Some days all we need is a hug, a simple, healing gesture that can bring warmth, comfort, and reassurance when life feels difficult or lonely. For those of us who aren’t huggers, though, there are other ways to nurture ourselves: Listening to soothing music, taking a relaxing bath, or engaging in creative pursuits can also help bring some much-needed relief and peace.
There’s also much solace to be found in the written word. Words have the power to uplift and hold us. They can remind us we’re not alone while offering reassurance, wisdom, and perspective, providing a gentle literary embrace when we need it most. If you’re in need of comfort, read through this selection of quotes and take heart in knowing you are seen and heard, even if it doesn’t feel like it right now.
A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.
It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.
You are your possibilities. If you know that, you can do anything.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that.
To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.
There are darknesses in life, and there are lights; you are one of the lights.
A hug is like a boomerang — you get it back right away.
It is often the small steps, not the giant leaps, that bring about the most lasting change.
Courage is only an accumulation of small steps.
Courage can be contagious, and hope can take on a life of its own.
A depressing and difficult passage has prefaced every new page I have turned in life.
Remember never to say that you are alone, for you are not alone.
Here; you’ve been carrying that alone for a long time. Let me carry it with you awhile.
Don’t walk behind me, I may not lead. Don’t walk in front of me, I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.
Sometimes the right hug from the right person at the exact right time makes all the wrong in the world disappear.
Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of a little water.
Never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it, till it come to have a separate and integral interest.
Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place.
Sometimes it’s OK if the only thing you did today was breathe.
The Sun himself is weak when he first rises, and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on.
Tough times never last, but tough people do!
There isn’t always an explanation for everything.
I have learned that there is more power in a good strong hug than in a thousand meaningful words.
Confronting our feelings and giving them appropriate expression always takes strength, not weakness.
Find a place inside where there’s joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.
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Nicole Villeneuve
Nicole is a writer, thrift store lover, and group-chat meme spammer based in Ontario, Canada.
