These world mental health day quotes will inspire you to talk about mental health as it is one of the most crucial factors of our health.
Mental health is an important part of our health but we often ignore it. Every year, World Mental Health Day reminds us that we should not take mental health lightly and should not hesitate to talk about it.
Below are few motivational quotes that will inspire you to think about your mental health and talk about it.
35 Best Mental Health Quotes :
- “Take a shower, wash off the day. Drink a glass of water. Make the room dark. Lie down and close your eyes. Notice the silence. Notice your heart. You made it, after all. You made it, another day. And you can make it one more. You’re doing just fine.” : Charlotte Eriksson
- “There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in” : Leonard Cohen
- “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 are broken, you do not have to stay broken.” : Selena Gomez
- “Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves” : Henry David Thoreau
- “There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t.” : John Green
- “Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts.” : Buddha
- “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
- “Mental health… is not a destination but a process. It’s about how you drive, not where you’re going.” : Noam Shpancer
- “The bravest thing I ever did was continuing my life when I wanted to die.” : Juliette Lewis
- “What mental health needs is more sunlight, more candor, and more unashamed conversation.” : Glenn Close
- “Deep breathing is our nervous system’s love language.” : Dr. Lauren Fogel Mersy
- “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” : Frederick Douglas
- “If you’re going through hell, keep going.” : Winston Churchill
- “Change what you can, manage what you can’t.” : Raymond McCauley
- “Mental health affects every aspect of your life. It’s not just this neat little issue you can put into a box.” : Shannon Purser
- “Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.” : Nido Qubein
- “One small crack does not mean that you are broken, it means that you were put to the test and you didn’t fall apart.” : Linda Poindexter
- “Mental health is just as important as… physical health and deserves the same quality of support.” : Kate Middleton
- “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
- “Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.” : Albus Dumbledore
- “I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” : Jimmy Dean
- “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 illness is not your identity. Your chemistry is not your character.” : Pastor Rick Warren
- “The best way out is always through.” : Robert Frost
- “It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.” : Aristotle
- “If you can’t fly, run. If you can’t run, walk. If you can’t walk, crawl, but by all means, keep moving.” : Martin Luther King, Jr.
- “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
- “What I love about therapy is that they’ll tell you what your blind spots are. Although that’s uncomfortable and painful, it gives you something to work with.” : Pink
- “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
- “You don’t have to control your thoughts. You just have to stop letting them control you.” : Dan Millman
- “It is okay to have depression, it is okay to have anxiety and it is okay to have an adjustment disorder. We need to improve the conversation. We all have mental health in the same way we all have physical health.” : Prince Harry
- “I understand your pain. Trust me, I do. I’ve seen people go from the darkest moments in their lives to living a happy, fulfilling life. You can do it too. I believe in you. You are not a burden. You will never be a burden.” : Sophie Turner
- “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
- “Anyone can be affected [by mental illness] despite their level of success or their place on the food chain. In fact, there is a good chance you know someone who is struggling with it since nearly 20% of American adults face some form of mental illness in their lifetime. So why aren’t we talking about it?” : Kristen Bell
These mental health quotes are inspiring and can help you to take a step towards a more balanced life. So be aware of your mental health and empower yourself.