- By Ridam Sharma
- Fri, 10 Oct 2025 02:04 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
World Mental Health Day Quotes: World Mental Health Day 2025 is celebrated each year on October 10th, as established by the World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH) in 1992. The key event is celebrated to raise awareness about accessible mental health care, especially in times of adversity. The theme for Mental Health Day 2025 is ‘Access to Services - Mental Health in Catastrophes and Emergencies,’ which highlights the urgent need to provide quick support. As mental health issues are rapidly growing across the globe, these inspiring quotes by famous people about mental health, healing, and hope bring comfort and motivation for open, heart-to-heart conversations that inspire millions of others to fight back and remind us all that recovery is possible, no matter the circumstances.
List Of 50+ Inspiring Quotes For Mental Health Day To Encourage Healing And Hope
1. “You don’t have to control your thoughts. You just have to stop letting them control you.” - Dan Millman
2. “There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t.” - John Green
3. “Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.” - Kahlil Gibran
4. “Mental health problems don’t define who you are. They are something you experience.” - Matt Haig
5. “Your mental health is everything, prioritise it. Make the time like your life depends on it, because it does.” - Mel Robbins
6. “Emotional pain is not something that should be hidden away and never spoken about.” - Unknown
7. “Mental health is not a destination, but a process. It’s about how you drive, not where you’re going.” - Noam Shpancer
Inspiring Quotes On Healing:
8. “Healing takes time, and asking for help is a courageous step.” - Mariska Hargitay
9. “Take your time healing, as long as you want. Nobody else knows what you’ve been through.” - Abertoli
10. “Just because no one else can heal or do your inner work for you doesn’t mean you can, should, or need to do it alone.” - Lisa Olivera
11. “One small crack does not mean that you are broken, it means that you were put to the test and you didn’t fall apart.” - Linda Poindexter
12. “Healing doesn’t mean the damage never existed. It means the damage no longer controls your life.” - Akshay Dubey
13. “The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.” - Hubert H Humphrey
- “Awareness is the first step in healing.” - Dean Ornish
Quotes On Hope:
14. “Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.” - Desmond Tutu
15. “Even the darkest night will end, and the sun will rise.” - Victor Hugo
16. “Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.” - JK Rowling
17. “Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly.” - Barbara Haines Howett
18. “If you’re going through hell, keep going.” - Winston Churchill
19. “In the middle of winter, I at last discovered that there was in me an invincible summer.” - Albert Camus
20. “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” - Martin Luther King Jr.
Quotes On Strength And Growth:
21. “The sun will rise, and we will try again.” - Unknown
22. “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
23. “Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.” - CS Lewis
24. “Life is ten per cent what happens to you and ninety per cent how you respond to it.” - Charles R Swindoll
25. “Everything negative-pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise.” - Kobe Bryant
26. “You are stronger than you realise.” - Unknown
Quotes On Acceptance And Self-Compassion:
27. “Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren’t always comfortable, but they’re never weakness.” - Brené Brown
28. “Self-care is how you take your power back.” - Lalah Delia
29. “You are allowed to be both a masterpiece and a work in progress simultaneously.” - Sophia Bush
30. “Self-compassion is simply giving the same kindness to ourselves that we would give to others.” - Christopher Germer
31. “We are all broken, that’s how the light gets in.” - Ernest Hemingway
32. “There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in.” - Leonard Cohen
Additional Mental Health Quotes:
32. “I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.” - Louisa May Alcott (as Amy March)
33. “No need to hurry, no need to sparkle, no need to be anybody but oneself.” - Virginia Woolf
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34. “I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.” - Charles Dickens
35. “New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.” - Lao Tzu
36. “Keep your best wishes close to your heart and watch what happens.” - Tony DeLiso
Empowering And Motivational Mental Health Quotes
37. “Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.” - Anne Lamott
38. “Just because you don’t understand it doesn’t mean it isn’t so.” - Lemony Snicket
39. “When you take care of yourself, you’re a better person for others.” - Solange Knowles
40. “Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” - A.A. Milne (Christopher Robin)
41. "You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf." - Jon Kabat-Zinn
42. "Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success." - Swami Sivananda
More Quotes For Mental Health:
43. “Grief is the price we pay for love.” - Queen Elizabeth II
44. “Just because you don’t feel like yourself, doesn’t mean you aren’t yourself.” - Unknown
45. “What mental health needs is more sunlight, more candour, and more unashamed conversation.” - Glenn Close
46. “To perceive is to suffer.” - Aristotle
47. “Not all battles are visible and neither are the victories.” - Unknown
48. “With depression, one of the most important things you could realise is that you're not alone.” - Dwayne Johnson
49. “Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go, they merely determine where you start.” - Nido Qubein
This World Mental Health Day 2025, let these inspirational quotes by authors, philosophers and entrepreneurs be perfect to bring hope and strength to you if you are going through some mental health problems or if someone close is going through the same. World Mental Health Day is a perfect reminder of spreading awareness and making mental healthcare accessible for all.
The above-mentioned quotes also remind us that if we lead the world with compassion, courage, and connection, we can make it a better place to live for us and for generations ahead. Always know that mental well-being is as important as your physical health. You are not alone in this - Happy World Mental Health Day 2025!