Quotes About Illness

I would never have looked at cycling as something I could do had I not got ill and lived in Manchester where British Cycling is.

I was really ill growing up as my body was rejecting everything.

I think that ageism is a cultural illness; it's not a personal illness.

I don't believe watching dreams but like to stick to reality. Reality is all about flood, hunger, illness.

You can die of the cure before you die of the illness.

Without anxiety and illness I should have been like a ship without a rudder.

I have had manic-depressive illness, also known as bipolar disorder, since I was 18 years old. It is an illness that ensures that those who have it will experience a frightening, chaotic and emotional ride. It is not a gentle or easy disease.

There are scientists all around the world looking for the genes responsible for bipolar illness and major depression.

If there is illness in your home, do you not need a doctor from outside? If your home catches on fire, do you not need fire fighters from outside? God has sent me to America in the role of a doctor, in the role of a fire fighter.

People that go through serious illness - you can either go one way or the other. You can either become despondent about it all. Or it kind of rejuvenates you, makes you focus on what's important.

Cancer, like any other illness, is a bore.

Dementia is our most-feared illness, more than heart disease or cancer.

I don't think there is one cause of Gulf War illness.

A collection makes its own demands. Many artists have been collectors. I think of it rather as an illness. I felt it was using up too much energy.

The good thing about having this illness is that it allows me to be a little bit crazy.

Well, I like to think that my illness has prevented me from rising to any number of dizzy heights.

Depression is an illness and not a necessary part of healthy living.

I had every stress-related illness you can get.

I think everyone in their life goes through challenges, whether it's love or money, kids or illness... You have to really not run away from that stuff.

When I was 15, I had this illness and was basically housebound for two years.

In the case of my husband, we found that facing a life-threatening illness prodded us to make a dramatic change in our lives.

People who have any kind of illness use humor as a type of coping.

I eat the way I do because I really enjoy it but also because it's the only thing I've found that helps me manage the illness I had, and that plays a big part in it.

Haven't we all been taken aback when an illness suddenly causes the voice to crack and sometimes dry up completely?