Lady Bird Johnson Quotes

Problems are not the problem; coping is the problem.

You need to be able to manage stress because hard times will come, and a positive outlook is what gets you through.

Support systems and support groups are so important because that's what makes you stronger.

Overcoming the obstacle of my diabetes diagnosis was something that forced me tackle the challenge head-on and, with an amazing support system, eventually come out stronger.

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've felt depressed many times in my life, so I can draw on those times in my life when I need to.

Things are not as we would like them to be. There is only one way to deal with it, namely to try and be all right oneself.

Self-reflection is so healthy. Journaling works for me - when I record the details of what I'm going through, whether it's a relationship issue or negative thoughts, I can look back and see how far I've come. It makes me proud to see my progress and how I got through a bad situation.

I had to walk away from America, and say goodbye to the biggest part of my career, because I knew otherwise my demons would get the better of me.

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.

At first, when I got bad press and people would talk bad about my family or something like that, I would get really upset, but now it's just not worth my energy.

There's a way of dealing with hardships that are healthier than going out. That's what I've learned.

Instead of me having a breakdown, I'm focusing on me having a breakthrough.

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

I briefly did therapy, but after a while, I realised it is just like a farmer complaining about the weather. You can't fix the weather - you just have to get on with it.

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.

Sometimes when you're overwhelmed by a situation - when you're in the darkest of darkness - that's when your priorities are reordered.

I think you can be depressed and flourish, I think you can have cancer and flourish, I think you can be divorced and flourish. When we believed that happiness was only smiling and good mood, that wasn't very good for people like me, people in the lower half of positive affectivity.

I don't feel my best right now, but at the same time, I'm not trying to find any excuses or anything.

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.

I have so much chaos in my life, it's become normal. You become used to it. You have to just relax, calm down, take a deep breath and try to see how you can make things work rather than complain about how they're wrong.

I'm just not in a place in my life where I worry about something unnecessarily.

In life, you have to learn how to heal. You never get over stuff, but you have to learn how to heal.

I try not to get depressed about stuff I can't do anything about.

What's happening to me is I'm still happy and functioning, being able to listen to music, see good movies, read good books. What else is there that I can't, you know, I mean, I'm OK.