33 Quotes About Coping with Depression

Many youth are confronted with feelings of depression and despair. Finding a way to seek peace and be acknowledged can be difficult for many. Here are some great quotes about coping with depression that is focused on a message of encouragement and hope.

“A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.”

“A positive attitude gives you power over your circumstances instead of your circumstances having power over you.”

“Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.”

“Change your thoughts and you change the world.”

“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.”

“Facing it, always facing it, that’s the way to get through. Face it.”

“Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keeps friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment.”

“Happiness does not depend upon who you are or what you have. It depends solely upon what you think.”

“Humor can make a serious difference. In the workplace, at home, in all areas of life – looking for a reason to laugh is necessary.”

“I guess in the end, it doesn’t matter what we wanted. What matters is what we chose to do with the things we had.”

“If you can’t laugh when things go bad–laugh and put on a little carnival–then you’re either dead or wishing you were.”

“If you deliberately plan on being less than you are capable of being, then I warn you that you’ll be unhappy for the rest of your life”

“It always seems impossible until it’s done.”

“It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light”

“It’s funny: I always imagined when I was a kid that adults had some kind of inner toolbox full of shiny tools: the saw of discernment, the hammer of wisdom, the sandpaper of patience.”

“Keep yourself busy if you want to avoid depression. For me, inactivity is the enemy.”

“Maybe you have to know the darkness before you can appreciate the light.”

“Nothing is impossible, the word itself says I’m possible!”

“Once you choose hope, anything is possible.”

“Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you will start having positive results.”

“People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.”

“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing. That’s why we recommend it daily.”

“Self-pity gets you nowhere. One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities and undertake the most interesting game in the world: making the most of one’s best.”

“Sometimes I just think depression’s one way of coping with the world. Like, some people get drunk, some people do drugs, some people get depressed”

“Start by doing what’s necessary, then do what’s possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.”

“The depth of the feeling continued to surprise and threaten me, but each time it hit again and I bore it…I would discover that it hadn’t washed me away.”

“The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind.”

“The mind knows the truth when your heart denies what it feels. When you don’t feel safe to let people in it is because you’re not ready to deal with the pain of honesty.”

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”

“There are far, far better things ahead than anything we leave behind.”

“There is something powerful in the whispering of obscenities, about those in power. There’s something delightful about it, something naughty, secretive, forbidden, thrilling.”

“When it comes to death, we know that laughter and tears are pretty much the same thing.”

“You never really know what’s coming. A small wave, or maybe a big one. All you can really do is hope that when it comes, you can surf over it, instead of drown in its monstrosity.”

There are various ways of dealing with depression and anxiety. Overcoming some of these challenges can bring you hope and help you achieve some peace in your life.