A. J. Langer Quotes

Depression opens the door to beauty of some kind.

I'm always dealing with this sadness. I don't want to be Morrissey or anything, but it is a thing I deal with it. Every day, when I wake up, I have to make a decision to fight this depression. That sounds horrible but I'm fine with it; it's who I am; it's my life. I try not to let it cripple me.

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.

When you feel good is when you're not afraid to feel the worst.

I don't have time to be depressed.

I don't know how to live good. I only know how to suffer.

I can have as many bad days as anyone. But I choose to say, 'I'm just fine.'

I don't have the best self esteem; mine wavers month to month, but I know how to pick myself up.

I'm not looking for pity, I'm really not, but I'm constantly uneasy and every day it is pretty much like getting up and going to war. Once I shift into the mindset of 'Yeah, you're alive. It's tough. Let's do what we can today,' it's easier.

When I feel confused or depressed, I remember back to junior high and I silently repeat, 'This, too, shall pass.'

I feel like I have a healthy self-esteem.

My book, 'The Total Me-Tox,' is about self-care and self-love and how they lead to success and empowerment. My goal is to encourage women to be their best selves in a warm, friendly way. Think human, not superhuman.

And, honestly, if somebody wants to criticize me for not being a trainwreck, that's fine with me!

When I'm not depressed, I draw strength and beauty from depression; when I am depressed, I find no such things.

I am just like any other woman, and I think I am the 'fattest woman alive' - but it is really about how you handle your situation.

It's OK to not be OK.

I work extremely hard to stay positive and happy. But I get sad and anxious, too, just like everyone.

I have no control over what people think, and if I were to spend energy on that, I would be a lifeless, deadened human being.

I used to be so intensely preoccupied by unhappiness... now there are times where you might get down, but you can move on much faster now.

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

I don't torture myself.

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.

Every person my size has a different life, a different history. Different ways of dealing with it. Just because I'm seemingly O.K. with it, I can't preach how to be O.K. with it. I don't think I still am O.K. with it. There's days when I'm not.

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've been depressed many times in my life. But under it all I'm an optimist.