95 Sick Quotes And Sayings To Help You Get Well Soon

Moumita Dutta
Dec 12, 2023 By Moumita Dutta
Originally Published on Mar 10, 2021
Edited by Jacob Fitzbright
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Sickness usually refers to any type of disease or symptoms of any disease.

One can get sick in numerous ways. The majority of the sickness in human beings are caused by microscopic organisms like viruses and bacteria.

During the onset of any disease, various body parts or organs are affected. These diseases can be countered by taking proper medication and by taking vaccines as a precaution.

Physiologically diseases can be distinguished and differentiated into a number of types. However, being sick sometimes doesn't mean you have to be a sad man or woman. If you are down with the sickness of the body and the mind, then check this list out, it's for any sick man, woman or child.

If you like this, check out be brave quotes and wellness Wednesday quotes.

Sick Quotes

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Enlisted below are some sick quotes which you can be in need of when you are feeling down. You will also find quotes on how to say I'm sick.

1."I am sick and tired of being sick and tired."

- Fannie Lou Hamer.

2. "'Tis healthy to be sick sometimes."

- Henry David Thoreau.

3. "Sickness comes on horseback, but departs on foot”

- Dutch Proverb.

4. "Much of your pain is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self."

- Khalil Gibran.

5. "Treat a sick man with the medicine and a sad man with the music."

- Amit Kalantri.

6. "Being sick feels like you're wearing someone else's glasses”

- Megan Boyle.

7. "Sickness is a sort of early old age; it teaches us a diffidence in our earthly state."

- Alexander Pope.

8. "The fact that we are living does not mean we are not sick.”

- Joseph Brodsky.

9. "We are not victims of aging, sickness and death."

- Deepak Chopra.

10. "The most poetical thing in the world is not being sick.”

- G.K. Chesterton.

11. "Sickness, insanity and death were the angels that surrounded my cradle and they have followed me throughout my life."

- Edvard Munch.

12. “There are two kinds of people; those who are always well and those who are always sick. Most of the evils of the world come from the first sort and most of the achievement from the second.”

- Louis Dudek

13. "It's better to be healthy alone than sick with someone else."

- Phil McGraw.

14. "My long sickness Of health and living now begins to mend, And nothing brings me all things."

- William Shakespeare.

15. "And at 3am you sit near the window and wonder if there is magic... because all you need are some fairies to take your pain away and help you sleep.”

- Sanhita Baruah.

16. "Living is a sickness to which sleep provides relief every sixteen hours. It's a palliative."

- Nicolas Chamfort.

17. "Sleep is the Swiss army knife of health. When sleep is deficient, there is sickness and disease. And when sleep is abundant, there is vitality and health."

- Matthew Walker.

18. "When you die, it does not mean that you lose to cancer. You beat cancer by how you live, why you live, and in the manner in which you live."

- Stuart Scott.

19. "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.

20. "I would like to believe he's sick rather than just mean and evil."

- Charles B. Rangel.

21. “Some days there won't be a song in your heart. Sing anyway.”

- Emory Austin.

22. "Health is not valued till sickness comes."

- Thomas Fuller.

23. "While we yearn for peace, we live in a world burdened with hunger, pain, anguish, loneliness, sickness, and sorrow."

- Joseph B. Wirthlin.

24. “Illness is the most heeded of doctors: to kindness and wisdom we make promises only; pain we obey.”

- Marcel Proust.

25. "Childhood is a disease - a sickness that you grow out of."

- William Golding.

Quotes Of Being Sick And Tired

Here you will find some of the coolest quotes of being sick and tired of something. Whether you are sick and tired of life or of love these quotes will surely show you the way.

26. "Wine is something to enjoy. We get sick and tired of people who pick it apart and talk about its 'saucy nuances.'"

- Pat Paulsen.

27. "If you be sick, your own thoughts make you sick.”

- Ben Jonson

28. "I'm sick and tired of people saying that we put out 11 albums that sound exactly the same."

