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

I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars.

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 </div><img alt="Positive Inspirational Quotes for People with Depression" height="219" src="https://www.healthyplace.com/sites/default/files/2018-10/positive-inspirational-quotes-for-people-with-depression.jpg" width="390">Positive inspirational quotes are good for people with <a href="https://www.healthyplace.com/depression/depression-information/what-is-depression-depression-definition-and-checklist" title="What Is Depression? Depression Definition" dir="ltr">depression</a> to have on-hand. Depression can make life so gray that you aren’t sure where the sunshine is hiding or if it will return. Depression can bring you so low that you may wonder <a href="https://www.healthyplace.com/self-help/positivity/positivity-for-depression-is-that-even-possible" title="Positivity for Depression: Is That Even Possible" dir="ltr">if positivity for depression is even possible</a>, much less&nbsp;such thing as a positive depression quote that could lift you up again. But there are, and they can – if only a little.Reading some positive quotes when you’re depressed might, at the very least, distract you from depression’s pain ("<a href="https://www.healthyplace.com/self-help/positivity/negative-thinking-and-depression-how-one-fuels-the-other" dir="ltr">Negative Thinking and Depression: How One Fuels the Other</a>"). So, we’ve put together some positive inspirational quotes that you can read whenever you’re feeling down. We hope you find some relief in these positive inspirational quotes.*Click the images to open a larger, shareable image.<img alt="" height="405" src="https://www.healthyplace.com/sites/default/files/positive-inspirational-quotes-1-300.jpg" width="300">Positive depression quote: “There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t.” 
John GreenSometimes you get better, regress, then get better again as this positive depression quote points out: “Healing is not linear.”&nbsp;Never underestimate the <a href="https://www.healthyplace.com/self-help/positivity/the-power-of-positivity-when-you-live-with-mental-illness" title="The Power of Positivity When You Live with Mental Illness" dir="ltr">power of positivity</a> when living with a mental illness.<img alt="" height="405" src="https://www.healthyplace.com/sites/default/files/positive-inspirational-quotes-3-300.jpg" width="300">Positive depression quotes remind you of your strengths: “Sometimes, life will kick you around, but sooner or later, you realize you’re not just a survivor. You’re a warrior, and you’re stronger than anything life throws your way." 
Brooke Davis<img alt="" height="405" src="https://www.healthyplace.com/sites/default/files/positive-inspirational-quotes-4-300.jpg" width="300">Positive quotes for when you’re depressed are accepting: “And if today all you did was hold yourself together, I’m proud of you.” 
You might like to read "<a href="https://www.healthyplace.com/self-help/positivity/positive-messages-for-a-mental-health-crisis" dir="ltr">Positive Messages for a Mental Health Crisis</a>"<img alt="" height="405" src="https://www.healthyplace.com/sites/default/files/positive-inspirational-quotes-5-300.jpg" width="300">Positive depression quotes remind you that your pain has a purpose and that you can <a href="https://www.healthyplace.com/self-help/positivity/how-to-create-positivity-in-life-when-you-have-a-mental-illness" title="How to Create Positivity in Life When You Have a Mental Illness" dir="ltr">create positivity in a life</a>&nbsp;currently filled with pain: “I have endured pain and loss. I have felt broken. I have known hardship, and I have felt lost and alone. But here I stand, trying to move forward, one day at a time. I will remember the lessons in my life because they are making me who I am. Stronger. A warrior.”&nbsp;<img alt="" height="405" src="https://www.healthyplace.com/sites/default/files/positive-inspirational-quotes-6-300.jpg" width="300">Here’s a positive inspirational quote for you: “On particularly rough days when I’m sure I can’t possibly endure, I like to remind myself that my track record for getting through bad days so far is 100%, and that’s pretty good.”&nbsp;That quote gives off <a href="https://www.healthyplace.com/self-help/positivity/how-to-give-off-positive-vibes" title="How to Give Off Positive Vibes, Positive Energy" dir="ltr">positive vibes</a> for sure!<img alt="" height="405" src="https://www.healthyplace.com/sites/default/files/positive-inspirational-quotes-7-300.jpg" width="300">This positive inspirational quote reminds you to keep a sense of lightness in the heaviness of depression: “Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think, I’m not going to make it, but you laugh inside – remembering all the times you’ve felt that way.” 
Charles Bukowski from “Gamblers All”Positive depression quotes ask you to find the fire within: “In the middle of winter I at last discovered that there was in me an invincible summer.” 
Albert Camus from “Return to Tipasa”<img alt="" height="405" src="https://www.healthyplace.com/sites/default/files/positive-inspirational-quotes-9-300.jpg" width="300">Positive depression quotes beg you to fight suicidal thoughts: “Give yourself another day, another chance. You will find your courage eventually. Don’t give up on yourself just yet.” Need more convincing? See "<a href="https://www.healthyplace.com/self-help/positivity/10-amazing-positivity-facts-to-improve-your-outlook" dir="ltr">10 Amazing Positivity Facts to Improve Your Outlook</a>".APA Reference Holly, K.
 (2018, November 2). Positive Inspirational Quotes for People with Depression, HealthyPlace. Retrieved
 on 2021, October 27 from https://www.healthyplace.com/insight/quotes/positive-inspirational-quotes
 <div>Last Updated: April 9, 2020</div>

Helped me fight depression and self hatred.

