National Superhero Day 2021: 12 Healthcare Worker Appreciation Quotes

National Superhero Day, celebrated on the 28th of April, is a day when we honor all the heroes in our lives, whether real or fictional.

In times like this when the whole world is in a battle against the COVID-19 pandemic, it is the healthcare workers who do most of the fighting for the rest of humanity.

This National Superhero Day, here are 12 quotes and messages to send your local healthcare workers to show appreciation for the hard work and sacrifices they've made as heroes of the modern world, courtesy of BOS Medical, It's All You Boo, and Daily Quotes Bank:

1. A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles. - Christopher Reeves
2. You treat a disease, you win, you lose. You treat a person, I guarantee you, you'll win — no matter what the outcome. - Patch Adams
3. I am only one, but I am still one. I cannot do everything, but still, I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do. – E.E. Hale
4. Let me congratulate you on the choice of calling which offers a combination of intellectual and moral interests found in no other profession. - Sir William Osler
5. You may not know how much what you do means to us. This is us saying, “Thank you, and may God bless you infinitely.”
6. As a nurse, we have the opportunity to heal the heart, mind, soul and body of our patients, their families and ourselves. They may forget your name, but they will never forget how you made them feel. - Maya Angelou
7. One of the deep secrets of life is that all that is really worth doing is what we do for others. – Lewis Carol
8. We could not be more thankful for the work that you do every single day, fearlessly serving others without putting yourself first. You exemplify what a real-life hero is, and we truly would not feel the comfort we do if it weren't for such skilled and caring individuals like working on the frontlines right now. Hope this message gives you a lot to be proud of because "thank you" will never be enough for the history that you are part of today. While you save lives, may God take care of everything else.
9. Do what you can, where you are, with what you have. – Theodore Roosevelt
10. Happiness is not so much in having as sharing. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. - Norman MacEwen
11. A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself. – Joseph Campbell
12. Thank you guys so much for what you do for our country. Words can not express the gratitude that the entire world has for health care workers in this time of crisis. You all are keeping the world afloat at a time where there is no other way out. Health care workers will never go unnoticed, and after this, the world will know what it takes to be on the frontlines and attack a pandemic full force!