Emotional Health Quotes

“But pain's like water. It finds a way to push through any seal. There's no way to stop it. Sometimes you have to let yourself sink inside of it before you can learn how to swim to the surface.”
― Katie Kacvinsky

“Be patient. Your skin took a while to deteriorate. Give it some time to reflect a calmer inner state. As one of my friends states on his Facebook profile: "The true Losers in Life, are not those who Try and Fail, but those who Fail to Try.”
― Jess C. Scott, Clear: A Guide to Treating Acne Naturally

“Self-pity is spiritual suicide. It is an indefensible self-mutilation of the soul.”
― Anthon St. Maarten

“When our emotional health is in a bad state, so is our level of self-esteem. We have to slow down and deal with what is troubling us, so that we can enjoy the simple joy of being happy and at peace with ourselves.”
― Jess C. Scott, Clear: A Guide to Treating Acne Naturally

“The damage and invisible scars of emotional abuse are very difficult to heal, because memories are imprinted on our minds and hearts and it takes time to be restored. Imprints of past traumas do not mean a person cannot change their future beliefs and behaviors. as people, we do not easily forget. However, as we heal, grieve, and let go, we become clear-minded and focused to live restore and emotionally healthy.”
― Dee Brown, Breaking Passive-Aggressive Cycles

“Perception is reality to the one in the experience.”
― Danielle Bernock, Emerging With Wings: A True Story of Lies, Pain, And The LOVE that Heals

“If parents don’t label their own behavior as abusive, their child won’t label it that way either. Even as adults, many people have no idea that what happened to them in childhood was abusive. As a result, they may not recognize abusive behavior in their adult relationships.”
― Lindsay C. Gibson, Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents

“Emotion is created by a cause, whether that cause is factual or imaginary does not matter, as longer as the believer holds it as true.”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity

“Anger is a sentry, stalking the edges of our boundaries and standing ready to defend them.”
― Jessica Moore

“Change happens, if it needs to, when we become aware of what we are, not when we try to become what we are not.”
― Philippa Perry, How to Stay Sane

“Looking at emotional health through the lens of attachment theory, we can identify three essential emotional skills in parents:



1) The parent feels an emotional connection to the child.

2) The parent pays attention to the child and sees him as a unique and separate person, rather than, say, an extension of him or herself, a possession or a burden.

3) Using that emotional connection and paying attention, the parent responds competently to the child’s emotional need.”
― Jonice Webb, Running on Empty: Overcome Your Childhood Emotional Neglect

“It is not possible to grow spiritually beyond your emotional immaturity.”
― Andrea Anderson Polk, The Cuckoo Syndrome: The Secret to Breaking Free from Unhealthy Relationships, Toxic Thinking, and Self-Sabotaging Behavior

“You cannot outrun, outwit or outdrink your feelings. Attempting to suppress your thoughts and ignore what your body is telling you will only cause you a great deal of pain later on. Make peace with your mind and forgive your heart. The sooner you do so, the better. Everything you want in life is on the other side of fear; vulnerability is the path to take you there. Sit with yourself, acknowledge your emotions, feel them—and then let them go. True joy is waiting for you.”
― Kirsten Robinson

“The lack of understanding of our emotions lead to the creation of narratives that alter our thinking, awakens ego and fear and result in self-sabotage. Without becoming emotionally intelligent and mature, we will live in our shadows, lose ourselves and succumb to unhealthy coping mechanisms which become lifestyles.”
― Kemi Sogunle, On Becoming Restored

“Anger is one of the most misunderstood emotions. Anger is a gift and serves to protect us. Setting boundaries and using your voice effectively are healthy expressions of anger.”
― Andrea Anderson Polk, The Cuckoo Syndrome: The Secret to Breaking Free from Unhealthy Relationships, Toxic Thinking, and Self-Sabotaging Behavior

“When we destroy nature we destroy the antidote to so many of life's mental, emotional and physical ailments.”
― Nate Hamon

“Self-regulating your emotions can be beneficial to your present and future self.”
― Angel Moreira

“The need to control is rooted in fear.”
― Andrea Anderson Polk, The Cuckoo Syndrome: The Secret to Breaking Free from Unhealthy Relationships, Toxic Thinking, and Self-Sabotaging Behavior

“Emotional pain is pain.”
― Andrea Anderson Polk, The Cuckoo Syndrome: The Secret to Breaking Free from Unhealthy Relationships, Toxic Thinking, and Self-Sabotaging Behavior

“Words and thoughts not share via orally or via the written word die with the author for all eternity.”
― David Lasaine

“One of the best things you can do for yourself is to protect your emotional health.”
― Angel Moreira

“Emotional maturity occurs when we can express our true feelings, without need for reciprocation, validation, appreciation, or trepidation.”
― L.A. Askew

“No Reason:

If you truly know your heart,
Precious one,
There is no reason to ever doubt it.”
― Christine Evangelou, The Stars In Our Scars: A Collection of Unique, Healing and Inspirational Poetry

“We are made of light photons, quantum electromagnetic energy, all within and around us. Live your life as such. To play it small is truly against our nature and non-beneficial to our physical, emotional and spiritual well-being.

Why do anything against our very nature when we can take the step and leap into our greatness? It is effortless to live a life for and in support of life. Show us your light, represent your truth and never back down. Let us hear you roar, while you show us your light.

Demonstrate your truth and set the way aglow for all. Society will follow in your footsteps, and all shall ignite in ecstatic high-vibrational energy and joy.

Yes, we shall reclaim our birthright. It is happening and it is here. Now is the moment to glow.”
― Ulonda Faye, Sutras of the Heart: Spiritual Poetry to Nourish the Soul

“Often, what we call 'anxiety' is a coping mechanism we lean on, a disguise for the deeper, unexplored fears that truly drive our emotions.”
― Manal El-Ramly, Transcending Anxiety: From Fear to Freedom: Transforming Unacknowledged Fears Into a Life of Freedom and Happiness Book

“Often when painful situations occur, we bury them down in our subconscious believing that if we do not think about them they will not harm us. For us, it often feels less painful if we don't have to think or talk about it. This is the absolute wrong way to manage pain because if we don't deal with our hurts they resurface in our relationships and wreak havoc causing us to harm the people who are closest to us. It may sound crazy but the saying is true that we hurt the ones who love us the most.”
― Nijiama Smalls, The Black Family's Guide to Healing Emotional Wounds

“The antidote for emotional and psychological scarring is not in the performance of more religious acts, more volunteering, or doing more church, as much as it is not in having the right spouse, more success, more money, or material gain. The formula is just too simple: I must come clean in order to get clean—no matter what side of the issue or hurt that I’m on.”
― Ron Acosta, Unstoppable Grace: A Memoir

“Having a positive relationship with yourself, taking steps to be mentally, emotionally, spiritually and physically healthy — is the greatest gift you can give yourself.”
― Mystqx Skye

“The prerequisite for a happier life and better relationships is to get rid of all negative emotional hang-ups and feelings that prevent us from opening our hearts to give love or receive affection from others.”
― Master Del Pe, Hidden Dangers of Meditation and Yoga: How to Play with Your Sacred Fires Safely

“In the future, our wisdom and maturity will be measured not just from the standpoint of our social and financial status, but also based on our Total Health Quotient, incorporating the 5 different levels of Health - Physical, Energetic, Emotional, Mental, and Spiritual Health.”
― Master Del Pe, Higher Science of Longevity