Depression Quotes (134)
Quotes and citations about depression
For some reason I am one of those people who act like they were born and raised during the Depression.
By : Kirstie Alley
I've had this problem since I was in my 20s. They don't call it manic depression anymore. They call it a bipolar disorder, and I'm a Type 2.
By : Ned Beatty
The concept of the "good ol' days" must be one of our society's biggest delusions, top reasons for depression, as well as most often used excuse for lack of success.
By : Bo Bennett
Compared to America or Europe, God isn't a big part of our lives here. I don't know anyone here who goes to church when he's had a rough divorce or is going through depression. We go out into nature instead.
By : Bjork
To act wisely when the time for action comes, to wait patiently when it is time for repose, put man in accord with the tides. Ignorance of this law results in periods of unreasoning enthusiasm on the one hand, and depression on the other.
By : Helena Petrova Blavatsky
Even as fog continues to lie in the valleys, so does ancient sin cling to the low places, the depressions in the world consciousness.
By : Dewitt Bodeen
Just like other illnesses, depression can be treated so that people can live happy, active lives.
By : Tom Bosley
Many people think that depression is something you just have to live with when you get older, but it's not.
By : Tom Bosley
I want to help people with depression understand that there is hope, so that they can get the help they need to live rich, fulfilling lives.
By : Tom Bosley
We have had a great depression in agriculture, caused mainly by several seasons of bad harvests, and some of our traders have suffered much from a too rapid extension in prosperous years.
By : John Bright
Depression can seem worse than terminal cancer, because most cancer patients feel loved and they have hope and self-esteem.
By : David D. Burns
Men and women whose early youth was shaped in the ordeal of the Great Depression showed the values formed in that crucible when tyranny threatened a world.
By : Steve Buyer
From a generation that came of age during the Great Depression, millions of our country's best and bravest took up arms in a worldwide struggle against tyranny.
By : Steve Buyer
Joining another big time rock band was the last thing I was looking for, but as the tour went on, I really dug playing to a lot of people, the band sounded great, and just being out there again, got me over my depression and so I decided to hop on board.
By : Matt Cameron
After the Great Depression and after public urging, a nationwide public competition was held to determine a design for a memorial that would honor President Thomas Jefferson's bold vision for westward expansion for America.
By : Russ Carnahan
Then, when the Depression came, all of this changed completely. Since that time, the entire public is of a very different sort and there was not so much support for contemporary music in a direct way.
By : Elliott Carter
The panic of the Depression loosened my inhibitions against being different. I could be myself.
By : Emanuel Celler
Postpartum depression is a very real and very serious problem for many mothers. It can happen to a first time mom or a veteran mother. It can occur a few days... or a few months after childbirth.
By : Richard J. Codey
The term clinical depression finds its way into too many conversations these days. One has a sense that a catastrophe has occurred in the psychic landscape.
By : Leonard Cohen
Recovering from the suicide of a loved one, you need all the help you can get, so I very much recommend a meditation program. The whole picture of how to recover from this has to do with body, mind, and spirit. That's applicable to any kind of depression.
By : Judy Collins
If I had not been already been meditating, I would certainly have had to start. I've treated my own depression for many years with exercise and meditation, and I've found that to be a tremendous help.
By : Judy Collins
I used to be good friends with my depression, saying oh I'm so depressed, or life is terrible.
By : Tony Curtis
My dad came out of the Roosevelt era and the Depression. One person and one party made a difference in his life. That's what everybody forgot when they called my father and other people political bosses.
By : Richard M. Daley
They really do a disservice because these men and women came out of the Depression, they came out of the war.
By : Richard M. Daley
A lot of people don't realize that depression is an illness. I don't wish it on anyone, but if they would know how it feels, I swear they would think twice before they just shrug it.
By : Jonathan Davis
Issues deals with the issues I had, the fears I had and it isn't a 'nice' album but fears and depressions are not particularly nice.
By : Jonathan Davis
Our ages ranged from 22, down to 18, and we had a 6 month contract to go to Bogata, Columbia. And of course, it was during the depression, we were still with our parents, and things were still pretty tough on them back in the United States.
By : Martin Denny
I think my real depressions started when I was about 16 and doing The Patty Duke Show. I would go to bed at about 10 o'clock on a Friday night and not get up again until 6:30 Monday morning.
By : Patty Duke
At a time when going to college has never been more important, it's never been more expensive, and our nation's families haven't been in this kind of financial duress since the great depression. And so what we have is just sort of a miraculous opportunity simply by stopping the subsidy to banks when we already have the risk of loans. We can plow those savings into our students. And we can make college dramatically more affordable, tens of billions of dollars over the next decade.
By : Arnie Duncan
Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has emerged from these stronger and more prosperous. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith! Go forward!
By : Thomas A. Edison