Today I’m sharing my favorite quotes and words of encouragement for healing. Whether you’re looking for the right words to uplift a friend who’s down, or need to self-heal, these healing words will help.
You should take a moment now to honor yourself for being focused on healing! All of these quotes focus on soothing your emotions, so you can shift away from victim mode and move toward well being.
No matter what you’re healing from, all the real work begins inside your mind. Law of attraction is going to bring you experiences that match your dominant thoughts, feelings, and beliefs. So the sooner you start reaching for ways to soothe yourself, the more quickly you’ll heal.
How Do Words Heal Us?
We all know that words don’t teach – only life experience can do that. But words are incredibly powerful because everything you say has a vibrational frequency. Positive words filled with love and encouragement vibrate much higher than words that evoke sadness and discouragement.
When life throws you challenges, your vibrational frequency gets dragged down. As a result, you feel negative emotion. While of course this is perfectly natural and normal, you eventually need to pull yourself up the emotional scale, so you can begin to thrive again. That’s where spiritual words of encouragement can support you.
All of the quotes below are high vibe and handpicked to help raise your vibration, which is the first step in healing your body, mind, and spirit. I’m also including a video so you can read through the quotes while listening to soothing music.
Quotes for Healing and Strength
The quotes below offer words of encouragement when you need to be reminded of how strong you are! Which one is your favorite?
“The soul always knows what to do to heal itself. The challenge is to silence the mind.” Carolyn Myss
“Healing is embracing what is most feared; healing is opening what has been closed, softening what has hardened into obstruction, healing is learning to trust life.” Jeanne Achterberg
“Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it.” Tori Amos
“The sun shall always rise upon a new day and there shall always be a rose garden within me. Yes, there is a part of me that is broken, but my broken soil gives way to my wild roses.” C. JoyBell C.
“You can’t be a victim and heal.” A. J. Langer
“Healing doesn’t mean the damage never existed. It means the damage no longer controls your life.” Akshay Dubey
“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
“Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.” Helen Keller
“Sometimes you don’t realize your own strength until you come face to face with your greatest weakness.” Susan Gale
“My scars remind me that I did indeed survive my deepest wounds. That in itself is an accomplishment. And they bring to mind something else, too. They remind me that the damage life has inflicted on me has, in many places, left me stronger and more resilient. What hurt me in the past has actually made me better equipped to face the present.” Steve Goodier
Grow Stronger By Healing Your Solar Plexus Chakra
The empowering quotes above will help to re-empower you, and bring healing to your solar plexus. Your sense of strength and personal power live in your solar plexus chakra. When a situation tests your courage or makes you doubt your abilities, this energy center can come out of balance. The result is often feelings of anxiety and self doubt.
If you need more help working on your confidence, I also recommend these solar plexus chakra affirmations: Solar Plexus Chakra Affirmations to Feel Calm and Strong
Words of Encouragement for Hard Times
Here are some of my favorite quotes for hard times – I hope they bring you a glimmer of hope and inspire you toward healing.
“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
“Healing is simply attempting to do more of those things that bring joy and fewer of those things that bring pain.” O. Carl Simonton
“To heal is to touch with love that which we previously touched with fear.” Stephen Levine
“Feelings are much like waves, we can’t stop them from coming but we can choose which ones to surf.” Jonatan Martensson
“Healing requires from us to stop struggling, but to enjoy life more and endure it less.” Darina Stoyanova
“Our sorrows and wounds are healed only when we touch them with compassion.” Buddha
“Letting ourselves be forgiven is one of the most difficult healings we will undertake. And one of the most fruitful.” Stephen Levine
“Only when we face the impossible, and experience the unbearable, do we find out who we truly are.” Vironika Tugaleva
Heart Healing During Hard Times
When life comes at me hard, I always find it soothing to read quotes that put things back into perspective. I promise, you can get through anything by reaching for the best available thought in each moment.
Sometimes I think we overcomplicate the process of healing. It really is all about allowing yourself to follow those impulses you get that lead you toward feeling relief. The healing process takes time, so try not to put too much pressure on yourself to 100% better right away.
Your soul knows the quickest way back to feeling whole again. All you need to do is follow your guidance, one step at a time.
