Oscar Hammerstein Quotes

When I get down, I don't waller around for long.

One thing about me is that I don't like to be sad all the time.

I learned to practice smiling when I'm feeling sad, you know?

Maybe depression is the most reasonable response to all the crap around us. Maybe it's the happy people who need medication.

Melancholy, indeed, should be diverted by every means but drinking.

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

I used to get out of bed sometimes and feel depressed and watched a lot of reruns on TV to get over it. I should have allowed myself to be a little more human and not worry about trying to be a superwoman.

I guess I watch movies to make myself happier a lot.

One must not let oneself be overwhelmed by sadness.

I'm so glad I spent 10 years being sad and lonely.

I don’t care if it’s dog piss. It makes me feel better.

I've always liked depressing music because a lot of times, listening to it when you're down can actually make you feel less depressed. Also, even though a person may have problems with depression, sometimes you can actually be kind of comfortable in that space because you know how to operate within it.

There are so many things in life that make you sad, you have to be happy.

My life has had a lot of fun moments, but I tend to feel sadness more often.

I can't cheer up — I don't want to cheer up. It's nicer to be miserable!

I've had my moments of feeling miserable in my life, as has everyone, but it's not often that you actually get the opportunity to indulge that feeling. Mostly when people are depressed or miserable, they have to snap out of it because it doesn't work. It doesn't suit day-to-day life.

When you're an addict, you can go without feeling anything except drunk or stoned or hungry. Still, when you compare this to other feelings, to sadness, anger, fear, worry, despair, and depression, well, an addiction no longer looks so bad. It looks like a very viable option.

I give myself a good cry if I need it. But then I concentrate on the good things still in my life. I don't allow myself any more self-pity than that. A little each every morning, a few tears, and that's all.

I become filled with anxiety and hurt as a natural reaction. Then I resort to my gratitude journal. I make it a point to think about and write down all of the things I have to be grateful for, and this helps me immensely.

Why do people spend their time being sad when they could be happy?

I have vision boards, and people think that I put the vision board up and I look at it all the time, but what I do is, when I'm having an emotional time and I'm stressed out or feeling bad, I go to the store and get all the stuff for a vision board. Instead of channeling the negative thoughts or being depressed, I change it around and I start making boards.

Sitting around miserable all day won't make you any happier.

For every sad thing you think of, you should think of three happy things to chase it away.

Do not ... hope wholly to reason away your troubles; do not feed them with attention, and they will die imperceptibly away. Fix your thoughts upon your business, fill your intervals with company, and sunshine will again break in upon your mind.