Depression Inspirational Quotes:

Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it.

- Fyodor Dostoevsky

topic: Positive, Happiness, Happy, Secret To Happiness, Being Depressed

Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.

- Napoleon Hill

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Perseverance, Depression Inspirational, Determination And Success

If you're going through hell, keep going.

- Winston Churchill

topic: Positive, Hell, Keep Going, Way In Life, Pushing On

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

- Wayne Dyer

source: FaceBook post by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer from Jul 12, 2010

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Choose Wisely, Get Over Yourself

Depression is a prison where you are both the suffering prisoner and the cruel jailer.

- Dorothy Rowe

source: Dorothy Rowe (2003). “Depression: The Way Out of Your Prison”, p.1, Psychology Press

topic: Depression, Suffering, Prison, Jailer, Being Depressed

When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.

- Alexander Graham Bell

topic: Love, Inspirational, Life, Life Wisdom, Job Opportunities

Don't let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.

- Richard L. Evans

source: "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Inspirational Confidence, Depression Inspirational

Once you choose hope, anything's possible

- Christopher Reeve

topic: Inspirational, Positive, Hope, Hope And Faith, Inspirational Cancer

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

- Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

topic: Change, Grief, Learning, Way In Life, Empowering Women

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

- Albert Einstein

topic: Inspirational, Positive, Leadership, Incomplete Knowledge, Fine Arts

All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming.

- Helen Keller

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Courage, Soul Healing, Godlike

Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.

- Dale Carnegie

source: Dale Carnegie (2017). “How to enjoy your life and your job”, p.95, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

topic: Inspirational, Positive, Happiness, Others Happiness, Depression Inspirational

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.

- Helen Keller

source: Helen Keller (1957). “The Open Door”, Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday

topic: Inspirational, Life, Strength, Good Character, Soul Force

Man only likes to count his troubles, but he does not count his joys.

- Fyodor Dostoevsky

topic: Gratitude, Men, Joy, Just Be Happy, Secret To Happiness

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.

- Harry Emerson Fosdick

topic: Inspirational, Games, Interesting, Inspiring Self Esteem, Self Pity

It may be that some little root of the sacred tree still lives. Nourish it then, that it may leaf and bloom and fill with singing birds.

- Black Elk

topic: Depression, Roots, Bird, Depression Inspirational, Native American Proverbs

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

- Matt Lucas

source: "This much I know". Interview with Stuart Husband, www.theguardian.com. June 27, 2009.

topic: Depression, Enemy, Want, Inactivity, Overcoming Depression

Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

- Francis of Assisi

source: President Gellhaus’ Speech, annualmeeting.acog.org. 2016.

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Take Nothing For Granted, Inspirational Achievement

Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

- Helen Keller

source: Helen Keller (2000). “To Love this Life: Quotations”, p.25, American Foundation for the Blind

topic: Doors, Long, Looks, Daily Work, Always Happy

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

- Joyce Meyer

source: Twitter post from Feb 22, 2013

topic: Depression, Uplifting, Attitude, Overcoming Depression, Depressed People

The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man without trials.

- Confucius

topic: Inspirational, Men, Trials, Inspirational Achievement, Inspirational Adversity

Perhaps then, some day far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer.

- Rainer Maria Rilke

topic: Patience, Answers, Way, Patience Love, Depressed People

People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.

- Zig Ziglar

topic: Inspirational, Funny, Life, Young Entrepreneurs, Make People Feel Better

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

- Confucius

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Best Success, Marathon Runners

Never react emotionally to criticism. Analyze yourself to determine whether it is justified. If it is, correct yourself. Otherwise, go on about your business.

- Norman Vincent Peale

source: Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (2007). “The Positive Principle Today”, p.153, Simon and Schuster

topic: Emotional, Criticism, Goes On, Overcoming Depression, Depression Inspirational

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

topic: Life, Happiness, Sad, Sorrow And Happiness, Sorrow Love

There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in.

- Leonard Cohen

source: Song: Anthem

topic: Life, Motivational, Inspiring, Hope And Faith, Darkness To Light

I can't run no more with that lawless crowd while the killers in high places say their prayers out loud. But they've summoned, they've summoned up a thundercloud and they're going to hear from me. Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack in everything That's how the light gets in.

- Leonard Cohen

source: Song: Anthem

topic: Running, Prayer, Light, Light Up, Depression Inspirational

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.

- Nhat Hanh

topic: Inspirational, Positive, Happiness, Joy Of Living, Joy To The World

Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world.

- George Bernard Shaw

topic: Inspirational, Life, Gratitude, Good Character, Integrity Character

What the caterpillar calls the end of the world the master calls a butterfly.

- Richard Bach

topic: Inspirational, Change, Inspiring, Someone Dying, Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world.

- C. S. Lewis

topic: Depression, God, Encouragement, Pain And Pleasure, Joy And Pain

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

- John Wooden

source: "This Speech Was Given Before The #4Women4AllWomen Run" by Powdered Feet, womensrunning.competitor.com. January 25, 2017.

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Favorite Sports, Inspiration And Motivation

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

- Eleanor Roosevelt

source: Quoted in Vidette-Messenger (Valparaiso, Ind.), 7 June 1941 See Channing 1

topic: Inspirational, Happiness, Leadership, Empowering Women, Improve Self Esteem

Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression.

- Dodie Smith

source: I Capture the Castle (1949) pt. 1, ch. 3

topic: Love, Inspirational, Motivational, Being Depressed, Overcoming Depression

In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.

- Albert Camus

source: "The Unquiet Vision : Mirrors of Man in Existentialism" by Nathan A. Scott, (p. 116), 1969.

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Solstice, Invincibility

Depression is the inability to construct a future.

- Rollo May

source: "Love and Will". Book by Rollo May, ch. 9, 1969.

topic: Sad, Depression, Depressing, Being Depressed, Overcoming Depression