MENTAL HEALTH QUOTES OF THE WEEK

• 2024 Quotes

  Week of April 14, 2024

  "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

  Week of April 7, 2024

  "The best way to prepare for life is to begin to live." - Elbert Hubbard

  Week of March 31, 2024

  "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit." - Will Durant

  Week of March 24, 2024

  "A master lives in the world of transformation, not the world of loss and gain." - Dr. John Demartini

  Week of March 17, 2024

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

  Week of March 10, 2024

  "We must become the change we want to see." - Mahatma Gandhi

  Week of March 3, 2024

  "What we think, we become." - Buddha

  Week of February 25, 2024

  "People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within." - Elizabeth Kubler Ross

  Week of February 18, 2024

  "Be not afraid of growing slowly; be afraid only of standing still." - Chinese Proverb

  Week of February 11, 2024

  "Those at the top of the mountain didn’t fall there." - Marcus Washling

  Week of February 4, 2024

  "If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else." - Booker T Washington

  Week of January 28, 2024

  "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get." - Whoopi Goldberg

  Week of January 21, 2024

  "You never change your life until you step out of your comfort zone; change begins at the end of your comfort zone." - Roy T. Bennett

  Week of January 14, 2024

  "When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us." - Helen Keller

  Week of January 7, 2024

  "Everyone shines given the right light." - Susan Cain

• 2023 Quotes

  Week of December 31, 2023

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

  Week of December 24, 2023

  "Those who wish to sing always find a song." - Swedish Proverb

  Week of December 17, 2023

  "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

  Week of December 10, 2023

  "I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship." - Amy March, from Little Women

  Week of November 12, 2023

  "And one has to understand that braveness is not the absence of fear but rather the strength to keep on going forward despite the fear." - Paulo Coelho

  Week of November 5, 2023

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

  Week of October 29, 2023

  "Turn your wounds into wisdom." - Oprah Winfrey

  Week of October 22, 2023

  "A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal." - Steve Maraboli

  Week of October 15, 2023

  "To help yourself, you must be yourself. Be the best that you can be. When you make a mistake, learn from it, pick yourself up and move on." - Dave Pelzer

  Week of October 8, 2023

  "I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it." - Maya Angelou

  Week of September 24, 2023

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

  Week of September 17, 2023

  "Keep no secrets of thyself from thyself." - Greek Proverb

  Week of August 27, 2023

  "Self-compassion is simply giving the same kindness to ourselves that we would give to others." - Christopher Germer

  Week of August 20, 2023

  "Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light." - Albus Dumbledore from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

  Week of August 13, 2023

  "The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." - George Bernard Shaw

  Week of July 23, 2023

  "If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together." - African Proverb

  Week of July 9, 2023

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

  Week of July 2, 2023

  "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” Johnson

  Week of June 25, 2023

  "Good words are a honeycomb, and their sweetness is a healing of the soul." - Proverbs 16:24

  Week of June 18, 2023

  "It's no bad thing to celebrate a simple life." - J.R.R. Tolkien

  Week of June 4, 2023

  "Do not worry about what comes next; you will discover it when it comes." - St. Isaac the Syrian

  Week of May 28, 2023

  "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

  Week of May 21, 2023

  "You are never strong enough that you don't need help." - Cesar Chavez

  Week of May 14, 2023

  "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

  Week of April 30, 2023

  "What really matters in a pencil is not its wooden exterior, but the graphite inside. So always pay attention to what is happening inside you." - Paulo Coelho

  Week of April 23, 2023

  "It is never too late to be what you might have been." - George Eliot

  Week of April 16, 2023

  "Just as one candle lights another and can light thousands of other candles, so one heart illuminates another heart and can illuminate thousands of other hearts." - Leo Tolstoy

  Week of April 9, 2023

  "As long as we pay attention to the negative sides of those we meet, we will not find peace or quiet." - Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica

