85 Healing Quotes Honoring Your Struggles and Strengths (2021)

Our latest collection of healing quotes to help you recover from life’s challenges.

The quotes below will give you strength and help you get through any struggle.

Life struggle is one of the things that can’t be bypassed in life. No matter how strong or rich you are, there will be a point in your life that you will find yourself in a painful and weakened state.

Dealing with hardship is never easy. But no matter what challenges and struggles you find yourself in, your power to overcome them is the measurement of your strength.

Whenever you’re passing through any form of challenge, always remember that nothing is permanent in life and that this period will pass away. You might feel like your healing process is taking forever but you’ll eventually feel better and happier.

To help you recover from life struggles, below is our collection of inspirational, comforting, and uplifting healing quotes, healing sayings, and healing proverbs, collected from a variety of sources over the years.

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Healing quotes honoring your struggles and strengths

1. ”Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it.” – Tori Amos

2. ”The soul always knows what to do to heal itself. The challenge is to silence the mind.” – Caroline Myss

3. ”Self-forgiveness is essential to self-healing.” – Ruth Carter Stapleton

4. ”Healing yourself is connected with healing others.” – Yoko Ono

5. ”Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.” – Helen Keller

6. ”Healing is an art. It takes time, it takes practice. It takes love.” – Maza Dohta

7. ”When we heal the earth, we heal ourselves.” – David Orr

8. ”Healing is an inside job.” – Dr. B.J. Palmer

9. ”It’s when we start working together that the real healing takes place.” – David Hume

10. ”Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease.” – Hippocrates

Healing quotes to give you strength and courage

11. ”It has been said that time heals all wounds. The truth is that time does not heal anything. It merely passes. It is what we do during the passing of time that helps or hinders the healing process.” – Jay Marshall

12. ”Every step taken in mindfulness brings us one step closer to healing ourselves and the planet.” –Thich Nhat Hanh

13. “Our wounds are often the openings into the best and most beautiful part of us.” – David Richo

14. “The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.” – Marianne Williamson

15. ”Awareness is the first step in healing.” – Dean Ornish

16. ”Healing may not be so much about getting better, as about letting go of everything that isn’t you – all of the expectations, all of the beliefs – and becoming who you are.” – Rachel Naomi Remen

17. “Healing old hurts can only begin when the children we once were feel safe enough to speak their hearts to the adults we are now.” – L.R. Knost

18. ”Of one thing I am certain, the body is not the measure of healing, peace is the measure.” – Phyllis McGinley

19. ”Love one another and help others to rise to the higher levels, simply by pouring out love. Love is infectious and the greatest healing energy.” – Sai Baba

20. ”Healing does not mean going back to the way things were before, but rather allowing what is now to move us closer to God.” – Ram Dass

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Healing quotes to help you recover from struggle

21. ”One of the most healing things you can do is recognize where in your life you are your own poison.” – Steve Maraboli

22. ”Attention to the human body brings healing and regeneration. Through awareness of the body we remember who we really are.” – Jack Kornfield

23. ”The place of true healing is a fierce place. It’s a giant place. It’s a place of monstrous beauty and endless dark and glimmering light. And you have to work really, really, really hard to get there, but you can do it.” – Cheryl Strayed

24. ”By far the strongest poison to the human spirit is the inability to forgive oneself or another person. Forgiveness is no longer an option but a necessity for healing.” – Caroline Myss

25. ”It’s not all about healing yourself; it’s just as importantly about letting yourself heal.” – Terri Guillemets

26. ”Ultimately, there can be no complete healing until we have restored our primal trust in life.” – Georg Feuerstein

27. ”To heal is to touch with love that which we previously touched with fear.” – Stephen Levine

28. ”I have come to understand that some of the deepest and most effective healing is not found at a doctor’s office or a hospital, but rather from inside ourselves. Our bodies are designed for self-healing, and we are capable of both boosting and blocking that ability.” – Dr. Daju Suzanne Friedman

29. “For the human soul is virtually indestructible, and its ability to rise from the ashes remains as long as the body draws breath.” – Alice Miller

30. “That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” – Friedrich Nietzsche

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Healing quotes to help you feel better and happier

