David Levithan Quotes

This is an important lesson to remember when you're having a bad day, a bad month, or a shitty year. Things will change: you won't feel this way forever. And anyway, sometimes the hardest lessons to learn are the ones your soul needs most.

Sometimes there is nothing you can do, and in those times, you must do something anyway.

Remember, the worst hour of your life only lasts for sixty minutes. (292)

I think we are all overcoming tiny obstacles every second of every day even if that means just a small shift in perspective.

[My best tip for overcoming depression is] to regard it as being like the weather. It's not your responsibility that it's raining, but it is real when it rains, and the fact that it's raining does not mean that the rain is never going to stop. The only thing to do is to believe that, one day, it won't be raining and accept it so you can find a mental umbrella to shield yourself from the worst. The sun will eventually come up.

Hope is something really tough and tenacious you have to give up. It’s an addiction to break.

Things aren't always going to go your way. You wake up one day, and things are rough. But then you wake up the next day, and things are going great.

When I'm struggling, I can still dream about my successes.

You need self-confidence and determination: feeling depressed and losing hope will never really help to correct any situation.

There are moments in life where it gets so hectic that time becomes a blur. Keep calm and never give up.

I chose to be in this job and things don't always go your way. But I'll keep going. As a manager you have to be optimistic and think things are going to get better.

No man is beaten until his hope is annihilated, his confidence gone, As long as a man faces life hopefully, confidently, triumphantly, he is not a failure; he is not beaten until he turns his back on life.

Every time I overcome an obstacle, it feels like success. Sometimes the biggest ones are in our head - the saboteurs that tell us we can't.

If you believe, then you hang on. If you believe, it means you've got imagination, you don't need stuff thrown out on a blueprint, and don't face facts-what can stop you? If I don't make it today, I'll come in tomorrow.

All of us have problems. We face them every day. How grateful I am that we have difficult things to wrestle with. They keep us young, they keep us alive, they keep us going, they keep us humble. Be grateful for your problems, and know that somehow there will come a solution. Just do the best you can, but be sure it is the very best.

Above all, you must maintain a positive mental attitude, looking for the good in every situation, and remain determined to be a completely positive person.

It is hope, not despair, that undoes us all.

An optimist sees the oportunity in every difficulty.

My advice to you is never stop believing.

I am a player in life, not an observer. I look at herpes the way you look at a scraped knee.

My greatest talent is calmness and being positive. I concentrate on what you can do even in the worst of times. You don't judge by last week's errors or lost opportunity.

Life has its ups and downs, so to expect otherwise is setting yourself up for disappointment.

Sadness, disappointment, and severe challenges are events in life, not life itself. I do not minimize how hard some of these events are. They can extend over a long period of time, but they should not be allowed to become the confining center of everything you do.

Set your mind that no matter what is going on in your life, you will have a good attitude.

The ups and downs, the problems and stress, along with all the happiness, have given me optimism and hope because I am living proof of survival.