William P. Young Quotes

It wasn't like I was clinically depressed, but I was so down. I think I was probably depressed. Nothing went my way since college, and I put my head down and kind of pitied myself. That wasn't the right way to go.

Disappointment is a sticky one, because no one can steal contentment, joy, gratitude, or peace - we have to give it away.

God, how I have wasted my life.

I feel, in the end, as if everything I've done has been a failure.

My dad had a lot of bad luck. You could see his suffering, his terrible suffering, living a life that was disappointing and looking for another one.

I longed to be bright and most certainly never was. I was rather hopeless, I suspect.

She not only expects the worst, but makes the worst of it when it happens.

Hope is the raw material of losers.

I had planned to accomplish something considerable, and this is the end.

I still spend my time feeling sorry for myself and making serious mistakes.

Depression begins with disappointment. When disappointment festers in our soul, it leads to discouragement.

I feel bad for everyone I've gone out with.

Nobody feels any worse than I do about losing.

I can't imagine going on when there are no more expectations.

I was just tired of losing... Life was passing me by.

Oh! Most miserable wretch that I am! Why have I not learnt how to swim?

I shall never come to the Punjab again; it is such a hopeless place.

Some of my memories will never return. They are lost - along with the crippling feeling of defeat and hopelessness. Not a tremendous price to pay.

Once you start to try and calculate why you were cast and why you weren't, you get in trouble.

I would say I'm too guilty of dwelling on things too long.

Everything I've done in my career has been for nothing.

It makes you not believe in anything, when you do every single thing you can do right, and then there's still some way to mess it up.

I try not to go down the 'what if' road very often. It isn't fruitful and just makes you feel crummy.

But then, my entire life is bullshit. The best things in it have vanished, ghosts. Ghosts I'll admit I created.

The main trouble with despair is that it is self-fulfilling. People who fear the worst tend to invite it. Heads that are down can't scan the horizon for new openings. Bursts of energy do not spring from a spirit of defeat. Ultimately, helplessness leads to hopelessness.