Norma McCorvey Quotes

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

One must not let oneself be overwhelmed by sadness.

When you feel sad, it's okay. It's not the end of the world. Everyone has those days when you doubt yourself, and when you feel like everything you do sucks, but then there's those days when you feel like Superman. It's just the balance of the world. I just write to feel better.

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.

I try to make the good days great and take something positive from the days I'm not feeling good - work on technique or something like that.

When you have a traumatic experience, you look at your mindset.

To me, sadness and humor aren't disrelated and humor is the best tool I've had against the sadness in my life.

It's sad, actually, because my anxiety keeps me from enjoying things as much as I should at this age.

We all go through sad times, but I was brought up to be positive.

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.

In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.

We need to distinguish between stress and stimulation. Having deadlines, setting goals, and pushing yourself to perform at capacity are stimulating. Stress is when you're anxious, upset, or frustrated, which dramatically reduce your ability to perform.

I'm just looking to get through the day.

There are days when I'm completely depressed and able to do only one drawing.

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 don't have time to be depressed.

You're never going to get used to walking into a room and have people screaming at you. There's a lot of things that come with the life you could get lost in. But you have to let it be what it is. I've learnt not to take everything too seriously.

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

You don't have to be alone with your thoughts anymore. You don't have to process anything. You can call up someone to do something to instantly make you sort of feel better.

Keeping an active mind has been vital to my survival, as has been maintaining a sense of humor.

It's not the end of the world if I can't get a film job, or if a movie doesn't turn out well - even though I don't like it when that happens. There are other things I enjoy doing, and I involve myself in them.

As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.

I am depressed sometimes, but it's not what keeps me at home or focused on work.

Never bear more than one kind of trouble at a time. Some people bear three kinds of trouble - the ones they've had, the ones they have, and the ones they expect to have.