I'd have a nervous breakdown except that I've been through this too many times to be nervous.

Courage, contrary to popular belief, is not the absence of fear. Courage is the wisdom to act in spite of fear.

Nothing adventured, nothing attained

If our early lessons of acceptance were as successful as our early lessons of anger how much happier we would all be.

There are many misconceptions about depression-mostly negative. Unfortunately, because depressed people think negatively about depression and its treatment, they don't get help, which allows the depression to worsen, which leads to more negative thinking, which produces a vicious cycle of suffering.

Stubborness is also determination. It's simply a matter of shifting from "won't power" to "will power.

Don't accept the limitations of other people who claim things are 'unchangeable'. If it's written in stone, bring your hammer and chisel.