31. ”Progress and healing involves seeing every person as not so different from ourselves.” – Bryant H. McGill

32. ”Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.” – Kahlil Gibran

33. ”We do not heal the past by dwelling there; we heal the past by living fully in the present.” – Marianne Williamson

34. ”Healing doesn’t mean the damage never existed. It means the damage no longer controls your life.” – Akshay Dubey

35. “We can heal. Perhaps we can return to that same place we once stood, when we were both young and innocent.” – Marie Lu

36. ”There is no coming to consciousness without pain.” – Carl Jung

37. ”Meditation can help us embrace our worries, our fear, our anger; and that is very healing. We let our own natural capacity of healing do the work.” – Thich Nhat Hanh

38. ”To me, forgiveness is the cornerstone of healing.” – Sylvia Fraser

39. ”It’s not forgetting that heals. It’s remembering.” – Amy Greene

40. ”Our sorrows and wounds are healed only when we touch them with compassion.” – Buddha

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Helpful and comforting healing quotes

41. ”When you really listen to yourself, you can heal yourself.” – Ceanne Derohan

42. ”For me, singing sad songs often has a way of healing a situation. It gets the hurt out in the open – into the light, out of the darkness.” – Reba McEntire
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43. ”Tears are God’s gift to us. Our holy water. They heal us as they flow.” – Rita Schiano

44. ”All healing is first a healing of the heart.” – Carl Townsend

45. “Time doesn’t heal emotional pain, you need to learn how to let go.” – Roy T. Bennett

46. “When I stand before thee at the day’s end, thou shalt see my scars and know that I had my wounds and also my healing.” – Rabindranath Tagore

47. ”The greatest healing would be to wake up from what we are not.”- Mooji

48. ”Healing is the application of love.” – Iyanla Vanzant

49. “Once you start laughing, you start healing.” – Sherry Argov

50. ”Love is the most important healing power there is.” – Louise Hay

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Healing quotes to remind you of your strength

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

52. “Healing requires from us to stop struggling, but to enjoy life more and endure it less.” – Darina Stoyanova

53. “No matter how long it takes to heal…we share the same scars…”
― Daniel Yanez

54. “Do not look for healing at the feet of those who broke you.” – Rupi Kaur

55. “Even the smallest shift in perspective can bring about the greatest healing.”― Joshua Kai

56. “Healing Follows Forgiveness.”― Pat Bluth

57. “Be just the balm you need to heal what ails you.”― Heather Davis

58. “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

59. “I’m going to follow this invisible red thread until I find myself again… until I finally figure out… who I’m meant to be.”― Jennifer Elisabeth

60. “Every problem you face is an opportunity to learn something. The biggest lessons in your life have been learned from the darkest days.”― Tracy Malone

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61. “When wounds are healed by love, The scars are beautiful.”― David Bowles

62. “Music is such a great healing balm and a great way to forget your troubles.” – Ricky Skaggs

63. “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

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64. “You will be a different person after the storm, because the storm will heal you from your perfection.”― Bryant McGill

65. “The more you are able to forgive then the more you are able to love.”
― Stephen Richards

66. “A true healer is the one who heals himself first so others can benefit from his own healing.”― Hong Curley

67. “Only when we face the impossible, and experience the unbearable, do we find out who we truly are.”― Vironika Tugaleva

68. “Allow yourself to ache. In it, there is healing.”― Naide P Obiang

69. “Give it air & let the scar on your soul reveal itself, because, like the body, it too was made to heal itself.”― Curtis Tyrone Jones

70. “A suffering heart cannot cure another suffering heart, but love can.”
― Ephantus Mwenda

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Other inspirational healing quotes and sayings

71. “Time didn’t heal, but it anesthetized. The human mind could only feel so much.” – P.D. James
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72. “As soon as healing takes place, go out and heal somebody else.” – Maya Angelou

73. “We don’t heal in isolation, but in community.” – S. Kelley Harrell

74. “It’s harder to heal than it is to kill.” – Tamora Pierce

75. “Given enough time and distance, the heart will always heal.” – Laura Fitzgerald

76. “Wounds are like water set to boil – they heal best left unwatched.” – Gabrielle Zevin

77. “Being healed means committing to use your resources and knowledge.” – S. Kelley Harrell

