For far too many people, the stigma around addiction prevents them from stepping forward for help. — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
We don't do enough to help older people recognize how much they matter. — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
We can no longer remain within our exam rooms and ignore what happens in our communities. As physicians and dentists, we must… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
When it comes to creating emotional wellbeing, we are only going to achieve this, I believe, if we help each other in… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
I want to work with faith-based leaders to address the negative attitudes that are still too often associated with mental illness, attitudes… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
When I look at the patients that I've cared for with mental illness, I know that many of them took years to… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
I think that if we want to create a healthier country, we need to empower more people to make changes in their… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
When you help someone else, not only do they benefit, but you reaffirm to yourself that you have something of value to… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
What you quickly realize once you commit to getting more sleep is it can increase your productivity, it can improve your mood.… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
I think people often forget how powerful they are. Sometimes it just takes one voice to save a life. When we speak up we… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
We don't do enough to help older people recognize how much they matter. — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
When I was Surgeon General, I spent a lot of time talking to people in living rooms and town halls all across the country,… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
We can experience an erosion of self-esteem when we're lonely, as we come to believe that it's because we're not likable or because something… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
Climate change poses a serious, immediate and global threat to health. — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
I trained in internal medicine, and I expected most of my time would be spent on diabetes or heart disease or cancer. What I… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
I do not intend to use the Surgeon General's Office as a bully pulpit for gun control. — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
We know that chronic loneliness has consequences. It certainly depresses our mood. And in terms of our health, people who struggle with loneliness also… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
You can be surrounded by many people but still feel quite lonely if you don't have strong connections and if you feel you can't… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
When people tell you that you're less-than and that you don't matter and that you're inferior, you internalize some of that. — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
Service is a powerful pathway of getting out of loneliness. It takes the focus off of you and puts it onto someone else. — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
