Inspiring Depression Quotes

From the end of the World War twenty-one years ago, this country, like many others, went through a phase of having large groups of people carried away by some emotion--some alluring, attractive, even speciously inspiring, public presentation of a nostrum, a cure-all. Many Americans lost their heads because several plausible fellows lost theirs in expounding schemes to end barbarity, to give weekly handouts to people, to give everybody a better job--or, more modestly, for example, to put a chicken or two in every pot--all by adoption of some new financial plan or some new social system. And all of them burst like bubbles.

Some proponents of nostrums were honest and sincere, others--too many of them--were seekers of personal power; still others saw a chance to get rich on the dimes and quarters of the poorer people in our population. All of them, perhaps unconsciously, were capitalizing on the fact that the democratic form of Government works slowly. There always exists in a democratic society a large group which, quite naturally, champs at the bit over the slowness of democracy; and that is why it is right for us who believe in democracy to keep the democratic processes progressive--in other words, moving forward with the advances in civilization. That is why it is dangerous for democracy to stop moving forward because any period of stagnation increases the numbers of those who demand action and action now. ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt

A change is as good as a rest. ~ Winston S. Churchill

Depression is the feeling that everything
is a waste of time.
Joy is KNOWING that nothing in this Life is a waste. ~ Raymond D. Longoria Jr.

When I started out the videos, I was dealing with depression, and I wanted to make inspiring videos for others, which would end up inspiring me in turn. I wanted to show the world that it was possible to make a positive switch in life and start over. ~ Lilly Singh

Perhaps all our troubles - all the violence, obesity, illness, depression, and greed we can't overcome - began when we stopped living as Running People. Deny your nature, and it will erupt in some other, uglier way. ~ Christopher McDougall

The most important thing is to be whatever you are without shame. ~ Rod Steiger

Postpartum depression is a very real and very serious problem for many mothers. It can happen to a first time mom or a veteran mother. It can occur a few days ... or a few months after childbirth. ~ Richard J. Codey

Inspiring others is the pathway to your own discoveries ~ Robin Craig Clark

If depression was a choice, no one would choose it. Depression is not a choice. ~ Northern Adams

Depression has been called the world's number one public health problem. In fact, depression is so widespread it is considered the common cold of psychiatric disturbances. But there is a grim difference between depression and a cold. Depression can kill you. ~ David D. Burns

There's major depression, and then there's clinical depression. Major depression is what makes you jump off a bridge. I have clinical depression. I jump out of first story windows. It's the psychological equivalent of lying on a bed of rubber nails. ~ Doug Westberg

To get out of depression, you need to find your exotic connection. ~ Talismanist Giebra

Keedwell cites a study of depression in the Netherlands that found that most people coped better with adversity after experiencing depression. ~ Jan Wong

Alcohol's been keeping depression alive and well for over ten thousand years. ~ Stanley Victor Paskavich

Depression is when you have lots of love, but no one's taking. ~ Douglas Coupland

Having to admit that you are depressed makes one feel less than. Broken. Yes, that's what it is. Broken. ~ Gillian Marchenko

How much would you pay to avoid a second Depression? ~ Ben Bernanke

Between addiction and depression? Depression a lot worse. Depression ain't something you just get OFF of. You can't get CLEAN from depression. Depression be like a bruise that never goes away. A bruise in your MIND. You just got to be careful not to touch where it hurts. It always be there, though. ~ Jeffrey Eugenides

The little depression I experienced during my manic-depression was not like depression as anyone else had ever described it. It was very violent and angry, and I was full of rage. I wasn't lying in bed. ~ Andy Behrman

Think the highest thought you can think,
Feel into it, then expand it.
Do this every morning. ~ Blythe Ayne

Everything I learned about the Great Depression was from a college textbook. ~ Ralph Abernathy

There are many misconceptions about depression-mostly negative. Unfortunately, because depressed people think negatively about depression and its treatment, they don't get help, which allows the depression to worsen, which leads to more negative thinking, which produces a vicious cycle of suffering. ~ Peter McWilliams

Depression can be a form of self hatred. We don't feel comfortable in our own skin. ~ Michele McKnight Baker

Depression must be avoided, no matter what the cost. Depression is lying on the Edwardian couch for six months, too tired to unlace your shoes. Depression is awakening each morning feeling as if someone near and dear and closely related died the night before. Bad news. Don't tempt depression. ~ Tim Sandlin

Joy is not the opposite of depression. It is deeper than depression. Therefore, you can experience both. Depression is the relentless rain. Joy is the rock. Whether depression is present or not, you can stand on joy. ~ Edward T. Welch

I finally came to terms with manic depression and lithium. I've taken lithium regularly for the past few years and have had no further bouts with manic depression. ~ Charley Pride

Depression is real. It happens. We go through it. Hold onto yourself in those moments. ~ Avijeet Das

