Strength & Resilience

“You are not your illness. You have an individual story to tell. You have a name, a history, a personality. Staying yourself is part of the battle.”

“You don't have to control your thoughts. You just have to stop letting them control you.”

“Your illness does not define you. Your strength and courage does.”

“I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.”

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”

“Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”

“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.”

“I have depression. But I prefer to say 'I battle' depression instead of 'I suffer' with it. Because depression hits, but I hit back. Battle on.”

“The strongest people are not those who show strength in front of us, but those who win battles we know nothing about.”

“You wake up every morning to fight the same demons that left you so tired the night before, and that, my love, is bravery.”

“You are not weak for struggling. You are strong for continuing.”

“The human spirit is stronger than anything that can happen to it.”

“I am bent, but not broken. I am scarred, but not disfigured. I am sad, but not hopeless. I am tired, but not powerless. I am angry, but not bitter. I am depressed, but not giving up.”

“Tough times never last, but tough people do.”

“When you feel like giving up, remember why you held on for so long in the first place.”

“One small crack does not mean that you are broken, it means that you were put to the test and you didn't fall apart.”

“The bravest thing I ever did was continuing my life when I wanted to die.”

“You are stronger than you know. More capable than you ever dreamed. And you are loved more than you could possibly imagine.”