7 Quotes to Overcome Depression Without Killing Yourself

Say sayonara to depression with these life-altering quotes from wise people.

Depression is lost hope. If you’re unable to find hope, you fall into an infinite loop of cursing and blaming yourself and others.

If you’re depressed and have no way out, these quotations will help you ease your pain, shift your mindset, and become happy again.

The pages of yesterday cannot be revised. But the pages of tomorrow are blank and you hold the pen. Make it an inspiring story. ~Kalpesh Sanghvi

Every day comes to an end. After every sunset, there is sunrise. As the sun sets, so do your worries. Finish each day by trying your best. And once you’re done, think about the mistakes, the lessons, and the things that went well. Because that’s the last time, you’re thinking about it.

Once you lie in bed, forget about the present day. Start thinking about tomorrow. You have a blank slate where you can paint anything. You can achieve anything in life. Begin each day with new aspirations, making new mistakes, and becoming a better version than you were yesterday.

What is achievable in your life life is based on the stories you tell yourself. ~Karen Salmansohn

When you feel like life is going out of hands, check the stories you’re telling yourself. On average, a human being has 12,000–60,000 thoughts per day. How many out of those are positive? Not many.

The stories you tell yourself build your mindset. And that midset creates our life. When you’re depressed, it indicates that you’re telling negative stories to yourself.

Shift that mind. Use positive stories to motivate yourself. Use affirmations to stay positive throughout o the day. Listen to motivational videos and remind yourself that you’re born to be great. And being depressed is not an option that you can afford.

“Depression is the inability to construct a future.” ~Rollo May

When you fall into the loop of depression, you fail to see the light at the end of the tunnel. You’re depressed because you’re unable to see hope. But understand that until you’re alive and breathing, you have hope. And with effort, a positive mindset, you can change your condition and feel alive again.

“If you are grateful, I will surely increase you [in favor]; but if you deny, indeed, My punishment is severe.” ~Quran[14:7]

One of my favorite quotes from the Quran, which I’ve been applying since my childhood. If you take out time to be grateful, there is no way that depression will come near you.

Develop a habit of being grateful for the things that you have. And make an effort to thank you for the things that you wish to have. Whatever you’re grateful for increases. So, if you want to increase happiness, be grateful for happy moments in your life.

“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” ~Wayne Gretzky

Understand that whatever you’re going through is temporary. Mostly, people fail to try new things when they’re depressed. But they need to understand that when you don’t do new things, how will you grow?

For you to fail, you need to try new experiments. Not doing anything won’t help you in any way. To change your state of mind, you must try a new hobby, read a new book, watch a motivational documentary. Or start a side-hustle.

“When one door closes, another opens. But we often look so regretfully upon the closed door that we don’t see the one that has opened for us.” ~Alexander Graham Bell

Human beings are the most phenomenal species that live in the solar system. It’s because they have the ability to figure out even the most complex of situations and provide unimaginable solutions to nearly impossible problems.

But to do all that, every human must focus on learning rather than failure. So what if the client said no? Find another client. So, what if your startup failed? Find another one. So, what if the investor backed out at the last moment. Figure out a get investment from somewhere else.

What you cannot afford is to sit and stare at the closed door and keep staring, hoping for it to open when it’s sealed. Try something else. Find someone else, and figure out a way to make things better in some other way.

“Many of life’s failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” ~Thomas Edison

Consistency is vital for success. If you want to achieve something, aim at a target and give your everything to achieve that goal.

Don’t give the marketplace your excuses; give your skills. Show the world what you can do to achieve your goal. When you get in the habit of pursuing something with consistency, there is no reason that you will fail at it. You will either succeed, or you’ll learn something new.

Depression is normal. Every human faces this emotion a dozen times in their life. But if you can always learn to overcome depression. These quotes will help you deal with it without killing yourself in the process.