15 Inspiring Chronic Illness Quotes to Get You Through a Bad Flare Up

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When you live with chronic pain or any chronic illness, flare-ups (unfortunately) are inevitable. It can be really challenging to feel uplifted or inspired when your symptoms are at their worst. So I’ve put together this list of 15 chronic illness quotes to provide you with some comfort on your toughest days.

When you find yourself in the middle of a flare up and in need of some inspiration, you can refer to these quotes.

Here are 15 chronic illness quotes to get you through those tough days.

Chronic pain is no joke. And it’s every day waking up not knowing how you’re going to feel.”
Lady Gaga

My strength did not come from lifting weights. My strength came from lifting myself up when I was knocked down.”
Bob Moore

Feelings are something you have; not something you are.”
Shannon L. Alder

She has fought many wars, most internal. The ones that you battle alone, for this, she is remarkable. She is a survivor.”
Nikki Rowe

Surrender is an incredibly difficult topic in light of chronic illness, because loss is often continued and sustained.”
Cindee Snider Re, Finding Purpose: Rediscovering Meaning in a Life with Chronic Illness

Self-care has become a new priority – the revelation that it’s perfectly permissible to listen to your body and do what it needs.”
Frances Ryan

Courage isn’t having the strength to go on – it is going on when you don’t have strength.”
Napoleon Bonaparte

Never lose hope. Storms make people stronger and never last forever.”
Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.”
Audre Lorde

You can do this, and if you can’t do it today, you’ll do it tomorrow. You are not a failure.”
Alisha Rai, Wrong to Need You

Don’t aim for perfection. Aim for ‘better than yesterday’.”
Izey Victoria Odiase, 99 Quotes and Affirmations For Self-Love & Personal Development.

Of pain you could wish only one thing: that it should stop. Nothing in the world was so bad as physical pain. In the face of pain there are no heroes.”
George Orwell, 1984

It’s very important that we re-learn the art of resting and relaxing. Not only does it help prevent the onset of many illnesses that develop through chronic tension and worrying; it allows us to clear our minds, focus, and find creative solutions to problems.”
Thich Nhat Hanh