Depression Quotes and Messages

Depression is a common and debilitating mental health condition that can make it difficult to function in everyday life. If you or someone you know is struggling with depression, these inspirational quotes can help to fuel your hope and resilience.

Recovery is not a competition.

Recovery is not a competition.

The only thing more exhausting than being depressed is pretending that you’re not.

The only thing more exhausting than being depressed is pretending that you’re not.

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

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

Depression is melancholy minus its charms.

Depression is melancholy minus its charms.

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

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

Today’s hot pain is tomorrow’s cold wisdom.

Today’s hot pain is tomorrow’s cold wisdom.

You can’t stop the future. You can’t rewind the past.

You can’t stop the future. You can’t rewind the past.

You have to take responsibility for your own happiness.

You have to take responsibility for your own happiness.

Real change requires a desire to change.

Real change requires a desire to change.

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

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

The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.

The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.

Love your future more than your past.

Love your future more than your past.

If there is no struggle, there is no progress.

If there is no struggle, there is no progress.

When you don’t know what you need, you want everything.

When you don’t know what you need, you want everything.

Just because you don’t understand it doesn’t mean it isn’t so.

Just because you don’t understand it doesn’t mean it isn’t so.

The act of releasing your shame is – in itself – healing.

The act of releasing your shame is – in itself – healing.

Don’t let your struggle become your identity.

Don’t let your struggle become your identity.

The only journey is the journey within.

The only journey is the journey within.

All of our miseries are nothing but attachment.

All of our miseries are nothing but attachment.

Your illness is not your identity. Your chemistry is not your character.

Your illness is not your identity. Your chemistry is not your character.

Do not stumble on something behind you.

Do not stumble on something behind you.

To heal a wound you must stop scratching it.

To heal a wound you must stop scratching it.

Never give up. Have hope. Expect only the best from life and take action to get it.

Never give up. Have hope. Expect only the best from life and take action to get it.

Frustrations come because we impose our illusions on reality.

Frustrations come because we impose our illusions on reality.

The difference between hope and despair is the ability to believe in tomorrow.

The difference between hope and despair is the ability to believe in tomorrow.

The shadows are as important as the light.

The shadows are as important as the light.

The wound is the place where the Light enters you.

The wound is the place where the Light enters you.

I mustn’t run away.

I mustn’t run away.

I got a monster within . . . my own self!

I got a monster within . . . my own self!

Depression is a kind of constricted consciousness.”

Depression is a kind of constricted consciousness.”

There’s nothing weak about struggling with mental illness.

There’s nothing weak about struggling with mental illness.

The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one.

The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one.

I don’t feel very much like Pooh today.

I don’t feel very much like Pooh today.

There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t.

There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t.

I need one of those long hugs where you kinda forget whatever else is happening around you for a minute.

I need one of those long hugs where you kinda forget whatever else is happening around you for a minute.

Some people are silently struggling with burdens that would break our backs.

Some people are silently struggling with burdens that would break our backs.

It ain’t our choice to be sad, But it’s our duty to not let depression bite into us

It ain’t our choice to be sad, But it’s our duty to not let depression bite into us

Keep searching for the colors when everything turns gray.

Keep searching for the colors when everything turns gray.

Life begins on the other side of despair.

Life begins on the other side of despair.

Living in the past will make you feel depressed.

Living in the past will make you feel depressed.

Real change will come about not as a result of prayer, but of using intelligence and taking action.

Real change will come about not as a result of prayer, but of using intelligence and taking action.

Depression is melancholy minus its charms – the animation, the fits.

Depression is melancholy minus its charms – the animation, the fits.

With depression, one of the most important things you could realize is that you’re not alone.

With depression, one of the most important things you could realize is that you’re not alone.

Depression is being colorblind and constantly told how colorful the world is.

Depression is being colorblind and constantly told how colorful the world is.

Man is sometimes extraordinarily, passionately, in love with suffering.

Man is sometimes extraordinarily, passionately, in love with suffering.

Depression isn’t a war you win. It’s a battle you fight every day.

Depression isn’t a war you win. It’s a battle you fight every day.

Depressed means you need deep rest from the character you’ve been playing in the world.

Depressed means you need deep rest from the character you’ve been playing in the world.

Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.

Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.

Step out of the history that is holding you back. Step into the new story you are willing to create.

Step out of the history that is holding you back. Step into the new story you are willing to create.

You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.

You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.

Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Do not become bitter or hostile. Be hopeful, be optimistic.

Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Do not become bitter or hostile. Be hopeful, be optimistic.

Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.

Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.

Make peace with your past so it won’t destroy your present.

Make peace with your past so it won’t destroy your present.

What people never understand is that depression isn’t about the outside; it’s about the inside.

What people never understand is that depression isn’t about the outside; it’s about the inside.

The scientific evidence is clear that exercise significantly reduces depression and anxiety.

The scientific evidence is clear that exercise significantly reduces depression and anxiety.

Feeling your feelings will not lead to depression.

Feeling your feelings will not lead to depression.

Therapy gives you another perspective when you are so lost in your own spiral, it helps.

Therapy gives you another perspective when you are so lost in your own spiral, it helps.

Some people suffer in silence, pain in the hearts but smiles on their faces.

Some people suffer in silence, pain in the hearts but smiles on their faces.