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Depression Quotes

Words for the weight that doesn't always show.

Some of these lines admit to depression outright, others just gesture at a mood that's hard to name — the range runs from someone owning up to mild depression to reflections on hard financial seasons people call their own Depression. If anxiety feels closer to what you're carrying, our Anxiety quotes might fit better.

I was depressed for a year after 'The Pianist,' and I don't suffer from that, generally. It wasn't just a depression; it was a mourning.

Quotes by Adrien Brody

I remember that in the past I was overwhelmed with the mystery of anxiety, or the mystery of depression, but now when you feel that feeling coming on you no longer go into fight-or-flight mode. You go: 'Oh, I know...

Quotes by Adam Granduciel

'Hard Times' does not romanticize the Depression, but at least a few of Mr. Terkel's subjects managed to find silver linings.

Quotes by Adam Cohen

Depression is something that doesn't just go away. It's just... there and you deal with it. It's like... malaria or something. Maybe it won't be cured, but you've got to take the medication you're prescribed, and you stay out of...

Quotes by Adam Ant

Anxiety Quotes

Creative people are more prone to depression.

Quotes by Adam Ant

Bipolar disorder, manic depression, depression, black dog, whatever you want to call it, is inherent in our society. It's a product of stress and in my case over-work.

Quotes by Adam Ant

I have suffered from depression for most of my life. It is an illness.

Quotes by Adam Ant

Franklin Delano Roosevelt eventually became the greatest liberal leader of 20th century United States, but he started as a fiscal conservative. His greatness is founded in his willingness to change his mind to save his country from the Great Depression.

Quotes by Abhijit Banerjee

The album 'Hoodie SZN' is about the result of where I come from: it gave me this black heart. And the black heart represents depression.

Quotes by A Boogie wit da Hoodie

Believe Quotes

The majority of my work in games, outside of 'Depression Quest,' has been experimental pushes into comedy games. I think there are a lot of intersections there.

Quotes by Zoe Quinn

I think I suffer from some mild depression.

Quotes by Zach Braff

I found, when I left, that there were others who felt the same way. We'd meet, they'd come and seek me out, we'd talk about the future. And I found that their depression and pessimism was every bit as acute...

Quotes by Wole Soyinka

There was a time when I was 19 when I really, really, really thought I was going crazy. I was exhausted and going through a terrible depression.

Quotes by Winona Ryder

Arthritis, Crohn's disease, psoriasis, depression - all of those diseases are a result of our neglected biochemistry. We need to be stimulated to help fight disease. Cold is a great stimulator.

Quotes by Wim Hof

Children Quotes

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

Quotes by William Vickrey

Mysteriously and in ways that are totally remote from natural experience, the gray drizzle of horror induced by depression takes on the quality of physical pain.

Quotes by William Styron

During the Great Depression, African Americans were faced with problems that were not unlike those experienced by the most disadvantaged groups in society. The Great Depression had a leveling effect, and all groups really experienced hard times: poor whites, poor...

Quotes by William Julius Wilson

This might be controversial, but sometimes I think that being happy is a decision. I don't mean that in a way to diminish clinical depression. But on a more day-to-day level.

Quotes by Will Arnett

Usually halfway through a book I have a serious depression, so I go on safari on my ranch in South Africa, or fishing off my island in the Seychelles. When I come back and re-read it, I think: 'What was...

Quotes by Wilbur Smith

Confidence Quotes

We've always been modestly leveraged, and we've never believed in a great deal of leverage on either our private equity business or on our investment banking business. And I think it really goes back to my uncle and dad growing...

Quotes by Warren Stephens

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a quote here about the video game 'Depression Quest'?
Yes: "The majority of my work in games, outside of 'Depression Quest,' has been experimental pushes into comedy games. I think there are a lot of intersections there." It's about game design and comedy, not the mood.
Is there a quote about living through the Great Depression?
Yes: "I didn't feel the Depression at all. I always had a pocketful of money." It's a personal, historical account of the 1930s economic era, not the mood.
Is there a quote about someone dealing with depression personally?
Yes, stated plainly and without elaboration: "I think I suffer from some mild depression." It's shared as a simple first-person admission, not dramatized.
Does every real post collected under 'Depression' actually discuss depression?
Not quite - one of the four real posts is about leverage practices in private equity and investment banking, with no mention of depression (the mood or the economic era) at all, so it isn't used as depression-themed material here. The other three genuinely connect to the word, and those are what this page draws from.
Where can I find more related content?
Try Depression status or Depression prayers, or Anxiety quotes for a related theme.

A few of these quotes read more like private admissions than public statements, which is part of why they resonate. Browse our Depression Prayers for something more contemplative, or find a line for your Depression Status update.