Looking for some inspiration to help you through your depression or anxiety? Check out our collection of inspirational quotes! If you’re struggling with depression and anxiety, know that you’re not alone. Many people deal with these issues on a daily basis. To help you get through tough times, we’ve compiled a list of inspirational quotes. These quotes can provide comfort and hope when you need it most.
Inspirational Quotes for Depression and Anxiety
“When you can’t control what’s happening, challenge yourself to control the way you respond to what’s happening. That’s where your power is.”
“The moment you give up is the moment you let someone else win.”
“Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the best.”
“I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails constantly to reach my destination.”
“The only limits to our possibilities are our imaginations.”
“Don’t waste your time hoping for the impossible. Plan for the possible.”
“Life is too short to be living someone else’s dream.”
“What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.”
“Fear, doubt and disbelief are the enemies of faith and hope. Without faith and hope, you can’t experience love and peace.”
“If you live within your means, you’ll always have enough. If you don’t, you’ll always want more.”
“Success is not final. Failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts.”
“Don’t try to be perfect. Just be better than perfect.”
“As long as I breathe, I will strive to improve every day. To live a life of purpose and meaning.”
“To improve is to change.”
“What we think about most, we often become.”
Motivational Quotes for Depression and Anxiety
“No matter how bad things get, if you leave them in God’s hands, He’s still fixing something. He didn’t give up on you, so don’t give up on God.”
“Never let your problems get in the way of your progress.”
“If you don’t choose now, the future will choose for you.”
“To be yourself in a world constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
“One day we will look back on this, laugh nervously, and change the subject.”
“A failure is an event, not a person. You are a person who occasionally fails. Failure is not your identity.”
“Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is a delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end.”
“The way we see ourselves determines the way others see us.”
“One of the most incredible ways to change your life is to change the people you hang out with.”
“Change yourself and you will change your world.”
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. They are the ones who create the future.”
“There is a desperate need for us to remember that our lives aren’t our own.”
“Living behind someone’s eyes is not living at all: it’s just staying alive.”
“We are responsible for what happens to us, but we are not responsible for what happens to us.”
“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. Don’t complain.”
“There is no such thing as a good excuse for not trying.”
“Don’t let people tell you what you can or cannot do as long as they are not going to do it themselves.”
“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.”
“If you love something, let it go. If it comes back to you, it is yours. If it doesn’t, it never was.”
“Don’t bother being happy. Just be.”
“Most of life’s failures are people who do not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”
“Never give up on your dreams, no matter what anyone might say or do.”
Positive Quotes for Depression and Anxiety
“No one can take away the gift of a smile. It is our way of giving ourselves to others without taking anything away.”
“A beautiful thing never gives as much pain as failing to hear and see it.”
“When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the ones which open for us.”
“Don’t call it a failure. Call it a discovery. It may be a failure now, but it can be a discovery later. Learn to see all the good in a problem and know you can handle it.”
“Don’t let the fear of losing control keep you from giving that little bit extra to create something bigger than you had before.”
“It takes courage to take the most considerable risk but courage to trust yourself.”
“The first step toward learning anything is admitting we don’t know it already.”
“When in doubt, do nothing. Then when in doubt, do something. If that doesn’t work, do something else.”
“The best way out is always through.”
“For every failure, there is an alternative course of action. You have to find it.”
“Concentration is not the ability to think clearly, but on doing well what one thinks about.”
“Once stretched by a new idea, the mind never regains its original dimensions.”
“We are shaped and fashioned by what we love. If we don’t love the things we do, we won’t be the things we do.”
“When you want to make somebody happy, ask them if they would like to get even happier.”
“The ability to believe in yourself is the most potent form of magic.”
“One of two things may happen if you’re living beyond your means. You’ll get more money or find out what kind of person you are beneath it all.”
“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.’”
“You can have everything in life you want if you will help enough other people get what they want.”
“Sometimes doing what’s right is the hardest thing in the world.”
“Life is too short to be living someone else’s dream.”
“Don’t dwell on failures, and rejoice too soon in successes.”
“There is no limit to what can be accomplished if we don’t care who gets the credit.”
“If you don’t have a good work ethic and your work is shit, then people aren’t going to show you any respect even when it’s good to work. But if you work hard and keep your head down, people will respect you.”
“People gravitate to those who make them feel less capable.”
“You can’t take back the past but you can get the future right.”
“So many people spend a lot of time being sorry for themselves. Maybe they should take some time to be happy for themselves instead.”
Motivational Quotes for Anxiety and Depression
“When it is impossible to do, it’s possible to do the impossible.”
“People will always disappoint you. Let God be the anchor.”
“If you concentrate on results, you will never change. If you concentrate on change, you will get results.”
“The only thing standing in your way is your attitude.”
“Don’t talk about it; be about it.”
“Insanity is doing the same thing and expecting different results.”
“The only thing constant is change.”
“Don’t just complain about how bad things have turned out for you. If you want to change the status quo, stop complaining.”
“If we had no problems, what would we have to complain about?”
“It’s not the stars in the sky that make us feel small. It’s looking down at our feet.”
“Whatever happened, happens. That’s life. That’s real life.”
“You can be a great achiever and not even know it. Your actions will speak louder than your words.”
“Some people don’t understand the promises they’re making when they make them, so keep yours to yourself.”
“Time heals pain. Time changes pain. But not every pain disappears with time; sometimes, we’re just left with scars.”
“Do you know how to get the point across without saying a word? It’s called a finger.”
“I could have gone either way. I could have stayed and had a miserable life, or I could pack my bags and gone to a place with an unhappy beginning but hopeful ending.”
“You win in life by attracting more of what you have rather than less.”
“If it doesn’t bother you, it doesn’t concern you.”
“You can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone.”
“It’s not about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving.”
“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.”
“Your work will fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all heart matters, you’ll know when you find it.”
“Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life.”
“Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your inner voice.”
“Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”
“If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all heart matters, you’ll know when you find it.”
“Find a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”
“The only person who can pull you down is you.”
“You’ll know it’s right when the only thing that matters is whether or not you did the right thing.”
“You can’t change the world, but you can make a difference in the life of someone who will change the world.”
“People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.”
“You’re one of a kind. Don’t compare yourself to others.”
Positive Quotes for Anxiety and Depression
“The best revenge is massive success.”
“Change your thoughts and you change your world.”
“If you can’t be great at something, be excellent at explaining why you aren’t.”
“No one wants to fail, but failure is essential to life. It teaches us resiliency and humility and pushes us to work harder.”
“Life is too short to wake up with regrets. So love the people who treat you right, forgive the ones who don’t, and believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said it’d be easy. They just promised it would be worth it.”
“Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never have enough.”
“The opposite of love does not hate, and it’s indifference.”
“Your motivation comes from nowhere. It reflects where you come from and what surrounds you and colours your thinking. And what you think are powerful things. If you want to be motivated, you have to work on yourself.”
“Don’t compare yourself with others. The only person you can be better than is the person you were yesterday.”
“There’s always a reason why something wrong has to happen. You may not see it now, but there will be a reason in the future.”