- Angus Young.

29. "I was sick and tired of being an English actor who did a lot of American movies because I was cheap and good.'

- Daniel Craig.

30. "Oh, I am very weary, Though tears no longer flow; My eyes are tired of weeping, My heart is sick of woe."

- Anne Brontë.

31. "I'm sick and tired of people who presume to speak for the disabled. The question of what is off-limits should not be defined by some special interest group. The audience, the readers, should decide."

- John Callahan.

32. "I'm sick and tired of politics and politicians as usual."

- Gavin Newsom.

33. "You have to work years in hit shows to make people sick and tired of you, but you can accomplish this in a few weeks on television."

- Walter Slezak.

34. "I'm tired and I'm sick to death of being without you.”

- Graham Greene, 'The End Of The Affair'.

35. "I'm getting sick and tired of doing anything half-way."

- Knute Rockne.

36. "Americans are sick and tired of political gamesmanship."

- Henry Waxman.

37. "I believe in living, I believe in birth, I believe in the sweat of love and in the fire of truth and I believe that a lost ship, steered by tired, sea sick sailors, can still be guided home to port."

- Assata Shakur, 'Assata: An Autobiography'.

38. "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.

39. "I'm sick and tired of being on my own. Most of the time I'm fine. Some of the time I even quite enjoy it. But at this precise moment in time I'm fed up with it. I've had enough.”

- Jane Green, 'Mr. Maybe'.

40. “Forever and ever, kid, until you're sick and tired of seeing me.”

- Marie Lu, 'Legend'.

Quotes On Advices To Sick People

In this category you will find quotes on the various advices one can give to sick people.

41. "You can't have healing without sickness."

- T. D. Jakes.

42. "We are all ill; but even a universal sickness implies an idea of health."

- Lionel Trilling.

43. "Can there be worse sickness, than to know that we are never well, nor can be so?"

- John Donne.

44. "If you constantly think of illness, you eventually become ill; if you believe yourself to be beautiful, you become so."

- Shakti Gawain.

45."Each patient carries his own doctor inside him."

- Norman Cousins.

46. "First thing about being a patient - you have to learn patience."

- Oliver Sacks.

47. "If you don't have cancer, cherish life. If you do, cherish it even more"

- Jim Stynes.

48. "Some remedies are worse than the disease."

- Publilius Syrus.

49. "It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like."

- Jackie Mason.

50. "Sickness begets chaos, which, through hard work and a touch of grace, leads to growth and resurrection."

- M. Scott Peck.

Quotes On Get Well Soon

Enlisted below are some of the finest get well soon quotes which you can say to someone who is sick. You will also find prayers quotes for the sick and praying for the sick quotes.

Here you will also find a positive quote for the day. These quotes are often circulated in cards and online, if you know their origin, please let us know!

51. "The thought of you being sick seems completely unfair. With your vibrancy and love of life, the world deserves your smile. May you get well soon, because we all miss you!"

- Unknown. *

52. "The sky has been a lot less sunny since you’ve been sick in bed. Get well, come back, and make us smile again with your joyful personality."

- Unknown. *

53. "Be strong because things will get better. It may be stormy now, but it never rains forever."

- Unknown. *

54. "Sending you warm wishes for a quick recovery and good health."

- Unknown. *

55. "I will pray for you until you feel better. Get well quickly."

- Unknown. *

56. "May God’s angels help you feel better without delay."

- Unknown. *

57. "May these get well wishes be stronger than any bug you caught. May you feel better fast. Get well soon, my friend."

- Unknown. *

58. "I feel lost without you. Heal and hurry home so we can be together again."

- Unknown. *

59. "May my prayers reach God’s ears and make you well again. Wishing that your health is quickly restored."

- Unknown. *

60. "May you experience a fast recovery after your recent surgery. Hope you get well very soon."

- Unknown. *

Best Healing Quotes

Healing is a vital process in the recovery from a sickness. So gift these quotes to a friend who needs these badly.

