Mental Quotes

I was one of those people who put too much emphasis on work and career and material possessions, and it took its toll on all my relationships, on my physical health, my emotional and mental health.

The hidden strength is too deep a secret. But in the end...in the end it is our only ally.

I had some experience in dealing with people who have mental illness and depression, but I didn't see the signs in myself. I couldn't ask for help because I didn't know I needed help.

Portray [people with mental illness] sympathetically, and portray them in all the richness and depth of their experience as people, and not as diagnoses.

Mental illness can happen to anybody. You can be a dustman, a politician, a Tesco worker... anyone. It could be your dad, your brother or your aunt.

Mental attitude and concentration are the keys to pitching.

The concept of recovery is rooted in the simple yet profound realization that people who have been diagnosed with mental illness are human beings.

Mental attitude is more important than mental capacity.

Research consistently shows that the risks to health outweigh the benefits of drinking alcohol. My argument is that the benefits to my mental health justify the risks.

There is a very fine line between hobby and mental illness.

The secret is contained in a three-part formula I learned in the gym: self confidence, a positive mental attitude, and honest hard work.

I can understand why some people might look at me and say, 'What's she got to be depressed about?' I get that a lot in Britain, where mental health issues seem to be a big taboo.

A desire to be in charge of our own lives, a need for control, is born in each of us. It is essential to our mental health, and our success, that we take control.

You must also give mental and physical fitness priority.

It is an odd paradox that a society, which can now speak openly and unabashedly about topics that were once unspeakable, still remains largely silent when it comes to mental illness.

In an ideal world, it would not take a film star to get the media focused on mental illness.

We share in the certainty that people labeled with mental illness are first and above all, human beings. Our lives are precious and are of infinite value.

For too long we have swept the problems of mental illness under the carpet... and hoped that they would go away.

Mental health is such a complex thing and so difficult to diagnose. What is a mental problem? Who does have mental problems? What's the difference between mental problems and depression and sadness?

To not have your suffering recognized is an almost unbearable form of violence.

I try to make my bed every day for mental health. Coming home to an unmade bed or a room with clothes all over will depress me.

This country has a mental health problem disguised as a gun problem, and a tyranny problem disguised as a security problem.

[Positive mental attitude] is a practice, you gotta practice. I practice being still.

Why, when you have a mental disease, is it always considered an act of imagination? Why is it that every organ in your body can get sick and you get sympathy except the brain?

The highest mental health is not liking myself but being joyfully interested in everything but myself.

I will find a way out or make one.

Some seek the comfort of their therapist's office, other head to the corner pub and dive into a pint, but I chose running as my therapy.

The family unit is the institution for the systematic production of mental illness.

You have good days and bad days, and depression's something that, you know, is always with you.

I constantly remind myself that resting takes confidence. Anyone can train like a mad man but to embrace rest and to allow all the hard training to come out takes mental strength.

Have a healthy mental attitude; that's the most important thing and the best thing you can do for yourself.

Mental health problems do not affect three or four out of every five persons, but one out of one.

Remember, the only thing to fear is Fear, and - well, don't even fear Fear, for he's a cowardly chap at the best, who will run if you show a brave front.

We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain.

Your mental attitude is the most dependable key to your personality.

A child's mental health is just as important as their physical health.

The ability to play is one of the principal criteria of mental health.

To be original, or different, is felt to be "dangerous."

What mental health needs is more sunlight, more candor, more unashamed conversation.

Mental illness is nothing to be ashamed of, but stigma and bias shame us all.

Mental toughness is essential to success.

The measure of mental health is the disposition to find good everywhere.

The mentally ill frighten and embarrass us. And so we marginalize the people who most need our acceptance. What mental health needs is more sunlight, more candor, more unashamed conversation.

The 3 key components for success are as follows: Psychological Preparedness Physical Conditioning Mental Toughness

Examine your own mental attitudes. Become your own therapist.

Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.

Theory is good for the intellect, but action is good for the soul. It's also good for your mental health, your physical health, and your pocketbook.

I feel that when we really love and accept and approve of ourselves exactly as we are, then everything in life works.

Mental slavery is mental death, and every man who has given up his intellectual freedom is the living coffin of his dead soul.

To be ill adjusted to a deranged world is not a breakdown.