50 Depression Quotes to Help You Through Tough Times

• 2024-08-30
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Here are 50 depression quotes that may provide comfort, understanding, or inspiration during tough times:

Quotes About Understanding and Acknowledging Depression

1. "Depression is being colorblind and constantly told how colorful the world is." – Atticus
2. "I think the saddest people always try their hardest to make people happy. Because they know what it feels like to feel absolutely worthless and they don’t want anybody else to feel like that." – Robin Williams
3. "Depression is the inability to construct a future." – Rollo May
4. "It’s so difficult to describe depression to someone who’s never been there, because it’s not sadness." – J.K. Rowling
5. "Depression isn’t a war you win. It’s a battle you fight every day." – Unknown
6. "I’m tired of trying, sick of crying, I know I’ve been smiling, but inside I’m dying." – Unknown
7. "Depression lies. It tells you you’ve always felt this way and you always will. But you haven’t, and you won’t." – Halley Cornell
8. "Depression, suffering, and anger are all part of being human." – Janet Fitch
9. "Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also harder to bear." – C.S. Lewis
10. "Depression is living in a body that fights to survive with a mind that tries to die." – Unknown

Quotes About Overcoming and Coping with Depression

11. "Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad." – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
12. "Healing doesn’t mean the damage never existed. It means the damage no longer controls our lives." – Akshay Dubey
13. "Even when the dark comes crashing through, when you need a friend to carry you, and when you’re broken on the ground, you will be found." – Dear Evan Hansen
14. "Sometimes, you have to get knocked down lower than you have ever been to stand back up taller than you ever were." – Unknown
15. "Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do." – John Wooden
16. "You don’t have to control your thoughts. You just have to stop letting them control you." – Dan Millman
17. "You are allowed to feel messed up and inside out. It doesn’t mean you’re defective – it just means you’re human." – David Mitchell
18. "When you’re in a dark place, you sometimes tend to think you’ve been buried. Perhaps you’ve been planted. Bloom." – Christine Caine
19. "Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it." – Helen Keller
20. "You’re not a burden. You have a burden, which by definition is too heavy to carry on your own." – Unknown

Quotes About Finding Hope and Light

21. "Stars can’t shine without darkness." – D.H. Sidebottom
22. "There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t." – John Green
23. "If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath." – Amit Ray
24. "Keep yourself busy if you want to avoid depression. For me, inactivity is the enemy." – Matt Lucas
25. "Depression is a prison where you are both the suffering prisoner and the cruel jailer." – Dorothy Rowe
26. "You say you’re ‘depressed’ – all I see is resilience. You are allowed to feel messed up and inside out. It doesn’t mean you’re defective – it just means you’re human." – David Mitchell
27. "The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love." – Hubert H. Humphrey
28. "Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start." – Nido Qubein
29. "You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it." – Margaret Thatcher
30. "When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what the storm is all about." – Haruki Murakami

Quotes About Personal Strength and Resilience

31. "Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." – Confucius
32. "When you’re surrounded by all these people, it can be lonelier than when you’re by yourself. You can be in a huge crowd, but if you don’t feel like you can trust anyone or talk to anybody, you feel like you’re really alone." – Fiona Apple
33. "You’re stronger than you know. More capable than you ever dreamed. And you are loved more than you could possibly imagine." – Unknown
34. "Tough times never last, but tough people do." – Robert H. Schuller
35. "There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you." – Maya Angelou
36. "Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life." – J.K. Rowling
37. "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." – Ralph Waldo Emerson
38. "Believe you can and you’re halfway there." – Theodore Roosevelt
39. "You have been assigned this mountain to show others it can be moved." – Unknown
40. "Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars." – Khalil Gibran

Quotes About Acceptance and Growth

41. "It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it." – Lou Holtz
42. "Just because no one else can heal or do your inner work for you doesn’t mean you can, should, or need to do it alone." – Lisa Olivera
43. "It’s okay to be a glowstick; sometimes we need to break before we shine." – Unknown
44. "The strongest people are those who win battles we know nothing about." – Unknown
45. "Healing takes time, and asking for help is a courageous step." – Mariska Hargitay
46. "Don’t let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was." – Richard L. Evans
47. "You have to accept whatever comes, and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give." – Eleanor Roosevelt
48. "I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship." – Louisa May Alcott
49. "Your scars are proof that you are stronger than what tried to hurt you." – Unknown
50. "You are not your illness. You have an individual story to tell. You have a name, a history, a personality. Staying yourself is part of the battle." – Julian Seifter

These quotes can serve as reminders that you are not alone, that healing is possible, and that your struggles do not define you.