Illness Quotes - page 4

Everybody believes in psychiatry; it's supposed to be for our own good. Let psychiatry prove that anybody has an illness, and I'd concede, but there is no physical proof. (Kate Millett)
As well as being blind, Ma turned out to have the same mental illness that her mother had had. Between 1986 and 1990, she suffered six schizophrenic bouts, each requiring her to be institutionalised for up to three months. View quote
Liz Murray
Mental illness is a disease and organic mental illness of young kids is becoming more and more of a disease... we do need to talk about it. View quote
Lisa Gardner
Victory is the thought transformation resulting from comprehending that physical immortality...perpetual longevity, sans illness and aging...eternal, healthy, youthful life in your living flesh... is not a fantasy, but a practical and attainable possibility. View quote
Linda Goodman
What worse illness can there be than acute conventionality. You should pray every night that you don't wake up with it. View quote
George Weinberg
Fear is a question What are you afraid of, and why? Just as the seed of health is in illness, because illness contains information, your fears are a treasure house of self-knowledge if you explore them. View quote
Marilyn Ferguson
I believe that all the important people in my life prior to 1982 were victimized by my illness. View quote
Patty Duke
Early diagnosis is so important because the earlier a mental illness can be detected, diagnosed and treatment can begin, the better off that person can be for the rest of his or her life. View quote
Rosalynn Carter
Death smells like homemade applesauce as it cooks on the stove. It is not the strangling scent of illness. It is not fear. It is freedom. View quote
Rachel Corrie
In an ideal world, it would not take a film star to get the media focused on mental illness. View quote
Alastair Campbell
When people are facing a severe illness or a major surgery, that may be one of the most significant opportunities for spiritual transformation that they will encounter. (Allan Hamilton)
The guilt I felt for having a mental illness was horrible. I prayed for a broken bone that would heal in six weeks. But that never happened. I was cursed with an illness that nobody could see and nobody knew much about. View quote
Andy Behrman
I suspect that here theists and atheists would agree: Human beings have within them the ability to choose evil or good. We wake up each day facing the age-old struggle of good and evil. In some situations, mental illness clouds our judgment. View quote
Adam Hamilton
When there's a terrible illness like AIDS sweeping through, you help people. View quote
Bernadette Peters
Most of the albums that have taken long have been related to illness and fatigue or producer problems. View quote
David Coverdale
I don't worry. I'm more stoical. Of course I have insecurities. I fear getting older. I fear death and illness. I'm not prone to depression, but I get depressed because everybody gets depressed. Suddenly I'm away from my family or doing a job I'm not enjoying. View quote
David Thewlis
My mother's illness fitted into this protest against the treatment of the sick who could not pay, the inefficiency of commercialism, the waste, the extravagance, and the poverty. View quote
Ellen Wilkinson
Occupying my mind with complex problems has been my best and most powerful and most reliable defense against my mental illness. View quote
Elyn Saks
I want to break down some of the stigma associated with mental illness. View quote
Gail Porter
Whether it's someone struggling with mental illness, someone struggling with poverty or struggling with their own limitations in their social behaviors, for some reason, I'm drawn to characters like that. View quote
Gbenga Akinnagbe
Life is a series of baby steps along the way and if you add up these tiny little steps you take toward your goal, whatever it is, whether it's giving up something, a terrible addiction or trying to work your way through an illness. When you total up those baby steps you'd be amazed over the course of 10 years, the strides you've taken. (Hoda Kotb)
A lot of our entertainment throws into detail the stagnation and illness of how we live today-it's sad and it's sick... and it's profitable. View quote
Heather Donahue
Over recent years, urbanisation, globalisation and the destruction of local cultures has led to a rise in the prevalence of mental illness in the developing world. View quote
Iain McGilchrist
This is part of the involuntary bargain we make with the world just by being alive. We get to experiences the splendor of nature, the beauty of art, the balm of love and the sheer joy of existence, always with the knowledge that illness, injury, natural disaster, or pure evil can end it in an instant for ourselves or someone we love. View quote
Jeff Greenfield
Concealing an illness is like keeping a beach ball under water. View quote
Karen Duffy