I've had a tremendous problem with depression in my life. I'd rather not talk about it, because it's over. But depression is real. ~ Henri Nouwen

The big question about the American depression is not whether war with Germany and Japan ended it. It is why the Depression lasted until that war. From 1929 to 1940, from Hoover to Roosevelt, government intervention helped to make the Depression Great. ~ Amity Shlaes

Melancholy is an intimate aspect of human nature, while depression, like any other illness, creates fear and perplexity. Melancholy can displayed, depression is usually hidden. When transformed into a depression, melancholy becomes a defeat. ~ Karin Johannisson

Bipolar disorder, manic depression, depression, black dog, whatever you want to call it, is inherent in our society. It's a product of stress and in my case over-work. ~ Adam Ant

Whenever you read a cancer booklet or website or whatever, they always list depression among the side effects of cancer. But, in fact, depression is not a side effect of cancer. Depression is a side effect of dying. ~ John Green

I love that feeling of inspiring other women. ~ Cheryl Cole

There seem to be many causes of depression. One cause is profound loss, grief. Economic hardship we know is linked to depression. We don't have a full picture. ~ Irving Kirsch

But, in fact, depression is not a side effect of cancer. Depression is a side effect of dying. - Hazel Grace Lancaster ~ John Green

Depression is an invisible cancer. ~ Himmilicious

One day, you will stand at the summit of a figurative mountain and look back on your life's journey. And, to your utter amazement, you will see how your experiences with depression, dark and painful as they were, only added to the overall beauty of your life. ~ Seth Adam Smith

I think i am too chaotic to ever get depressed. Depression somehow requires an ordered mind where the depression can get hold. Depressions just give up on me, usually at first sight. It's mutual - I find them really tedious and boring. ~ Martijn Benders

Your genes may be causing your blues! We now know depression runs in families and chemical changes in the brain coincide with clinical depression. Medications, psychotherapy, and other treatments can adjust these changes and chase depression away. ~ Joni E. Johnston

Depression is focusing on yourself; on your troubles and what is not right. You can't be depressed if you are focusing on others. It's impossible. ~ Elizabeth Bourgeret

Spreading the word about depression is my mission. I am working to build awareness, educate people about the symptoms, and change public opinion and individual attitudes about depression. ~ Susan Polis Schutz

We don't have a great war in our generation, or a great depression, but we do, we have a great war of the spirit. We have a great revolution against the culture. The great depression is our lives. We have a spiritual depression. ~ Chuck Palahniuk

Write out of depression. Edit into depression. ~ Mari Stewart

Depression lives and grows in the swamp of need. ~ Bryant McGill

It is in the nest of disappointment where depression lays its eggs. ~ Chloe Thurlow

Any conversation I have with anybody that's real is always revealing and inspiring. ~ Spike Jonze

I'm an average enough person to point to the things I've gotten to see that are awe-inspiring. ~ Laurie Anderson

Depression is an illness, and no fault of the person who suffers from it ~ Julie Schumacher

I am convinced that through these measures we have reestablished confidence. ~ Herbert Hoover

Depression is a very sensible reaction to just about everything we live in now. ~ Chrystos

As to whether the depression will come back, it is every depressive's fear. ~ Sally Brampton

John Floridis was very inspiring. He plays so well. ~ Shawn Colvin

There isn't any doubt I'm stuck in stress and depression. ~ Deyth Banger

Suicide isn't the only way you can lose someone to depression. ~ Adib Khorram

For hard resets, conventions and conferences can be inspiring. ~ Kelly Sue DeConnick

Depression is an illness that robs one of the meaning of life. Heal the illness. As the depression heals, enthusiasm, well-being, and a sense of life's purpose will return. ~ Peter McWilliams

There are no windows within the dark house of depression through which to see others, only mirrors. ~ Miriam Toews

The trick when it comes to dealing with depression is being able to imagine yourself out of it. When you can picture a happier life, you will be determined to work at the things that prevent it from happening. ~ Keysha Jade

That's the thing about depression: A human being can survive almost anything, as long as she sees the end in sight. But depression is so insidious, and it compounds daily, that it's impossible to ever see the end. ~ Elizabeth Wurtzel

The OWN network is all about inspiring and enlightening. ~ Kym Whitley

Depression/The assassin inside me ~ HastyWords

I had had some months of depression. Not serious enough to keep me from work. So, I guess you'd call that a mild depression. It was becoming worse. And I was being treated for it with anti-depressants. ~ Jane Pauley

The more confident and appreciative of who you are, the less hold depression has over you. ~ Omoakhuana Anthonia

There is light in every soul. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Both depression and anxiety disorders, for example, are repeatedly described in the media as 'chemical imbalances in the brain,' as if spontaneous neural events with no relation to anything outside a person's brain cause depression and anxiety. ~ Siri Hustvedt

