Quotes About Illness

The child was diseased at birth - stricken with an hereditary ill that only the most vital men are able to shake off. I mean poverty - the most deadly and prevalent of all diseases.

Velika, prava ljubav pokaza?e svoju punu snagu samo onda ako uspije da od dvoje ljubavnika, slabih ljudi, na?ini stvorenja koja se ne boje ni promjena, ni nesre?a, ni rastanaka, ni bolesti, ni života ni smrti.

Caregivers had to take care of themselves, and part of that meant having a life beyond whatever illness had put them in their role. God knew Ehlena told this to the family members of her chronically sick patients all the time, and the advice was both sound and practical. At least when she gave it to others. Turned on herself, it felt selfish.

Caregivers had to take care of themselves, and part of that meant having a life beyond whatever illness had put them in their role.

He ran for his toilet to throw up, but he didn't make it that far.

because crime, like illness and accidents, didn't recognize any distinction between weekdays and weekends.

Here was this human female, who wasn't half his weight, who was ill, who'd just found out she had a vampire in her house¡ªand she was worried about protecting him.

When I got really sick and needed a stem cell transplant, I was fortunate to have a twin sister as the donor.

They show that roughly two-thirds of a group of neurotic patients will recover or improve to a marked extent within about two years of the onset of their illness, whether they are treated by means of psychotherapy or not.

We had a week off in the middle of shooting, but as soon as everyone stopped, we all went down with six different types of flu and other unmentionable diseases.

Being a typical Briton, I love my home comforts and always try and find an English pub where I can tuck into some traditional English food, accompanied by a nice pint. Fortunately, I haven't been ill with food poisoning or anything like that, which is quite surprising considering how many different types of food I eat when I'm travelling.

Even the word 'cancer' is ugly, scary, burdensome - a roadblock for a conversation before it even starts. Who wants to go there? Much of the time, I'd rather not bring it up if I don't have to - and I'm the one with the disease!

In the past, I often found that when I reached out for a fast cure it led me down a slippery slope of more medications, hopeful dependence on the next prescription and ultimately a much longer drawn-out illness.

In the earliest years of the AIDS crisis, there were many gay men who were unable to come out about the fact that their lovers were ill, A, and then dead, B. They were unable to get access to the hospital to see their lover, unable to call their parents and say, 'I have just lost the love of my life.'

In 1906, I developed pleurisy and was unable to get into condition. So I asked for my release and obtained it. So ended my Major League career.

Illness, especially chronic illness, can be very isolating. Not only does it limit how and when you can socialise, it causes you to feel unattractive.

When you go through a long illness, certainly one of cancer, there's a certain release from it and relief that it has come to an end, because the suffering can be unbearable, as opposed to an abrupt stop to life when they go out the door and there's a loved one who never comes home because of some accident.

In examining disease, we gain wisdom about anatomy and physiology and biology. In examining the person with disease, we gain wisdom about life.

A doctor who keeps a person from becoming ill deserves more merit than one who cures him.

Though bitter, good medicine cures illness. Though it may hurt, loyal criticism will have beneficial effects.

When the child is ill, the mother will know how to pray.

Illness is the most heeded of doctors: to goodness and wisdom we only make promises; pain we obey.

It is human nature to look away from illness. We don't enjoy a reminder of our own fragile mortality.

Who will take medicine unless he knows he is in the grip of disease?