Zelda Williams Quotes

Depression opens the door to beauty of some kind.

I think you can be depressed and flourish, I think you can have cancer and flourish, I think you can be divorced and flourish. When we believed that happiness was only smiling and good mood, that wasn't very good for people like me, people in the lower half of positive affectivity.

At times, I've been incapacitated by anxiety and unhappiness. You really know what joy is if you have experienced the opposite.

Depression is when you think there's nothing to be done. Fortunately I always think there's something to be done.

I was in a very deep, dark slump, and I needed to find a way to get myself out of it. I had to force myself back out into life, back out into experiencing things.

I have given up trying to be happy. It is no use and leads to nothing.

I can't understand people who give up and commit suicide. If I have a bad day, I figure tomorrow will be better. And even if it isn't, at least it isn't any worse.

I kind of have a happy magnet. I can't stand being depressed, so I work my ass off to get out of it as soon as possible.

I was born with a happy heart, and I try to keep a good attitude. It's not true that I'm happy all the time because nobody is, and we all go through our things.

If I let myself sink into depression, I won't be able to get out. And then I'll be awfully unhappy. I just have to turn my face to the light and walk on. And trust that things will be all right.

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.

I start to think there really is no cure for depression, that happiness is an ongoing battle, and I wonder if it isn't one I'll have to fight for as long as I live. I wonder if it's worth it.

The truth is that several years ago, I suffered from depression. And I remember during this time, I basically fell into this hole where my life became cold, and it became gray, and I lost sight of everything that was important to me.

Depression might have chosen you, but you don't have to choose it back. Sometimes happiness comes with bootstraps, but so what? Pull 'em up. Choose joy.

There's no sense in making life seem like it's a struggle, because that doesn't make anybody feel better.

I try to stay positive by focusing on how much I'll appreciate my health if I get better.

In my life I've gone through a lot of really hard times. I went through depression and had so many challenges that I overcame. And I overcame because I just decided to be happy.

A lot of people who have depression understand that the last thing in the world you want to do when you're feeling that way is get up and exercise. It's virtually impossible to do that. It's like somebody beating you.

Well, you can't be depressed and sad 24 hours a day.

You need to be able to manage stress because hard times will come, and a positive outlook is what gets you through.

Depression and anxiety can't fit in your head if you're cultivating feelings of joy and inspiration.

Smile, it's free therapy.

When times get tough, at some point, people instinctively know they need to lighten up in order to get through it.

There isn't a single human being who hasn't plenty to cry over, and the trick is to make the laughs outweigh the tears.

I'm just sittin here trying not to be unhappy.