25 Inspirational and Motivational Quotes to read as Affirmations during your Healing Journey
- Dee-Anne Hardy
- Oct 5, 2023
- 3 min read
During my therapy process, my therapist suggested that I make post-it notes of important realisations I had come to in our sessions. She suggested that I post these on my bedroom mirror and read them as daily affirmations in my healing journey to combat the negative and false beliefs I had developed as a result of my trauma.
I still have many of those post-it note affirmations up, but I have also found that using inspirational and motivational quotes is helping me in my healing journey! I’ve put together a list below with 25 of my absolute favourite quotes that you can read as affirmations.
“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs, ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go do that. Because what the world needs are people who have come alive.” – Harold Whitman
“At any given moment, you have the power to say: this is not how the story is going to end.” —Christine Mason Miller
“There are far better things ahead than any we leave behind.” —C.S. Lewis
“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you’ve imagined.” —Henry David Thoreau
“Never underestimate the power you have to take your life in a new direction.” ―Germany Kent
“The only way that we can live, is if we grow. The only way that we can grow is if we change. The only way that we can change is if we learn. The only way we can learn is if we are exposed. And the only way that we can become exposed is if we throw ourselves out into the open. Do it. Throw yourself.” ―C. JoyBell C.
"Don’t forget to tell yourself positive things daily! You must love yourself internally to grow externally.” –Hannah Bronfman
“Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it’s holy ground. There’s no greater investment.” – Stephen Covey
“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” – Maria Robinson
“For what it’s worth: it’s never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the courage to start all over again.”― Eric Roth
“Take a deep breath. Inhale peace, exhale happiness.” – A.D. Posey
“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive.” – Maya Angelou
“My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.” – Henry Rollins
“I bask in the glory of my most magnificent self.” – Debbie Ford
“Let go of who you think you are supposed to be and be who you are.” – Brene Brown
“To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.” – Thich Nhat Hanh
“Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.” – Lucille Ball
“It's never too late to change your life for the better. You don't have to take huge steps to change your life. Making even the smallest changes to your daily routine can make a big difference to your life.” ―Roy T. Bennett
“Lighten up on yourself. No one is perfect. Gently accept your humanness.” – Deborah Day
“Believe deep down in your heart that you’re destined to do great things.” – Joe Paterno
“You can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.” —Stephen King
“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.” ―Helen Keller
“It is never too late to be what you might have been.” ―George Eliot
“Use what talents you possess, the woods will be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.” —Henry van Dyke
“My dear friend, clear your mind of can't.” – Samuel Johnson
I hope these quotes will inspire and motivate you on your healing journey too!
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