100+ Inspirational Quotes to Uplift Those Facing Suicidal Thoughts

"Suicide is not an answer, it’s destruction."

- Al Green

"Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t."

- Rikki Rogers

"Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem."

- Phil Donahue

"When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."

- Franklin D. Roosevelt

"When you are tempted to give up, your breakthrough is probably just around the corner."

- Joyce Meyer

"Never never never give up."

- Winston Churchill

"Suicide doesn’t solve your problems. It only makes them infinitely, un-countably worse."

- Sinead O'Connor

"Now don’t lose your fight, kid. It only takes a little push to pull on through. With so much left to do, you’ll be missing out, and we’ll be missing you."

- All Time Low

"There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t."

- John Green

"If you're going through hell, keep going."

- Winston Churchill

"Everybody goes through difficult times, but it is those who push through those difficult times who will eventually become successful in life. Don't give up, because this too shall pass."

- Jeanette Coron

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

- Juliette Lewis

"When you feel like giving up, just remember the reason why you held on for so long."

- Hayley Williams

"When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn."

- Harriet Beecher Stowe

"This life. This night. Your story. Your pain. Your hope. It matters. All of it matters."

- Jamie Tworkowski

"The real reason for not committing suicide is because you always know how swell life gets again after the hell is over."

- Ernest Hemingway

"Stay alive for the good times. Stay alive through the bad. Stay alive for the hopes and the fears and the dreams, the best that we ever had."

- Andy Black

"Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, 'I will try again tomorrow.'"

- Mary Anne Radmacher

"You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think."

- A.A. Milne

"Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness."

- Desmond Tutu

"Hope is a necessity for normal life and the major weapon against the suicide impulse."

- Karl A Menninger

"Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn."

- Harriet Stowe

"Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise."

- Victor Hugo

"But in the end, one needs more courage to live than to kill himself."

- Albert Camus

"Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle."

- Christian D. Larson

"Did you really want to die? No one commits suicide because they want to die. Then why do they do it? Because they want to stop the pain."

- Tiffanie DeBartolo

"Suicide is a serious thing. And if you know anyone who is suicidal, you need to get them help. No one should be in pain. Everyone should love themselves."

- Gerard Way

"To anyone out there who’s hurting — it’s not a sign of weakness to ask for help. It’s a sign of strength."

- Barack Obama

"There was a moment in my life when I really wanted to kill myself. And there was one other moment when I was close to that... But even in my most jaded times, I had some hope."

- Gerard Way

"Suicide is not a remedy."

- James A. Garfield

"There are far, far better things ahead than anything we leave behind."

- C.S. Lewis

"There will come a day, not too far from now, where you will look back at this time and be so glad that you stayed."

- Louisa, 19

"When you feel like giving up, just remember why you held on for so long."

- Hayley Williams

"Your life is worth fighting for, and nothing will ever change this."

- Louisa, 19

"The desire to commit suicide, however, has at its base a belief that life cannot or will not improve. Although that may be the case in some instances, it is not true in all instances. Death, however, rules out hope in all instances. We do not have any data indicating that people who are dead lead better lives."

- Marsha M. Linehan

"You can either be crushed by a horrific event and lose your sanity, your family and your life. Or, you can take this pain that was thrust upon you, to propel into greatness. You can make it through this. I know it's hard."

- Marie White

"Sometimes even to live is an act of courage."

- Lucius Annaeus Seneca

"I’m so, so glad that you’re here. The fact that you’ve clicked on this blog post shows that you still have fight left in you. I’m proud of you."

- Louisa, 19

"When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what the storm is all about."

- Haruki Murakami

"If you’re going through hell, keep going."

- Winston Churchill

"Grit your teeth and let it hurt. Don’t deny it, don’t be overwhelmed by it. It will not last forever."

- Harold Kushner

"Think of all the beauty that's still left in and around you and be happy!"

- Anne Frank

"If your heart is still beating, God is not done with you yet."

- Dillion Burroughs

"Responding to a suicide attempt by insisting that it must stop, and devoting the full resources of therapy to preventing it, is a communication with compassion and care at its very core."

- Marsha M. Linehan

"The goal of DBT is to help people find the path to getting out of hell."

- Marsha M. Linehan

"The therapist should not evade probing for the reasons the patient regards suicide as the only escape from his misery or intolerable life situation. The patient generally has considered alternative solutions but has discarded them as useless. The therapist should re-examine these alternatives with the patient."

- Aaron T. Beck

"Did you know that we can live forty days without food, and we can live three days without water, and we can actually even live eight minutes without air, but only ONE second without hope."

- Hal Lindsey

"Every single person on this planet is worth life."

- Demi Lovato

"In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity."

- Albert Einstein

"I found that with depression, one of the most important things you could realize is that you’re not alone."

- Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson

"You’re not alone in your struggle. Everyone is fighting their own battles."