  Week of April 2, 2023

  "A heart that loves is always young." - Greek Proverb

  Week of March 26, 2023

  "Be more interested in finding the best way, not just in having it your way." - John Wooden

  Week of March 19, 2023

  "Your present circumstances don't determine where you go; they merely determine where you start." - Dr. Lauren Fogel Mersy

  Week of March 12, 2023

  "It's better to accept the uncertainty that comes with realizing you have a problem than pretend you don't." - Michael Hyatt & Megan Hyatt Miller "Mind Your Mindset"

  Week of March 5, 2023

  "Your now is not your forever." - John Green

  Week of February 26, 2023

  "Discover the joy of giving." - Mark Victor Hansen

  Week of February 19, 2023

  "Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue." - Viktor E. Frankl

  Week of February 12, 2023

  "My self-care serves others because when I feel good, and calm, and productive, and hopeful, I have so much more to give." - Molly Sabourin

  Week of February 5, 2023

  "When you start to see another human being as less than you, it's a danger." - Immaculée Ilibagiza

  Week of January 29, 2023

  "Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible." - Francis of Assisi

  Week of January 22, 2023

  "Change your thoughts and you change your world." - Norman Vincent Peale

  Week of January 1, 2023

  "You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of." - Jim Rohn

• 2022 Quotes

  Week of December 11, 2022

  "Change is inevitable. Growth is optional." - John C. Maxwell

  Week of November 27, 2022

  "Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the biggest step of your life. Tiptoe if you must, but take a step."
  - Naeem Callaway

  Week of November 20, 2022

  "Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy." - Saadi

  Week of November 13, 2022

  "Walk gently in the lives of others. Not all wounds are visible." - Unknown

  Week of October 23, 2022

  "When it hurts, observe. Life is trying to teach you something." - Anita Krizzan

  Week of October 9, 2022

  "Whatever good things we build, end up building us." - Jim Rohn

  Week of September 25, 2022

  "If you do not hope, you will not find out what is beyond your hopes." - St. Clement of Alexandria

  Week of September 18, 2022

  "Don't go through life, grow through life." - Eric Butterworth

  Week of September 11, 2022

  "If there is no struggle, there is no progress." - Frederick Douglass

  Week of September 4, 2022

  "There is no decision that we can make that doesn’t come with some sort of balance or sacrifice." - Simon Sinek

  Week of August 28, 2022

  "Let us accept truth, even when it surprises us and alters our views." - George Sand

  Week of August 21, 2022

  "Human beings have enormous resilience." - Muhammad Yunus

  Week of August 14, 2022

  "A [person] cannot correct [themselves] all of a sudden… it is like pulling a barge - pull, pull, and let go, let go! Not all at once, but little by little." - Elder Ambrose of Optina

  Week of August 7, 2022

  "Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind." - Robin Williams

  Week of July 31, 2022

  "There is no greater reward than to make a fundamental difference in someone’s life." - Mary Rose McGeady

  Week of July 24, 2022

  "Children laugh an average of three hundred or more times a day; adults laugh an average of five times a day. We have a lot of catching up to do." - Heather King

  Week of July 17, 2022

  "Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you." - Anne Lamott

  Week of July 3, 2022

  "Good habits are balanced habits." - Abraham Low, MD

  Week of June 26, 2022

  "Careless mind, double work." - Greek Proverb

  Week of June 19, 2022

  "Be the reason someone believes in the goodness of people." - Enes Freedom

  Week of June 12, 2022

  "Reconciliation always brings a springtime to the soul." - Brother Roger; Founder of the Taizé Community

  Week of June 5, 2022

  "May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears." - Nelson Mandela

  Week of May 29, 2022

  "Anxiety is like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do, but it doesn’t get you very far." - Jodi Picoult

  Week of May 22, 2022

  "Gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder." - G.K. Chesterton

  Week of May 15, 2022

  "Every moment offers an opportunity to be grateful. When we choose to be grateful, our soul glows." - Imuetinyan Ugiagbe