If you’re working toward heart healing or forgiveness, here are a couple additional resources that will help:
- The Best Guide To Healing Your Heart Chakra
- 39 Heart Chakra Affirmations for Soothing and Inner Peace
“Every time your heart is broken, a doorway cracks open to a world full of new beginnings, new opportunities.” Patti Roberts
“Every time your heart is broken, a doorway cracks open to a world full of new beginnings, new opportunities.” Patti Roberts
“Emotional pain cannot kill you, but running from it can. Allow. Embrace. Let yourself feel. Let yourself heal.” Vironika Tugaleva
“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
“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
“The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.” Marianne Williamson
“To me, forgiveness is the cornerstone of healing.” Sylvia Fraser
“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
Spiritual Words of Encouragement
Many of us reach for comfort and relief in our spiritual beliefs during difficult times. Here are some beautiful reminders to inspire healing. I hope you enjoy these!
“When we surround ourselves with people who are committed to understanding and loving, we’re nourished by their presence and our own seeds of understanding and love are watered. When we surround ourselves with people who gossip, complain, and are constantly critical, we absorb these toxins.” Thich Nhat Hanh
“The art of healing comes from nature, not from the physician. Therefore, the physician must start from nature, with an open mind.” Paracelsus
“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
“As soon as healing takes place, go out and heal somebody else.” Maya Angelou
“Eventually you will come to understand that love heals everything, and love is all there is.” Gary Zukav
“The greatest healing would be to wake up from what we are not.” Mooji
“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
“Eventually you will come to understand that love heals everything, and love is all there is.” Gary Zukav
Words of Encouragement for a Friend Feeling Down
It can be so difficult to find the right words to say when you have a friend who’s feeling down. So I wanted to compile a list of quotes that encourage and uplift.
I’ve made pins out of a few of them, but if there’s a quote here that you love and don’t see a pin for, drop me a comment and I’ll be happy to create one for you to share. I hope these help!
“Give yourself another day, another chance. You will find your courage eventually. Don’t give up on yourself just yet.” Unknown
“At any given moment you have the power to say, this is not how the story is going to end.” Christine Mason Miller
“And if today all you did was hold yourself together, I’m proud of you.” Unknown
“Part of the healing process is sharing with other people who care.” Jerry Cantrell
“The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.” Hubert H. Humphrey
“Be gentle with yourself. You’re doing the best you can!” Unknown
“There is something beautiful about all scars of whatever nature. A scar means the hurt is over, the wound is closed and healed, done with.” Harry Crews
“Our wounds are often the openings into the best and most beautiful part of us.” David Richo
“Whenever you find yourself doubting how far you can go, just remember how far you have come. Remember everything you have faced, all the battles you have won, and all the fears you have overcome.” Unknown
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” Eleanor Roosevelt
“If you have made mistakes, there is always another chance for you.You may have a fresh start any moment you choose,for this thing we call ‘failure’ is not the falling down, but the staying down.” Mary Pickford
“Embrace uncertainty. Some of the most beautiful chapters in our lives won’t have a title until much later.” Bob Goff
Inspirational Healing Quotes For The Sick
When we hold negative emotions inside, they will eventually manifest as physical illness. In a way, this is good news because it means we have the power to heal our bodies!
These quotes for the sick usher in empowerment and wellbeing. Soak them in and notices the feelings, ideas, and impulses that come to you as you read.
“All healing is first a healing of the heart.” Carl Townsend
“Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease.’ Hippocrates
“Awareness is the first step in healing.” Dean Ornish
“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
“Of one thing I am certain, the body is not the measure of healing, peace is the measure.” Phyllis McGinley
“One of the most healing things you can do is recognize where in your life you are your own poison.” Steve Maraboli
“Attention to the human body brings healing and regeneration. Through awareness of the body we remember who we really are.” Jack Kornfield
“Any illness is a direct message to you that tells you how you have not been loving who you are, cherishing yourself in order to be who you are. This is the basis of all healing.” Barbara Brennan
“You can heal your body with food.” Stacy Keibler
“To heal from the inside out is the key.” Wynonna Judd
Conclusion
There you have it, my friends. I hope these words of encouragement and healing lifted your spirits. Which healing quote was your favorite? Leave me a comment below!
Andrea Scalisi
Andrea has been practicing Astrology, Numerology, and Tarot for many years. She is a certified Aromatherapist and Reiki Master in Central NY, and also holds a Masters Degree from Syracuse University. Andrea loves helping her readers bring more spiritual self-care into their lives.
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