Being sick is a universal experience that touches us all at some point in our lives. Whether it’s a common cold or a more serious illness, the impact on our physical and emotional well-being can be profound. During these challenging times, finding solace and inspiration in the wisdom of others can provide a comforting balm for the soul. That’s why I’ve curated a collection of quotes that offer solace, encouragement, and perspective for anyone navigating through illness. These words of wisdom remind us that even in the darkest moments, there is hope, strength, and resilience to be found. Let these quotes serve as a beacon of light, guiding you through the storm and towards brighter days ahead.
Being Sick Quotes
- “Being sick is just your body’s way of saying you are too awesome, and you need to slow down, so everyone else can catch up.”
- “I was feeling as sick as the proverbial donkey.” – Mick McCarthy
- “I’m so mean I make medicine sick!” – Muhammad Ali
- “Sickness comes on horseback, but departs on foot”- Dutch Proverb
- “I’m sick and tired of politics and politicians as usual.”- Gavin Newsom
- “You can’t have healing without sickness.” – T.D. Jakes
- “We are not victims of aging, sickness and death.”- Deepak Chopra
- “May God’s angels help you feel better without delay.”- Unknown
- “I feel sick if I have to do something for the money. I can’t breathe. I’m not proud of myself.”
- “The fact that we are living does not mean we are not sick.”- Joseph Brodsky
- “The most important thing in illness is never to lose heart.”- Vladimir Lenin
- “Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.”- Henry David Thoreau
- “I’m tired and I’m sick to death of being without you.”- Graham Greene
- “Treat a sick man with the medicine and a sad man with the music.”- Amit Kalantri
- “If you don’t have cancer, cherish life. If you do, cherish it even more”- Jim Stynes
- “Time will pass; these moods will pass; and I will eventually, be myself again.”
- “My long sickness Of health and living now begins to mend, And nothing brings me all things.”- William Shakespeare
- “If you be sick, your own thoughts make you sick.”- Ben Jonson
- “I want to sleep until I feel better.”
- “Health is not valued till sickness comes.”
- “You can’t have healing without sickness.”- T. D. Jakes
- “Taking a sick day because I’m sick of you people.”
- “Your illness does not define you. Your strength and courage does.”
- “Sending you warm wishes for a quick recovery and good health.”- Unknown
- “Be strong because things will get better. It may be stormy now, but it never rains forever.”- Unknown
- “The most poetical thing in the world is not being sick.”- G.K. Chesterton
- “I’m sick and tired of people saying that we put out 11 albums that sound exactly the same.”- Angus Young
- “I would like to believe he’s sick rather than just mean and evil.”- Charles B. Rangel
- “The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well.”- Hippocrates
- “If you constantly think of illness, you eventually become ill; if you believe yourself to be beautiful, you become so.”- Shakti Gawai
- “I think you’re suffering from a lack of vitamin me.”
“I am sick and tired of being sick and tired.”
- “I will pray for you until you feel better. Get well quickly.”- Unknown
- “Living is a sickness to which sleep provides relief every sixteen hours. It’s a palliative.”- Nicolas Chamfort
- “Just because you’re not sick doesn’t mean you’re healthy.”
- “To array a man’s will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.”- Henry Ward Beecher
- “I am tired of talk that comes to nothing. It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and all the broken promises.”- Chief Joseph
- “There’s no better way to energize your body, mind, and spirit than by taking care of yourself.”- Stephanie Tourles
- “To be sick is to enjoy monarchical prerogatives.”- Charles Lamb
- “I am sick and tired of being sick and tired.”
- “Each patient carries his own doctor inside him.”- Norman Cousins
“Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.”
- “Some days there won’t be a song in your heart. Sing anyway.”- Emory Austin
- “Treat a sick man with medicine and a sad man with the music.”- Amit Kalantri
- “It’s no longer a question of staying healthy. It’s a question of finding a sickness you like.”- Jackie Mason
- “Being sick feels like you’re wearing someone else’s glasses”- Megan Boyle
- Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal.”- Thomas More
- “Childhood is a disease – a sickness that you grow out of.”- William Golding
- “It’s better to be healthy alone than sick with someone else.”- Phil McGraw
- “Illness is the most heeded of doctors: to kindness and wisdom we make promises only; pain we obey.”- Marcel Proust
- “To heal our wounds, we need courage to face them.”- Paulo Coelho
- “The greatest healing would be to wake up from what we are not.”- Mooji
- “Much of your pain is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self.”- Khalil Gibran
- “Sickness is a sort of early old age; it teaches us a diffidence in our earthly state.”- Alexander Pope
- “May these get well wishes be stronger than any bug you caught. May you feel better fast. Get well soon, my friend.”- Unknown
- “Sickness begets chaos, which, through hard work and a touch of grace, leads to growth and resurrection.”- M. Scott Peck
- “Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish
- “Sickness is the vengeance of nature for the violation of her laws.” – Charles Simmons
- “The sick are the greatest danger for the healthy; it is not from the strongest that harm comes to the strong, but from the weakest.”- Friedrich Nietzsche
- “Some remedies are worse than the disease.”- Publilius Syrus
- “There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow.”- Orison Swett Marden
- “The wish for healing has always been half of health.”- Seneca the Younger
“Health is not valued till sickness comes.”
- “We are all ill; but even a universal sickness implies an idea of health.”- Lionel Trilling
- “I’m getting sick and tired of doing anything half-way.”- Knute Rockne
- “The soul always knows what to do to heal itself. The challenge is to silence the mind”- Caroline Myss
- “I feel sick. I’m devastated and very angry at the same time. I don’t know what I feel.”
- “The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.”- Voltaire
- “First thing about being a patient – you have to learn patience.”- Oliver Sacks
- “Don’t fear the enemy who attacks you…fear the fake friend who hugs you.”
- “If you be sick, your own thoughts make you sick.”- Ben Jonson