  Week of May 8, 2022

  "Heal so that you can hear what is being said without the filter of your wounds." - Dr. Thema Bryant, PhD

  Week of May 1, 2022

  "The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of those depths." - Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

  Week of April 24, 2022

  "I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think." - Socrates

  Week of April 17, 2022

  "The truly great and good, in affliction, bear a countenance more princely than they are wont; for it is the temper of the highest hearts, like the palm tree, to strive most upwards when it is most burdened." - Philip Sidney

  Week of April 10, 2022

  "Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are travelling the dark journey with us. Oh, be swift to love, make haste to be kind." - Henri Frederic Amiel

  Week of April 3, 2022

  "Trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit." - Moliere

  Week of March 27, 2022

  "Our lives and relationships are better, brighter, and more fun when we remember to play, when we inject some adventure." - Drs. Julie & John Gottman

  Week of March 20, 2022

  "Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does." - William James

  Week of March 13, 2022

  "You’ve got to think about big things while you’re doing small things so that all the small things go in the right direction." - Alvin Toffler

  Week of March 6, 2022

  "To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you." - Lewis B. Smedes

  Week of February 27, 2022

  "Dwelling on negative thoughts is like fertilizing weeds." - Norman Vincent Peale

  Week of February 20, 2022

  "When you have reached your own room, be kind to those who have chosen different doors and to those who are still in the hall." - C.S. Lewis

  Week of February 13, 2022

  "Kindness begins with the understanding that we all struggle." - Charles Glassman

  Week of February 6, 2022

  "Mistakes are the portals of discovery." - James Joyce

  Week of January 30, 2022

  "When a person can’t find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure." - Viktor Frankl

  Week of January 23, 2022

  "Regret for wasted time is more wasted time." - Mason Cooley

  Week of January 16, 2022

  "Kindness begins with the understanding that we all struggle." - Charles Glassman

  Week of January 9, 2022

  "The best kind of people are the ones that come into your life, and make you see the sun where you once saw clouds. The people that believe in you so much, you start to believe in YOU too. The people that love you, simply for being YOU. The once in a lifetime kind of people." - Anonymous

  Week of January 2, 2022

  "Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another." - Desmond Tutu

• 2021 Quotes

  Week of December 26, 2021

  "The holidays can be a lonely time for some. The greatest gift you can give is your time, your attention, your concern, and your love." - Unknown

  Week of December 19, 2021

  "Did I offer peace today? Did I bring a smile to someone's face? Did I say words of healing? Did I let go of my anger and resentment? Did I forgive? Did I love? -- These are the real questions." - Henri Nouwen

  Week of December 12, 2021

  "Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny." - C.S. Lewis

  Week of December 5, 2021

  "But people are oceans,” she shrugged. “You cannot know them by their surface." - Beau Taplin

  Week of November 28, 2021

  "Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others." - Marcus Cicero

  Week of November 21, 2021

  "Feelings are experienced or not, are present or absent, but never true or false." - Abraham Low, MD; “Mental Health Through Will Training” p. 118

  Week of November 14, 2021

  "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

  Week of November 7, 2021

  "Suicide is so taboo, and the hush is toxic. It really makes healing harder" - Marlie Rowell

  Week of October 31, 2021

  "A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work." - Colin Powell

  Week of October 24, 2021

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

  Week of October 17, 2021

  "Take a deep breath. Get in the moment and ask yourself what is important this very second." - Greg McKeown

  Week of October 10, 2021

  "I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship." - Louisa May Alcott

  Week of October 3, 2021

  "In our rush to fix our problems, we neglect to allow space and time for our wounds to teach us." - Richard Rohr

  Week of September 26, 2021

  "I am grateful for all my victories, but I am especially grateful for my losses, because they only made me work harder." - Muhammad Ali