alone. You are seen. I am with you. You are not alone. Shonda Rhimes

I think it’s really important to take the stigma away from mental health. My brain and my heart are really important to me. I don’t know why I wouldn’t seek help to have those things be as healthy as my teeth. Kerry Washington

The experience I have had is that once you start talking about experiencing a mental health struggle, you realize that actually you’re part of quite a big club. Prince Harry

It is not the bruises on the body that hurt. It is the wounds of the heart and the scars on the mind. Aisha Mirza

Anything that’s human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable. When we can talk about our

feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary. Fred Rogers

Mental health. is not a destination, but a process. It’s about how you drive, not where you’re going. Noam Shpancer

There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t. John Green

Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves. Henry David Thoreau

Just remember, you are not alone, in fact, you are in a very commonplace with millions of others. We need to help each other and keep striving to reach our goals. Mike Moreno

You are not your illness. You have an individual story to tell. You have a name, a history, a personality. Staying yourself is part of the battle. Julian Seifter

The humanity we all share is more important than the mental illnesses we may not. Elyn R. Saks

Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light. Albus Dumbledore

Life doesn’t make any sense without interdependence. We need each other, and the sooner we learn that, the better for us all. Erik Erikson

Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren’t always comfortable, but they’re never weakness. Brené Brown

Mental health problems don’t define who you are. They are something you experience. You walk in the rain and you feel the rain, but, importantly, YOU ARE NOT THE RAIN. Matt Haig

Just because you don’t understand it doesn’t mean it isn’t so. Lemony Snicket

You are the one thing in this world, above all other things, that you must never give up on. When I was in middle school, I was struggling with severe anxiety and depression and the help and support I received from my family and a therapist saved my life. Asking for help is the first step. You are more precious to this world than you’ll ever know. Lili Reinhart

Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. Christopher Robin

I would say what others have said It gets better. One day, you’ll find your tribe. You just have to trust that people are out there waiting to love you and celebrate you for who you are. In the meantime, the reality is you might have to be your own tribe. You might have to be your own best friend. That’s not something they’re going to teach you in school. So start the work of loving yourself. Wentworth Miller

Just because no one else can heal or do your inner work for you doesn’t mean you can, should, or need to do it alone. Lisa Olivera

Being able to be your true self is one of the strongest components of good mental health. Dr. Lauren Fogel Mersy

There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t. John Green

My dark days made me stronger. Or maybe I already was strong, and they made me prove it. Emery Lord

I cannot stand the words Get over it. All of us are under such pressure to put our problems in the past tense. Slow down. Don’t allow others to hurry your healing. It is a process, one that may take years, occasionally, even a lifetime  and that’s OK. Beau Taplin

Sometimes the people around you won’t understand your journey. They don’t need to, it’s not for them. Joubert Botha

Self care is how you take your power back. Lalah Delia

You don’t have to be positive all the time. It’s perfectly okay to feel sad, angry, annoyed, frustrated, scared and anxious. Having feelings doesn’t make you a negative person. It makes you human. Lori Deschene

My dark days made me strong. Or maybe I already was strong, and they made me prove it. Emery Lord

This feeling will pass. The fear is real but the danger is not. Cammie McGovern

There is no normal life that is free of pain. It’s the very wrestling with our problems that can be the impetus for our growth. Fred Rogers

Your present circumstances don’t determine where you go; they merely determine where you start. Nido Qubein

Positive vibes only’ isn’t a thing. Humans have a wide range of emotions and that’s OK. Molly Bahr

Tough times never last, but tough people do! Robert Schuller

You don’t have to be positive all the time. It’s perfectly okay to feel sad, angry, annoyed, frustrated, scared and anxious. Having feelings doesn’t make you a negative person. It makes you human. Lori Deschene

Many survivors insist they’re not courageous If I were courageous I would have stopped the abuse. If I were courageous, I wouldn’t be scared. Most of us have it mixed up. You don’t start with courage and then face fear. You become courageous because you face your fear. Laura Davis

Nothing can dim the light that shines from within. Maya Angelou

I keep moving ahead, as always, knowing deep down inside that I am a good person and that I am worthy of a good life. Jonathan Harnisch

You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection. Buddha

Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light. Albus Dumbledore

This feeling will pass. The fear is real but the danger is not. Cammie McGovern

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. Aristotle

Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor. Thich Nhat Hanh

There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in. Leonard Cohen

Even if we don’t have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there. Stephen Chbosky

Increasing the strength of our minds is the only way to reduce the difficulty of life. Mokokoma Mokhonoana

You are valuable just because you exist. Not because of what you do or what you have done, but simply because you are. Max Lucado

Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves. Henry David Thoreau

There is no standard normal. Normal is subjective. There are seven billion versions of normal on this planet. Matt Haig

I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.  Amy March

We are not our trauma. We are not our brain chemistry. That’s part of who we are, but we’re so much more than that. Sam J. Mille

Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think, I’m not going to make it, but you laugh inside remembering all the times you’ve felt that way. Charles Bukowski

Your mental health is everything prioritize it. Make the time like your life depends on it, because it does. Mel Robbins

Promise me you’ll always remember you’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. Christopher Robin

If we start being honest about our pain, our anger, and our shortcomings instead of pretending they don’t exist, then maybe we’ll leave the world a better place than we found it. Russell Wilson

In the middle of winter I at last discovered that there was in me an invincible summer. Albert Camus

Mental health problems don’t define who you are. They are something you experience. You walk in the rain and you feel the rain, but you are not the rain. Matt Haig

If you’re going through hell, keep going. Winston Churchill

What mental health needs is more sunlight, more candor, and more unashamed conversation. Glenn Close

I am bent, but not broken. I am scarred, but not disfigured. I am sad, but not hopeless. I am tired, but not powerless. I am angry, but not bitter. I am depressed, but not giving up. Anonymous

Being able to be your true self is one of the strongest components of good mental health. Dr. Lauren Fogel Mersy

Part of my identity is saying no to things I don’t want to do. I check in with myself throughout the day and I say, Do I really want to do this? and if the answer is no, then I don’t do it. And you shouldn’t either. Lady Gaga