Find comfort and inspiration in our collection of depression quotes. Powerful words from remarkable figures offer hope and understanding to those struggling with mental health.
Depression Quotes
Here are 70+ depression quotes that will help you overcome loneliness or anxiety.
“Depression is like a bruise that never goes away. A bruise in your mind.”
Jeffrey Eugenides
“Depression is being colorblind and constantly told how colourful the world is.”
Atticus
“Depression is a prison where you are both the suffering prisoner and the cruel jailer.”
Dorothy Rowe
“I don’t know what to do with all this sadness inside me. Sometimes it feels like it’s going to burst out of my chest.”
Unknown
Depression Quotes
“Depression is the most unpleasant thing I have ever experienced. . . . It is that absence of being able to envisage that you will ever be cheerful again. The absence of hope. That very deadened feeling, which is so very different from feeling sad.”
J.K. Rowling
“Depression is the flaw in love. To be creatures who love, we must be creatures who can despair at what we lose, and depression is the mechanism of that despair.”
Andrew Solomon
“The only way to escape the darkness is to follow the light within you.”
Unknown
“When you’re surrounded by darkness, even a tiny flicker of light can guide you home.”
Christy Ann Martine
“In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.”
Albert Einstein
“The only thing more exhausting than having depression is pretending like you don’t.”
Unknown
“Depression is like drowning, except you can see everyone around you breathing.”
Unknown
“Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.”
Will Rogers
“Depression is being stuck inside your own mind, and wanting to escape, but not knowing how.”
Unknown
“The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.”
John Green
“I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.”
Jimmy Dean
“Depression is not a sign of weakness, it is a sign that you have been trying to be strong for too long.”
Unknown
Depression Quotes
“In the depths of winter, I finally learned that there was within me an invincible summer.”
Albert Camus
“Depression is the inability to construct a future.”
Rollo May
“We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.”
Carlos Castaneda
“Depression is a prison where you are both the suffering prisoner and the cruel jailer.”
Dorothy Rowe
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
Nelson Mandela
“Depression is the most unpleasant thing I have ever experienced. . . . It is that absence of being able to envisage that you will ever be cheerful again. The absence of hope. That very deadened feeling, which is so very different from feeling sad.”
J.K. Rowling
Depression Quotes
“We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they’re called memories. Some take us forward, they’re called dreams.”
Jeremy Irons
“Depression is like a war. You either win or you die trying.”
Unknown
“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.”
Buddha
“Depression is a prison where you are both the suffering prisoner and the cruel jailer.”
Dorothy Rowe
“Sometimes the people around you won’t understand your journey. They don’t need to, it’s not for them.”
Joubert Botha
“The only way out of the darkness is to step forward into the light.”
Unknown
Depression Quotes
“Depression is like a bruise that never goes away. A bruise in your mind.”
Jeffrey Eugenides
“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.”
Maya Angelou
“The sun himself is weak when he first rises and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on.”
Charles Dickens
“Depression is not a weakness, it’s a sign of being strong for too long.”
Unknown
“It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.”
Aristotle Onassis
“Depression is a prison where you are both the suffering prisoner and the cruel jailer.”
Dorothy Rowe
“You don’t have to control your thoughts. You just have to stop letting them control you.”
Dan Millman
Depression Quotes
“You are not your illness. You have an individual story to tell. You have a name, a history, and a personality. Staying yourself is part of the battle.”
Julian Seifter
“Depression is being colorblind and constantly told how colourful the world is.”
Atticus
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
Nelson Mandela
“The only thing more exhausting than having depression is pretending like you don’t.”
Unknown
“Depression is the inability to construct a future.”
Rollo May
“The only way to escape the darkness is to follow the light within you.”
Unknown
Depression Quotes
“The best way to predict your future is to create it.”
Abraham Lincoln
“Depression is the most unpleasant thing I have ever experienced. . . . It is that absence of being able to envisage that you will ever be cheerful again. The absence of hope. That very deadened feeling, which is so very different from feeling sad.”
J.K. Rowling
“I’m not telling you it’s going to be easy. I’m telling you it’s going to be worth it.”
Art Williams
“Depression is a prison where you are both the suffering prisoner and the cruel jailer.”
Dorothy Rowe
“The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.”
John Green
“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.”
Robert Frost
“Depression is not a weakness, it’s a sign of being strong for too long.”
Unknown
Depression Quotes
“When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.”
Haruki Murakami
“Depression is being in a room full of people but feeling completely alone.”
Unknown
“You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.”
Rumi
“Depression is a prison where you are both the suffering prisoner and the cruel jailer.”
Dorothy Rowe
“The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.”
Leo Tolstoy
“It is okay to feel unstable. It is okay to disassociate. It is okay to hide from the world. It is okay to need help. It is okay not to be okay. Your mental illness is not a personal failure.”
Unknown
“Depression is not a sign of weakness, it is a sign that you have been strong for too long.”
Unknown
“We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.”
Albert Einstein
Depression Quotes
“Depression is the feeling of being disconnected from the world, of being unable to connect with others or find meaning in anything.”
Unknown
“Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it.”
Charles R. Swindoll
“Depression is like a bruise that never goes away. A bruise in your mind. You just got to be careful not to touch it where it hurts. It’s always there, though.”
Jeffrey Eugenides
“It’s not selfish to love yourself, take care of yourself, and make your happiness a priority. It’s necessary.”
Mandy Hale
“Depression is the inability to see beyond one’s own pain and circumstances.”
Unknown
“You are not your illness. You have an individual story to tell. You have a name, a history, a personality. Staying yourself is part of the battle.”
Julian Seifter
Depression Quotes
“The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.”
Ben Okri
“Depression is not a sign of weakness, it’s a sign that you have been trying to be strong for too long.”
Unknown
“The struggle you’re in today is developing the strength you need for tomorrow. Don’t give up.”
Robert Tew
“Depression is like a war. You either win or you die trying.”
Unknown
“Your illness does not define you. Your strength and courage do.”
Unknown
“Depression is not a sign of weakness, it’s a sign that you have been strong for too long.”
Unknown
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
Nelson Mandela
Depression Quotes
“Depression is a prison where you are both the suffering prisoner and the cruel jailer.”
Dorothy Rowe
“The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.”
Steve Jobs
“Depression is like drowning, except you can see everyone around you breathing.”
Unknown
“The only way to get through life is to laugh your way through it. You either have to laugh or cry. I prefer to laugh. Crying gives me a headache.”
Marjorie Pay Hinckley
Depression Quotes
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