Quotes on Mental Health

We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of us represents.

It is only in sorrow bad weather masters us; in joy we face the storm and defy it.

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.

The multitude of the sick shall not make us deny the existence of health.

Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.

What a tragedy is help where it harms what it supports!

As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.

I feel that when we really love and accept and approve of ourselves exactly as we are, then everything in life works.

Expect the best; convert problems into opportunities; be dissatisfied with the status quo; focus on where you want to go, instead of where you're coming from; and most importantly, decide to be happy, knowing it's an attitude, a habit gained from daily practice, and not a result or payoff.

Ninety percent of my game is mental. It's my concentration that has gotten me this far.

People with mental problems are our neighbors. They are members of our congregations, members of our families; they are everywhere in this country. If we ignore their cries for help, we will be continuing to participate in the anguish from which those cries for help come. A problem of this magnitude will not go away. Because it will not go away, and because of our spiritual commitments, we are compelled to take action.

Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.

I'm not going to sacrifice my mental health to have the perfect body.

Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.

Myth is an attempt to narrate a whole human experience, of which the purpose is too deep, going too deep in the blood and soul, for mental explanation or description.

In a strange way, I had fallen in love with my depression.

But I can tell you what I believe: When tens of thousands of innocent souls have perished in Darfur-when 11 million children are without health insurance-when our colossal debt subjects our economic future to the whims of Asian bankers-no one can tell me that faith demands this Senate spend its time arguing over a handful of judges. No one with those priorities can use my faith to intimidate me.

Reality is never as bad as a nightmare, as the mental tortures we inflict on ourselves.

You will never be happier than you expect. To change your happiness, change your expectation.

Mental health is an ongoing process of dedication to reality at all costs