motivational quotes for depression

Do not mention to anyone that you are under depression. Most people will say there is nothing to worry and that you are just stressed, and all the others cannot do a thing about it.

"If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today." —E. Joseph Cossman

"Fall seven times, stand up eight." —Japanese proverb

“God does not give us overcoming life—He gives us life as we overcome.” —Oswald Chambers

"The harder you fall, the higher you bounce." —Unknown author

Quotes on Mental Health 

Do what makes you happy. If you like going outdoors, painting, cooking, reading or whatever it may be, do it. Do NOT read up on depression and other people’s stories.

“I think that little by little I'll be able to solve my problems and survive.” —Frida Kahlo

"Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting." —Napoleon Hill

"The key is not the will to win . . . everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important." —Bobby Knight

"A champion needs a motivation above and beyond winning." —Pat Riley

Self-Confidence Quotes

Do some selfless service or engage in an emotionally fulfilling social or spiritual cause.

"I love the winning, I can take the losing, but most of all I Love to play.” —Boris Becker

"It’s not whether you win or lose, it’s how you play the game." —Grantland Rice

“Just when the caterpillar thought the world was ending, he turned into a butterfly.”— Anonymous proverb

“If you can’t fly, run. If you can’t run, walk. If you can’t walk, crawl, but by all means, keep moving.” —Martin Luther King, Jr.

Quotes on Anxiety

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

"Do just once what others say you can't do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again." —James R. Cook

"Don't let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was." —Richard L. Evans

"It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly." —Isaac Asimov

"What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?" —Robert Schuller

Inspirational & Motivational quotes

Do not talk to those who drain you out emotionally. Reduce phone calls and pointless conversations.

"A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials." —Chinese proverb

"Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible." —St. Francis of Assisi

“You don’t have to control your thoughts. You just have to stop letting them control you.”  — Dan Millman

Depression Quotes & Sayings

"Depression, suffering and anger are all part of being human." —Janet Fitch

"At times, I feel overwhelmed and my depression leads me into darkness." —Dorothy Hamill

"We can alleviate physical pain, but mental pain - grief, despair, depression, dementia—is less accessible to treatment. It's connected to who we are—our personality, our character, our soul, if you like." —Richard Eyre

"It's often difficult for those who are lucky enough to have never experienced what true depression is to imagine a life of complete hopelessness, emptiness and fear." —Susan Polis Schutz

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

“I am bent, but not broken. I am scarred, but not disfigured. I am sad, but not hopeless. I am tired, but not powerless. I am angry, but not bitter. I am depressed, but not giving up.” — Unknown

“Promise me you’ll always remember: you’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” — Christopher Robin from Winnie the Pooh

“If you’re going through hell, keep going.” — Winston Churchill

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“Change what you can, manage what you can’t.” — Raymond McCauley

“Mental health affects every aspect of your life. It’s not just this neat little issue you can put into a box.” — Shannon Purser

“Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.” — Nido Qubein

“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

“There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.” ― Laurell K. Hamilton, Mistral’s Kiss

“If you are broken, you do not have to stay broken.” — Selena Gomez 

“Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves” ― Henry David Thoreau

“There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t.” — John Green

“Mental illness is so much more complicated than any pill that any mortal could invent.” – Elizabeth Wintzel

“Depression, suffering and anger are all part of being human.” – Janet Fitch

“I understand your pain. Trust me, I do. I’ve seen people go from the darkest moments in their lives to living a happy, fulfilling life. You can do it too. I believe in you. You are not a burden. You will never be a burden.” — Sophie Turner

“Mental health problems don’t define who you are. They are something you experience. You walk in the rain and you feel the rain, but you are not the rain.” — Matt Haig

“Depression is being colorblind and constantly told how colorful the world is.” — Atticus, Love Her Wild

“It is very hard to explain to people who have never known serious depression or anxiety the sheer continuous intensity of it. There is no off switch.” – Matt Haig

“Depression, for me, has been a couple of different things – but the first time I felt it, I felt helpless, hopeless, and things I had never felt before. I lost myself and my will to live.” — Ginger Zee

“I am bent, but not broken. I am scarred, but not disfigured. I am sad, but not hopeless. I am tired, but not powerless. I am angry, but not bitter. I am depressed, but not giving up.” — Anonymous

“I’ll never forget how the depression and loneliness felt good and bad at the same time. Still does.”― Henry Rollins, The Portable Henry Rollins

“I have depression. But I prefer to say, ‘I battle’ depression instead of ‘I suffer’ with it. Because depression hits, but I hit back. Battle on.” — Anonymous