78. “Even when something is not your fault, toxic blame has no place in your life. Focus on your own empowerment and healing.” – Bryant McGill

79. “Temporary, but excruciating, pain is the price of healing.” – Vironika Tugaleva

80. “Life is so messy. It’s heartache and headaches and bedhead and tears. Then life is glorious. And then it’s messy all over again.” – Candy Leigh

81. “I have been a seeker and I still am, but I stopped asking the books and the stars. I started listening to the teaching of my Soul.” – Rumi

82. “Humor is healing.” – Brad Garrett

83. “Don’t cry when the sun is gone because the tears won’t let you see the stars.” – Violeta Para

84. “Healing the soul first; then healing of the mind and body will follow.” – Zhi Gang Sha

85. “The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.” – Hubert H.Humphrey

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Healing quotes to help you feel better

86. “The soul is healed by being with children.” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

87. “Some people cannot be cured, but everyone can heal.” — Unknown

88. “Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.” — Hippocrates

89. “Part of the healing process is sharing with other people who care.” — Jerry Cantrell

90. “Eventually you will come to understand that love heals everything, and love is all there is.” — Gary Zukav

91. “Everybody has losses—it’s unavoidable in life. Sharing our pain is very healing.” — Isabel Allende

92. “Words of kindness are more healing to a drooping heart than balm or honey.” — Sarah Fielding

93. “Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.” — Proverbs 16:23-25

94. “There are so many ways to heal. Arrogance may have a place in technology, but not in healing. I need to get out of my own way if I am to heal.” — Anne Wilson Schaef

95. “The art of healing comes from nature, not from the physician. Therefore, the physician must start from nature, with an open mind.” — Paracelsus

Healing quotes about music and everything in between

96. “Nothing is so healing as the human touch.” — Bobby Fischer

97. “Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction.” — Bob Marley

98. “The wish for healing has always been half of health.” — Lucius Annaeus Seneca

99. “To spread love, healing, peace, and joy is my mission in life – and so I speak up.” — India Arie

100. “Music has healing power. It has the ability to take people out of themselves for a few hours.” — Elton John

101. “An exchange of empathy provides an entry point for a lot of people to see what healing feels like.” — Tarana Burke

102. “I think music in itself is healing. It’s an explosive expression of humanity. It’s something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we’re from, everyone loves music.” — Billy Joel

103. “It’s always hard to deal with injuries mentally, but I like to think about it as a new beginning. I can’t change what happened, so the focus needs to go toward healing and coming back stronger than before.” — Carli Lloyd

104. “We need to give each other the space to grow, to be ourselves, to exercise our diversity. We need to give each other space so that we may both give and receive such beautiful things as ideas, openness, dignity, joy, healing, and inclusion.” — Max de Pree

105. “Ten years ago, I still feared loss enough to abandon myself in order to keep things stable. I’d smile when I was sad, pretend to like people who appalled me. What I now know is that losses aren’t cataclysmic if they teach the heart and soul their natural cycle of breaking and healing.” — Martha Beck

Short but Meaningful Healing Quotes

106. “Self-forgiveness can heal you.” – Andrew Zaffina

107. “Silence is a place of great power and healing.” – Rachel Naomi Remen

108. “It doesn’t hurt me unless I interpret it’s happening as harmful to me. I can choose not to.” – Marcus Aurelius

109. “Change, like healing, takes time.” – Veronica Roth

110. “A clear mind heals everything that needs to be healed.” – Byron Katie

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

112. “Stop looking for happiness in the same place you lost it.” – Paulo Coelho

113. “If we are to nurture and heal, we must admit that the wounds exist.” – Iyanla Vanzant

114. “Knowing your own mind is the solution to all our problems.” – Lama Yeshe

115. “I think I’ve solved more problems on long walks than in front of a computer.” – Sahil Lavingia

Which of these healing quotes resonated with you best?

Life is a big fight and everyday we all fight to make life worthwhile.
If you are facing some life challenges, remember that it’s preparation for an improved part of your life.

We all want to feel better, to cope better with pain, and to be happier. No matter how long your healing process takes, remember that struggle isn’t failing and be more gentle and kind to yourself.

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