Top 1200 Overcoming Depression Quotes & Sayings - Page 14

They talk about the economy this year. Hey, my hairline is in recession, my waistline is in inflation. Altogether, I'm in a depression.

Just saying no prevents teenage pregnancy the way 'Have a nice day' cures chronic depression.

It's natural to think that living things must be the handiwork of a designer. But it was also natural to think that the sun went around the earth. Overcoming naive impressions to figure out how things really work is one of humanity's highest callings.

One of things so bad about depression and bipolar disorder is that if you don't have prior awareness, you don't have any idea what hit you.

Sometimes, I get so consumed by depression that it is hard to believe that the whole world doesn't stop and suffer with me.

No one should think he can quickly dispose of questions posed here offhandedly. It was precisely because writers were in the habit during the time of the Reformation of theologizing with a hammer that the split in the Church became irreparable. And to work at overcoming this split means much effort. Only the patient need apply.

Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself.

Rastafarianism and reggae music have always kind of resonated with me. Those ideas of redemption, liberation and overcoming oppression through music, weed and community. Fighting evil through love and music, I think it's just a really powerful idea.

I think people who suffer from depression, unless it's post-traumatic, are probably going to struggle with it for their whole life.

The true opposite of depression is not gaiety or absence of pain, but vitality: the freedom to experience spontaneous feelings.

In the case of Bosnia, studies showed that turning to religion was a consequence of post-war depression and dissatisfaction.

We're all products of our environment, and I suspect that strength of will - the feeling, "I'm going to be able to do whatever you put in front of me" - is honed in an environment where not everything is easy. Ironically, growing up in that environment, you don't have a sense of aggrievement or entitlement. You just have a sense of overcoming.

Depression does tremendous damage. Use every ploy you can think of to bring yourself to joy.

When I was born, the economy wasn't in a great state; it was the Depression, and my father had to be quick to try and find work.

I hated being depressed, but it was also in depression that I learned my own acreage, the full extent of my soul.

We have the worst revival of an economy since the Great Depression. And believe me: We're in a bubble right now.

When you're on the verge of depression, a good leveller is to put one foot in front of the other and do some manual labour.

Depression is an illness. It is not a ticket to genius. It is not an interesting personality quirk. It is horrible and all-consuming and really hurts.

These disorders - schizophrenia, Alzheimer's, depression, addiction - they not only steal our time to live, they change who we are.

I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety several years ago, so it's something I've been battling most of my life.

I would never post something making fun of depression or mental health, or picking at people.

Mandy' came from grief and depression. I wanted this to be an outward volcanic expulsion of the emotion of my first film.

The evil influence of Satan would destroy any hope we have in overcoming our mistakes. ... In contrast, Jesus reaches down to us to lift us up. Through our repentance and the gift of the Atonement, we can prepare to be worthy to stand in His presence.

Corruption is a major cause of poverty as well as a barrier to overcoming it. The two scourges feed off each other, locking their populations in a cycle of misery. Corruption must be vigorously addressed if aid is to make a real difference in freeing people from poverty.

When you start in life, if you find you are wrongly placed, don't hesitate to change, but don't change because troubles come up and difficulties arise. You must meet and overcome and conquer them. And in meeting and overcoming and conquering them, you will make yourself stronger for the future.

Remember that nearly all extraordinary accomplishments began by overcoming a series of challenges that discourage and tempt us to quit, before we succeed. Those that maintain faith, stay committed, follow through and keep moving forward are the few that achieve everything they want in life. Be one of the few.

Living faith is above circumstances; no delays can discourage it, no loss of friends or depression in trade can touch it.

The greatest generation was formed first by the Great Depression. They shared everything - meals, jobs, clothing.

I came close to depression, but when I started to feel I could really lose myself, I somehow escaped it.

I have fought my own battle with depression, and it was important for me to bring a little awareness about it for others.

The downturn following the collapse of Japan's so-called bubble economy of the 1980s was not as severe as the Great Depression.

Only where there is disillusionment and depression and sorrow does happiness arise; without the despair of loss, there is no hope.

The insane pursuit of the holy grail of a balanced budget in the end is going to drive the economy into a depression.

I imagine there's a market for total depression. I grew up on George Jones and that really dark stuff.

I am obsessed with the Great Depression and with former showgirls - and the Victorians - the idea of wistful, dark romance.

If you're fighting moodiness and depression you don't want to hang around a bunch of other moody and depressed people.

Depression is a serious thing and, after my defeat to Pacquiao, I was facing retirement and didn't cope with it very well.

To be able to hear our own feelings and needs and to empathize with them can free us from depression.

It's almost worth the Great Depression to learn how little our big men know.

For some reason I am one of those people who act like they were born and raised during the Depression.

September and October of 2008 was the worst financial crisis in global history, including the Great Depression.

We need comprehensive immigration reform so that we're not creating this cycle of poverty and depression and everything that comes with separating a family.

During the desperate depression of the 1980s, there were no oil and gas companies without net operating losses.

Genuine forgiveness is participation, reunion overcoming the powers of estrangement. . . We cannot love unless we have accepted forgiveness, and the deeper our experience of forgiveness is, the greater is our love.

When you stand and overcome a significant setback, you'll find an increasing inner confidence and self-assurance that has been created by conquering defeat. Absorbing and overcoming this kind of punishment engenders a sober, steely toughness that results in a hardened sense of independence and a personal belief that you can take on anything, survive and win.

Fairytales work on two levels. On a conscious level, they are stories of true love and triumph and overcoming difficult odds and so are pleasurable to read. But they work on a deeper and symbolic level in that they play out our universal psychological dramas and hidden desires and fears.

Philip Martin has written a wise, compassionate, and nurturing guide through the self-oppression of depression.

I do not know what horrified me most [during the depression]: the economic misery of my companions [or] their moral and ethical coarseness.

A lot of people have so many issues like depression, obesity or chronic illness that has to do with gut health.

Ten cures for depression are to go out and do something for someone else and repeat it nine times.

Even in the worst depression, 25% of businesses are booming - in your industry find out what they’re doing and do it.

Clinically speaking, depression is a pessimistic sense of your own capabilities, and despondent lack of energy.

Just like other illnesses, depression can be treated so that people can live happy, active lives.

There are no windows within the dark house of depression through which to see others, only mirrors.

The depression brought everybody down a peg or two. And the Negroes had but few pegs to fall.

The U.S. Olympic spirit award is an award that is given to an athlete who embodies the Olympic spirit in more ways than just on the playing field, in showing incredible perseverance, in overcoming obstacles, and what we wanted to do is have everybody can vote on-line.

Poverty entails fear and stress and sometimes depression. It means a thousand petty humiliations and hardships.

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

Years of depression have robbed me of that—well, that give, that elasticity that everyone else calls perspective.

I've had some dark nights of the soul, of course, but giving in to depression would be a sellout, a defeat.