Positive inspirational quotes are good for people with depression to have on-hand. That's why we put these beautiful positive depression quotes together on HealthyPlace.

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Positive inspirational quotes are good for people with <a dir="ltr" href="https://www.healthyplace.com/depression/depression-information/what-is-depression-depression-definition-and-checklist" title="What Is Depression? Depression Definition">depression </a>to have on-hand. Depression can make life so gray that you aren’t sure where the sunshine is hiding or if it will return. Depression can bring you so low that you may wonder <a dir="ltr" href="https://www.healthyplace.com/self-help/positivity/positivity-for-depression-is-that-even-possible" title="Positivity for Depression: Is That Even Possible">if positivity for depression is even possible </a>, much less such thing as a positive depression quote that could lift you up again. But there are, and they can – if only a little.

Reading some positive quotes when you’re depressed might, at the very least, distract you from depression’s pain ("<a dir="ltr" href="https://www.healthyplace.com/self-help/positivity/negative-thinking-and-depression-how-one-fuels-the-other">Negative Thinking and Depression: How One Fuels the Other </a>"). So, we’ve put together some positive inspirational quotes that you can read whenever you’re feeling down. We hope you find some relief in these positive inspirational quotes.

*Click the images to open a larger, shareable image.

Positive depression quote: “There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t.” John Green

Sometimes you get better, regress, then get better again as this positive depression quote points out: “Healing is not linear.”  Never underestimate the <a dir="ltr" href="https://www.healthyplace.com/self-help/positivity/the-power-of-positivity-when-you-live-with-mental-illness" title="The Power of Positivity When You Live with Mental Illness">power of positivity </a>when living with a mental illness.

Positive depression quotes remind you of your strengths: “Sometimes, life will kick you around, but sooner or later, you realize you’re not just a survivor. You’re a warrior, and you’re stronger than anything life throws your way." Brooke Davis

Positive quotes for when you’re depressed are accepting: “And if today all you did was hold yourself together, I’m proud of you.” You might like to read "<a dir="ltr" href="https://www.healthyplace.com/self-help/positivity/positive-messages-for-a-mental-health-crisis">Positive Messages for a Mental Health Crisis </a>"

Positive depression quotes remind you that your pain has a purpose and that you can <a dir="ltr" href="https://www.healthyplace.com/self-help/positivity/how-to-create-positivity-in-life-when-you-have-a-mental-illness" title="How to Create Positivity in Life When You Have a Mental Illness">create positivity in a life </a> currently filled with pain: “I have endured pain and loss. I have felt broken. I have known hardship, and I have felt lost and alone. But here I stand, trying to move forward, one day at a time. I will remember the lessons in my life because they are making me who I am. Stronger. A warrior.”

Here’s a positive inspirational quote for you: “On particularly rough days when I’m sure I can’t possibly endure, I like to remind myself that my track record for getting through bad days so far is 100%, and that’s pretty good.”  That quote gives off <a dir="ltr" href="https://www.healthyplace.com/self-help/positivity/how-to-give-off-positive-vibes" title="How to Give Off Positive Vibes, Positive Energy">positive vibes </a>for sure!

This positive inspirational quote reminds you to keep a sense of lightness in the heaviness of depression: “Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think, I’m not going to make it, but you laugh inside – remembering all the times you’ve felt that way.” Charles Bukowski from “Gamblers All”

Positive depression quotes ask you to find the fire within: “In the middle of winter I at last discovered that there was in me an invincible summer.” Albert Camus from “Return to Tipasa”

Positive depression quotes beg you to fight suicidal thoughts: “Give yourself another day, another chance. You will find your courage eventually. Don’t give up on yourself just yet.” Need more convincing? See "<a dir="ltr" href="https://www.healthyplace.com/self-help/positivity/10-amazing-positivity-facts-to-improve-your-outlook">10 Amazing Positivity Facts to Improve Your Outlook </a>".

APA Reference Holly, K. (2018, November 2). Positive Inspirational Quotes for People with Depression, HealthyPlace. Retrieved on 2021, October 27 from https://www.healthyplace.com/insight/quotes/positive-inspirational-quotes

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