All of us have the misfortune to become ill during our lives. We also suffer through times when someone we are close to is ill. In addition to saying the simple words “get well soon” we can understand more about how we feel if we hear or read the words of wise men and women. We might even want to use some of those words to express our thoughts. When a loved one is hospitalized we might say that we will walk together again or will enjoy a favorite pastime again. Whether we simply state that we hope our friend feels better soon or we use more elaborate words, we are trying to get the same point across.

We might use humor to soften the blow of illness and in the process help our friend or family member recover more quickly. As we all know, laughter is the best medicine, so we can look to delightful words to ease the pain and get us through a tough time. There are some who believe that the best doctors and nurses get their patients through illness by using humor, while nature takes care of the healing. Perhaps there is a perfect combination of medicine and humor that will do the trick. In any case, enjoy these get well soon quotes.

Warning: Humor may be hazardous to your illness – Ellie Katz.

I wonder why you can always read a doctor’s bill and you can never read his prescription – Finley Peter Dunne.

Get well cards have become so humorous that if you don’t get sick you’re missing half the fun – Flip Wilson.

I enjoy convalescence. It is the part that makes the illness worth while – George Bernard Shaw.

An early morning walk is a blessing for the whole day – Henry David Thoreau.

The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love – Hubert Humphrey.

Happiness is your dentist telling you it won’t hurt and then having him catch his hand in the drill – Johnny Carson.

Be careful when reading health books; you may die of a misprint – Mark Twain.

You have a cough? Go home tonight, eat a whole box of Ex-Lax – tomorrow you’ll be afraid to cough – Pearl Williams.

The treatment is really a cooperative of a trinity–the patient, the doctor and the inner doctor – Ralph Bircher.

If I had my way I’d make health catching instead of disease – Robert Ingersoll.

The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease – Voltaire.

After two days in the hospital, I took a turn for the nurse – W.C. Fields.

If you’re going through hell, keep going – Winston Churchill.