Iris Apfel Quotes

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

If you get a diagnosis, get on a therapy, keep a good attitude and keep your sense of humor.

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

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 was born with a happy heart, and I try to keep a good attitude. It's not true that I'm happy all the time because nobody is, and we all go through our things.

I have no problem with people feeling a bit down - crikey, you only have to walk down the road to find enough reasons to fall into a depressive coma - but I do have a problem with whining about it.

And, honestly, if somebody wants to criticize me for not being a trainwreck, that's fine with me!

I've been anxious but not depressed. I'm an incorrigible optimist.

There are times for all of us when all the laughter seems to be gone, but we should not permit these periods to last too long. When we've lost our sense of humor, there isn't very much left. We become ridiculous. We must then go to war against the whole world, and that's a war we cannot win.

It is the very wantonness of folly for a man to search out the frets and burdens of his calling and give his mind every day to a consideration of them. They belong to human life. They are inevitable. Brooding only gives them strength.

Laugh whenever you can. Keeps you from killing yourself when things are bad. That and vodka.

It would be wisest not to worry too much about the sterile periods. They ventilate the subject and instill into it the reality of daily life.

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 always wanted to see people's lives transformed from depression and anxiety to joy and peace.

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 just don't deal with the negativity. I can't get involved in that side of it. I don't understand it, and you can't let it take away from your life and what you are trying to do.

Well, you can't be depressed and sad 24 hours a day.

I don't waste time being depressed.

Being healthy is something I learned from a very young age. Looking after yourself on the inside helps with your energy, makes your skin glow, and changes your whole outlook on life.

Yes, I did and a lot of my friends who are in the same program as I were very much supportive, and the most important thing they said to me is do not let this interfere with what you have to do in taking car of yourself. That was the most important thing.

I never thought getting older would be so great. But when it comes to depression, I have experienced less the older I've gotten.

I'm always optimistic.

Depression opens the door to beauty of some kind.

We get older, and we forget that we have to carve a little time out to feel good in your body, in your head, and in your spirit.

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