Low Spirits Quotes

Depression moods lead, almost invariably, to accidents. But, when they occur, our mood changes again, since the accident shows we can draw the world in our wake, and that we still retain some degree of power even when our spirits are low. A series of accidents creates a positively light-hearted state, out of consideration for this strange power.

I get a bit gloomy when it's gloomy.

I've really been sick with this cold, but I think I might have kept the columns going anyhow except I was just so low in spirit, I didn't have the will to struggle against them when my deadline was so close and I felt so lousy.

Hope is the best possession. None are completely wretched but those who are without hope. Few are reduced so low as that.

My fans' love and support keep me going. I've a cupboard which comprises letters, cards, and gifts sent by my fans. They encourage me whenever I feel low.

We were so bad last year, the cheerleaders stayed home and phoned in the cheers.

Generally, I walk around in a glum mood.

If this is long delayed, weapons are blunted and morale depressed.

Mirth, and even cheerfulness, when employed as remedies in low spirits, are like hot water to a frozen limb.

When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking.

I would consent to have a limb amputated to recover my spirits

So much I feel my genial spirits droop, My hopes all flat, nature within me seems In her functions weary of herself.

I could settle down into a state of equable low spirits, and resign myself to coffee.

You are suffering from an ailment that affects ladies of romantic imaginations. Symptoms include fainting, weariness, loss of appetite, low spirits. While on one level the crisis can be ascribed to wandering about in freezing rain without the benefit of adequate waterproofing, the deeper cause is more likely to be found in some emotional trauma. However, unlike the heroines of your favorite novels, your constitution has not been weakened by the privations of life in earlier, harsher centuries. No tuberculosis, no childhood polio, no unhygienic living conditions. You'll survive.' " pg. 303

In a heavy oppressive atmosphere, when the spirits sink too low, the best cordial is to read over all the letters of one's friends.