Marianne Faithfull Quotes

While I still have more good days than bad days, I'm going to keep playing.

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

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've gone through terrible periods of depression. But, at the core of my being, there's a strange, out-of-place optimist. Despite what I'm feeling, I'm always able to get up and do my job. Which means the world to me.

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.

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.

Depression opens the door to beauty of some kind.

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

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

When I get down, I don't waller around for long.

Quite frankly I don't know how to be happy. I have not a clue.

Many people are worried about my mental health. But as I've said many times, we're stronger than we think we are.

I still wake up every day, so I'm winning.

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

I still have downs and get depressed, but I try not to dwell too much on being negative because it always passes and there is still so much to do.

Trust me, I have had my days where I don't feel great about myself. You have those days where you kind of get down. But for the most part, I have been able to stay focused and happy and use my time wisely.

Before 'MOOO!' there were times when I was definitely at a low. I wasn't getting that much support from people around me.

I always say just stay positive. If you ever get down on yourself, try to find something that takes away that negative. Always find that positive area.

For those suffering from depression, I know how dark and endless that tunnel can feel. But if happiness seems impossible to find, please hold on to the possibility of hope, faint though it may be.

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 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.

Certainly I have no attraction to misery. I don't intentionally go for dark.

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.