The panic of the Depression loosened my inhibitions against being different. I could be myself. ~ Emanuel Celler

Disquietude that springs from the fundamental nature of being a human being is vaster and more encompassing than depression, which has a cause and therefore a cure. ~ Kilroy J. Oldster

The singer-songwriter has always played music that was stylistically rooted in the '30s and the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. But the fact of the matter is that none of us remember the Depression firsthand. ~ Steve Earle

The Bluebird of Happiness long absent from his life, Ned is visited by the Chicken of Depression. ~ Gary Larson

They always call depression the blues, but I would have been happy to waken to a periwinkle outlook. Depression to me is urine yellow, washed out, exhausted miles of weak piss. ~ Gillian Flynn

Depression is a serious problem, but drugs are not the answer. In the long run, psychotherapy is both cheaper and more effective, even for very serious levels of depression. Physical exercise and self-help books based on CBT can also be useful, either alone or in combination with therapy. Reducing social and economic inequality would also reduce the incidence of depression. ~ Irving Kirsch

The secret to making your holiday inspiring is actually quite simple. Be inspiring yourself. As with any change, you must be the change you want to see in others. ~ Deepak Chopra

[If there was] certainty that an acute episode [of depression] will last only a week, a month, even a year, it would change everything. It would still be a ghastly ordeal, but the worst thing about it - the incessant yearning for death, the compulsion toward suicide - would drop away. But no, a limited depression, a depression with hope, is a contradiction. The experience of convulsive pain, along with the conviction that it will never end except in death - that is the definition of a severe depression. ~ George Scialabba

The white spruce forest along the banks is most inspiring, magnificent here. Down the terraced slopes and right to the water's edge on the alluvial soil it stands in ranks. ~ Ernest Thompson Seton

As it stands, the diagnostic criteria for depression are so loose that two people with absolutely no symptoms in common can both end up with the same unitary diagnosis of depression. For this reason especially, the concept of depression as a mental disorder has been charged with being little more than a socially constructed dustbin for all manner of human suffering. ~ Neel Burton

Depression scares people off. It makes me laugh that it has that kind of effect. ~ Siobhan Fahey

For with primacy in power is also joined an awe inspiring accountability to the future. ~ Winston Churchill

I don't really know Hollywood, but living and shooting in L.A. was very motivating, inspiring. The lights, the extras, their American faces, the energy, the Orpheum Theatre. It was all very inspiring. ~ Jean Dujardin

Losing was the story of life and depression was the one thing in my existence that was perfect. Flawless depression, it was, that covered the days of my life in a suffocating blanket. ~ Kirk Gollwitzer

There's so many inspiring people out there. ~ John Mayer

Depression is like war. You either win or you die trying. There's no in between. ~ Kota

Equanimity is often mistaken for depression. ~ Mokokoma Mokhonoana

We will not have any more crashes in our time. ~ John Maynard Keynes

I think other people's depression is frightfully dreary, don't you? ~ Julian Fellowes

Every experience feeds an actor, and I've learned that depression is all around us. ~ Bryan Cranston

Depression comes from not accepting the way things are - and seeing no way too change them. ~ Chloe Thurlow

When you're having a depressive surge painful memories can start to emerge. ~ Stanley Victor Paskavich

An inspiring word for me is to think of myself as limitless. ~ Rachael Taylor

Depression, if it's an unconsciously elected experience, is a luxury. ~ Jesse Eisenberg

Keep encouraging one another with affectionate love. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

The madness of depression is, generally speaking, the antithesis of violence. It is a storm indeed, but a storm of murk. Soon evident are the slowed-down responses, near paralysis, psychic energy throttled back close to zero. Ultimately, the body is affected and feels sapped, drained. ~ William Styron

When you date someone who loves the outdoors, it's inspiring. ~ Nikki Reed

Depression is anger turned inward. ~ Sapphire.

If we admit our depression openly and freely, those around us get from it an experience of freedom rather than the depression itself. ~ Rollo May

Chronic depression is the emotional compound interest paid on the inability to let go of an unrequited love. ~ Khang Kijarro Nguyen

The point about manic depression or bipolar disorder, as it's now more commonly called, is that it's about mood swings. So, you have an elevated mood. When people think of manic depression, they only hear the word depression. They think one's a depressive. The point is, one's a manic-depressive. ~ Stephen Fry

The intermittent depression that had shadowed him throughout his adult life was about to envelop him once again. ~ Erik Larson

When your heart cries because it wants to be free,
But your mind feels as though it is stuck in concrete.

This is the reality of those who suffer depression and mental health issues. ~ Gillian Duce

Depression is the flaw in love. To be creatures who love, we must be creatures who can despair at what we lose, and depression is the mechanism of that despair. ~ Andrew Solomon

I have a tremendous battle with melancholy and depression. ~ Sebastian Faulks