61. "The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well."

- Hippocrates.

62. "There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow."

- Orison Swett Marden.

63. "The wish for healing has always been half of health."

- Seneca the Younger.

64. "To heal our wounds, we need courage to face them."

- Paulo Coelho.

65. "Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine."

- Lord Byron.

66. "Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish;

Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal."

- Thomas More.

67. "The art of healing comes from nature, not from the physician. Therefore the physician must start from nature, with an open mind."

- Paracelsus.

68. "There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature."

- Rachel Carson.

69. "The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease."

- Voltaire.

70. "If you restore balance in your own self, you will be contributing immensely to the healing of the world."

- Deepak Chopra.

71. "Healing yourself is connected with healing others."

- Yoko Ono.

72. "Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live."

- Jim Rohn.

73. "The most important thing in illness is never to lose heart."

- Vladimir Lenin.

74. "To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine."

- Henry Ward Beecher.

75. "The greatest healing would be to wake up from what we are not."

- Mooji.

76. "The soul always knows what to do to heal itself. The challenge is to silence the mind"

- Caroline Myss.

77. "Eventually, you will come to understand that love heals everything, and love is all there is."

- Gary Zukav.

78. "Healing comes when we choose to walk away from darkness and move towards a brighter light."

- Dieter F. Uchtdorf.

79. "A wound that goes unacknowledged and unwept is a wound that cannot heal."

- John Eldredge.

80. "No one heals himself by wounding another."

- Ambrose.

Cool Quotes On Hygiene

One of the most important things that is next to godliness is hygiene and thus here are some of the finest quotes on hygiene.

81. "Hygiene is the corruption of medicine by morality."

- H. L. Mencken.

82. "Irony is the hygiene of the mind."

- Elizabeth Bibesco.

83. "Wine is the most healthful and most hygienic of beverages."

- Louis Pasteur.

84. "I'm a hygiene freak. I'm like obsessive-compulsive when it comes to washing your hands."

- Kelly Clarkson.

85. "The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists the circulation of the blood."

- Logan Pearsall Smith.

Quotes On Taking Care Of Yourself

When one gets sick, taking care of one's own self becomes a priority and thus there are the best quotes on how one can take care oneself.

86. "Take care of yourself. Eat well, rest, train hard and smart, make time to think and breathe. Be intentional with your time."

- Kristin Armstrong.

87. "What you pay attention to grows. Pay attention to your loveliness, your magnificent self. Begin now."

- Geneen Roth.

88. "I encourage people to have a daily spiritual practice; that's the best way to take care of yourself."

- Iyanla Vanzant.

89. "When you consider yourself valuable you will take care of yourself in all ways that are necessary."

- M. Scott Peck.

90. "If you take care of yourself and walk with integrity, you may be confident that God will deal with those who sin against you."

- Warren W. Wiersbe.

91. "Live life fully while you're here. Experience everything."

- Tony Robbins.

92. "If you do not take care of yourself, you will not be strong enough to take care of anything in life."

- Leon Brown.

93. "Take care of yourself mentally, physically, and spiritually so that you can take care of the world."

- Susan Love.

94. "The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you."

- Neil Gaiman.

95. "There’s no better way to energize your body, mind, and spirit than by taking care of yourself."

- Stephanie Tourles.

Here at Kidadl, we have carefully created lots of interesting family-friendly quotes for everyone to enjoy! If you liked our suggestions for sick quotes then why not take a look at shy quotes, or [stoic quotes]?

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Written by Moumita Dutta

Bachelor of Arts specializing in Journalism and Mass Communication, Postgraduate Diploma in Sports Management

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Moumita DuttaBachelor of Arts specializing in Journalism and Mass Communication, Postgraduate Diploma in Sports Management

A content writer and editor with a passion for sports, Moumita has honed her skills in producing compelling match reports and stories about sporting heroes. She holds a degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from the Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management, Calcutta University, alongside a postgraduate diploma in Sports Management.

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