53 Depression Quotes to Help Get You Through It (COURAGE)

Top 11 Most Positive Quotes About Depression (DEEP)

“I wish people could understand that the brain is the most important organ of our body. Just because you can’t see mental illness like you could see a broken bone, doesn’t mean it’s not as detrimental or devastating to a family or an individual.”
Demi Lovato

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

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 — 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

“I think the saddest people always try their hardest to make people happy. Because they know what it’s like to feel absolutely worthless and they don’t want anybody else to feel like that.”
Robin Williams

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

The worst kind of sad is not being able to explain why.

The world breaks everyone, and afterward many are strong at the broken places. – Ernest Hemingway — The world breaks everyone, and afterward many are strong at the broken places. – **Ernest Hemingway**

“If you’ve been up all night and cried till you have no more tears left in you – you will know that there comes in the end a sort of quietness. You feel as if nothing is ever going to happen again.”
C.S. Lewis

It’s so difficult to describe depression to someone who’s never been there because it’s not sadness. - J.K. Rowling — It’s so difficult to describe depression to someone who’s never been there because it’s not sadness. – **J.K. Rowling**

We hide to try our feelings, but we forget that our eyes speak.

People cry, not because they’re weak. It’s because they’ve been strong too long. – Johnny Depp — People cry, not because they’re weak. It’s because they’ve been strong too long. – **Johnny Depp**

16 Inspirational Quotes to Help You Overcome Depression

“You are the one thing in this world, above all other things, that you must never give up on… Asking for help is the first step. You are more precious to this world than you’ll ever know.”
Lili Reinhart

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 — 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

That is all I want in life for this pain to seem purposeful. ― Elizabeth Wurtzel — That is all I want in **life**: for this pain to seem **purposeful**. ― Elizabeth Wurtzel

Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it. – Helen Keller — Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it. – **Helen Keller**

Do not brood over your past mistakes and failures as this will only fill your mind with grief, regret and depression. Do not repeat them in the future. - Swami Sivananda — Do not brood over your past mistakes and **failures** as this will only fill your mind with **grief**, **regret** and depression. Do not repeat them in the **future**. – Swami Sivananda

No matter how tall the mountain is, it cannot block the sun. – Chinese Proverb — No matter how tall the mountain is, it cannot block the sun. – **Chinese Proverb**

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

You have to die a few times before you can really live. – Charles Bukowski — You have to die a few times before you can really live. – **Charles Bukowski**

“It’s my mission to share this with the world and to let them know that there is life on the other side of those dark times that seem so hopeless and helpless. I want to show the world that there is life—surprising, wonderful and unexpected life after diagnosis.”
Demi Lovato

I found that with depression, one of the most important things you could realize is that you're not alone. - Dwayne Johnson — I found that with depression, one of the most important things you could realize is that you’re not alone. – **Dwayne Johnson**

Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. – Paulo Coelho — Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. – **Paulo Coelho**

Never give up on someone with a mental illness. When 'I’ is replaced by 'we,' illness becomes wellness. – Shannon L. Alder — Never give up on someone with a mental illness. When ‘I’ is replaced by ‘we,’ illness becomes wellness. – **Shannon L. Alder**

When it is darkest, we can see the stars. – Ralph Waldo Emerson — When it is darkest, we can see the stars. – **Ralph Waldo Emerson**

Life is way too short to spend it at war with yourself.

The bravest thing I ever did was continuing my life when I wanted to die. – Juliette Lewis — The **bravest** thing I ever did was continuing my life when I wanted to die. – Juliette Lewis

You give the world such a great gift by being alive. Your time to leave this world will one day come, don’t cut life short. — You give the world such a great **gift** by being alive. Your **time** to leave this world will one day come, don’t cut life short.

12 Deep Quotes to Help You Understand What Depression Is (RELATE)

“I didn’t want to wake up. I was having a much better time asleep. And that’s really sad. It was almost like a reverse nightmare, like when you wake up from a nightmare you’re so relieved. I woke up into a nightmare.”
Ned Vizzini

There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds. – Laurell K. Hamilton

“People think depression is sadness. That it’s crying and dressing in black, but people are wrong. Depression is the constant feeling of being numb. It’s being numb to emotions, being numb to life. You wake up in the morning just to go back to bed again.”

She’s battling things her smile will never tell you about. – Jonny Ox

I withdraw from people and places from time to time, a world that is filled with millions of mouths that talks too much but never have anything to say. – Kaitlin Foster

“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

Keeping a lot to myself, because it is hard to find someone who understands.

I don’t hate people. I just feel better when they aren’t around. – Charles Bukowski — I don’t hate people. I just feel better when they aren’t around. – **Charles Bukowski**

“People who have never dealt with depression think it’s just being sad or being in a bad mood. That’s not what depression is for me; it’s falling into a state of grayness and numbness.”
Dan Reynolds

Sometimes, all you can do is lie in bed, and hope to fall asleep before you fall apart. – William C. Hannan

A big part of depression is feeling really lonely, even if you're in a room full of a million people. — Lilly Singh — A big part of depression is feeling really lonely, even if you’re in a room full of a million people. — Lilly Singh

She wasn’t sad anymore, she was numb, and she knew somehow numb was worse. – Atticus

14 Wise Quotes about Depression that will Make You Think

“Try to understand the blackness, lethargy, hopelessness, and loneliness they’re going through. Be there for them when they come through the other side. It’s hard to be a friend to someone who’s depressed, but it is one of the kindest, noblest, and best things you will ever do.”
Stephen Fry

If you know someone who’s depressed, please resolve never to ask them why. Depression isn’t a straightforward response to a bad situation; depression just is, like the weather. - Stephen Fry — If you know someone who’s depressed, please resolve never to ask them why. Depression isn’t a straightforward response to a bad situation; depression just is, like the weather. – Stephen Fry

What we don’t need in the midst of struggle is shame for being human. – Brene Brown — What we don’t need in the midst of struggle is shame for being human. – **Brene Brown**

Depression doesn't take away your talents—it just makes them harder to find. - Lady Gaga — Depression doesn’t take away your **talents**—it just makes them harder to find. – **Lady Gaga**

Do not be numb. If you wish to heal your wounds; first learn to feel where they are. – A. Daniel — Do not be numb. If you wish to **heal** your wounds; first learn to feel where they are. – A. Daniel

Depression isn't a war you win. It's a battle you fight every day. - Shaun David Hutchinson — Depression isn’t a war you win. It’s a battle you fight every day. – Shaun David Hutchinson

“It is okay to have depression, it is okay to have anxiety, and it is okay to have an adjustment disorder. We need to improve the conversation. We all have mental health in the same way we all have physical health.”
Prince Harry