Beyond Blue

Beyond Blue

10 Uplifting Quotes for a Depressed Heart

posted by Beyond Blue | 7:45am Friday November 28, 2008

Again, this title is too positive to be my own. But we must start the holiday season with a heart of joy, no? Here’s a good beginning …

What is it about a short quotation that carries so much power? Anyone who has ever been moved by “I have a dream” or “I think, therefore I am” knows that a single, simple quote can change a day, a life, a world. 

For those who suffer from depression, words of uplift and inspiration are always welcome. Explore these quotations and see if a few simple words might change your day, your life, or your world.



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Karen N.

posted November 28, 2008 at 6:33 pm


A saying that has become a mantra for me is “This, too, shall pass.” It’s short, sweet, and so true.



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Tom F.

posted November 29, 2008 at 10:13 am


Think of all the thinngs you DO HAVE, and realize…..
“I’M TOO BLESSED TO BE STRESSED!”



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Carmen

posted November 30, 2008 at 9:58 am


Bailout 2008, a poem by David Jeffrey
Like a bloodied warrior,
laying broken and torn.
Like a dying soldier, hopeless and forlorn.
But the blood, it be green,
the color of money.
And the soldier is an economy,
and it is anything but funny.
Broken are it’s people and shattered are their dreams.
Thanks to the ultra rich and their full proof schemes.
It is a tragedy with more pain to come.
Finance will be Hell, and their wills will be done.



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Carmen

posted November 30, 2008 at 10:02 am


When things dont seem to go your way, you should still have confidence and Faith because the Universe simply has a bigger better plan for you, and all you have to do is wait for it to unfold



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Your Name

posted December 17, 2008 at 7:38 pm


After years of depression and then making a decision to change my life I started using positive affirmations. Its taken nearly a year, but one morning I woke up and thought ‘I choose to be happy’ and have been. whenever I am in situation that would have normally caused me to sink into depression, i simply repeat those words and i am able to avoid the depression. Positive statments and affirmations definately work.



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amirah

posted February 12, 2009 at 10:43 am


“To wish you were someone else is to waste the person you are.”



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