Depression Quotes And Sayings

by allinspiration.com

“When I hear somebody sigh, “Life is hard,” I am always tempted to ask, “Compared to what?”
– Sydney J. Harris

“I cry a lot. My emotions are very close to my surface. I don’t want to hold anything in so it festers and turns into pus – a pustule of emotion that explodes into a festering cesspool of depression.”
– Nicolas Cage

“My recovery from manic depression has been an evolution, not a sudden miracle.”
– Patty Duke

“I find nothing more depressing than optimism.”
– Paul Fussell

“Depression has been labelled the common cold of psychopathology. This comparison is unfortunate, for it conveys the impression of a frequent but mild complaint. In reality … depression is not only the most frequent mental health problem, but is among the most serious.”
– Paul Gilbert

“Oddly enough I never used to suffer from depression on cold, gray, cloudy days like this. I feel as if nature is in harmony with me, that it reflected my soul.”
– Paulo Coelho

“Depression is nourished by a lifetime of ungrieved and unforgiven hurts.”
– Penelope Sweet

“Our object in the construction of the state is the greatest happiness of the whole, and not that of any one class.”
– Plato

“The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.”
– Plato 

“Depression is the inability to construct a future.”
– Rollo May

“Is this life? Well, screw it.”
– Sam

“My twenties were a write-off. It’s a cruel illness, because you can’t see it and you can hide it so well.”
– Sarah Lancashire

“Inside I’m struggling to see through the dark that you once lightened up.”
– Sherry K.

“I had developed manic depression [bipolar disorder] … and the main symptoms the constant voice in the head telling you to kill yourself.”
– Sinead O’Conno

“My depression is the most faithful mistress I have known — no wonder, then, that I return the love.”
– Soren Kierkegaard

“I have got so low that I have asked to be hospitalized and for deep narcosis (sleep). I cannot stand being awake. The pain is too much… Something has happened to me, this vital spark has stopped burning – I go to a dinner table now and I don’t say a word, just sit there like a dodo. Normally I am the centre of attention, keeps the conversation going, – so that is depressing in itself. It’s like another person taking over, very strange. The most important thing I say is ‘good evening’ and then I go quiet.”
– Spike Milligan

“I never asked you to earn me. I want only that you should need me. Your path is not one of merit. Bring the recurring desires of your mind to me, every time they emerge. They cannot shock me, for I willed them! Bring me your confusion, your fear, your craving, your anxiety, your inability to love the world, your hesitation to serve, your jealousy, all the deficiencies that defy your spiritual disciplines.”
– Sri Sathya Sai Baba

“I may have looked happy but inside I was hopelessly depressed.”
– Stephen Fry

“Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.”
– Steven Wright

“Depression is melancholy minus its charms – the animation, the fits.”
– Susan Sontag

“It gets harder as times go by, because memory is the first casualty of manic depression. When I’m manic, all I remember is the moment. When I’m depressed, all I remember is the pain. The surrounding details are lost to me.”
– Terry Cheney

“Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.’
– Thomas Jefferson 

“Depression is about anger, it is about anxiety, it is about character and heredity. But it is also about something that is in its way quite unique. It is the illness of identity, it is the illness of those who do not know where they fit, who lose faith in the myths they have so painstakingly created for themselves.”
– Tim Lott

“Just like other illnesses, depression can be treated so that people can live happy, active lives.”
– Tom Bosley

“Many people think that depression is something you just have to live with when you get older, but it’s not.”
– Tom Bosley

Just like other illnesses, depression can be treated so that people can live happy, active lives.”
– Tom Bosley

“Many people think that depression is something you just have to live with when you get older, but it’s not.”
– Tom Bosley

“I’m tired of pretending that everything’s fine just so I can please everyone else.”
– Tracy

“Death is God’s way of saying you’re fired. Suicide is humans way of saying you can’t fire me, I quit.”
– Unknown

“Do not fear the winds of adversity. Remember – A kite rises against the wind rather than with it.” 
– Unknown

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