- Selena Gomez

"It’s very important to take a step back and recognize that mental illness is just as important as physical illness. You can’t treat it like it doesn’t exist."

- Catherine Zeta-Jones

"Grief is like a drug, and it can bring you to your knees. But we have to keep going, and the darkness will eventually pass."

- Keanu Reeves

"It was the best and bravest thing that I ever did for myself. I am here, I am living, and I’m happy that I am. Give yourself time - with patience and gentleness, you will get here too."

- Louisa, 19

"I feel like you don’t get enough praise for how brave you’re being, I think a lot of people don’t really realise how much courage it takes to actively act against the thoughts you’re having."

- Louisa, 19

"You deserve to show yourself the kindness that you give to others, and you are worthy of beautiful things."

- Louisa, 19

"Anyone desperate enough for suicide should be desperate enough to go to creative extremes to solve problems: elope at midnight, stow away on the boat to New Zealand and start over, do what they always wanted to do but were afraid to try."

- Richard Bach

"When it is darkest, we can see the stars."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"I hope you live a life you are proud of. If you find that you are not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again."

- F. Scott Fitzgerald

"Suicide is the last attempt of re-emergence of the will of life."

- Lamine Pearlheart

"It's not about battling your past, but fighting for your future."

- Jazz Thornton

"We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same."

- Carlos Castaneda

"If someone listens, or stretches out a hand, or whispers a word of encouragement, or attempts to understand a lonely person, extraordinary things begin to happen."

- Loretta Girzartis

"Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it."

- Helen Keller

"What we have once enjoyed, we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us."

- Helen Keller

"Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start."

- Nibo Qubein

"Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start now and make a brand new ending."

- Carl Bard

"The harder the journey the more glorious the victory."

- Melissa Dohme

"One of the secrets of life is to make stepping stones out of stumbling blocks."

- Jack Penn

"All things are difficult before they are easy."

- Thomas Fuller

"I used to think that people were in my way, but I’ve come to realize that they’re just part of the journey."

- Jim Carrey

"I don’t want my children to be ashamed of me. I want them to be proud of me."

- Princess Diana

"I’ve been bullied my whole life. And now I’ve become a bully, and I’m not proud of it. So I’m going to stop and show the world what it means to be a human."

- Lady Gaga

"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved."

- Helen Keller

"Suicide doesn't end the chances of life getting worse, it eliminates the possibility of it ever getting any better."

- Unknown

"There is no greater strength than choosing to live."

- Unknown

"If your brain is telling you to give up, just breathe. With one breath comes the next. Use that to get you to tomorrow."

"If you’re looking for a sign not to kill yourself tonight, this is it."

- Unknown

"When the weight of the world is holding you down, remember the courage to keep fighting is what got you this far."

- Unknown

"Choosing to live is never easy, but it's always worth it."

- Unknown

"Don’t give up. You've still got a couple of people to prove wrong."

- Unknown

"They can’t rescue you if they don’t know you need it. Ask for help to fight another day."

- Unknown

"It isn't weak to ask for help. It's like using a flashlight when you're lost in the dark."

- Unknown

"If you want to show me that you really love me, don’t say that you would die for me, instead stay alive for me."

- Unknown

"When things are tough, you must be tougher. Show them that your life can be better. Prove them wrong."

- Unknown

"You have to know the darkness before you can appreciate the light. You were given this life because you were strong enough to live it."

- Unknown

"Have the strength to find a reason to live."

- Unknown

"You matter more than you'll ever know."

- Unknown

"Sometimes life pushes us to our limits, it tests us beyond our endurance, because God only gives his toughest battles to his strongest soldiers."

- Unknown

"Your life is not over. Your life is important. Don't take your beauty from the world."

- Unknown

"Tough times don’t last, tough people do. Everybody wants to be a diamond, the more it is cut, the brighter it sparkles. Remember, diamonds are created under pressure from dirty coal."

- Unknown

"Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly. The moment you’re ready to quit is usually the moment right before a miracle happens. Don’t give up."

- Unknown

"Before you can see the light, you have to deal with the darkness."

- Unknown

"Place your hand over your heart, can you feel it? That is called purpose. You're alive for a reason so don't ever give up."

- Unknown

"You are not alone; you are loved, and your pain matters."

"The darkest nights produce the brightest stars."

- Unknown

"Hope is not the absence of pain, but the presence of light."

- Unknown

"Sometimes you find yourself in the middle of the darkness, and sometimes in the middle of the darkness, you find yourself."

- Unknown

"The coward sneaks to death; the brave live on."

- Unknown

"Never let a stumble in the road be the end of the journey."

- Unknown

"Your loved one may be gone, but their light continues to shine in your heart."

"The greatest tribute we can give to those we have lost is to live fully and love deeply."

"Healing takes time, and that’s okay. Be gentle with yourself."

"The pain passes, but the beauty remains."

"It is okay to feel lost and unsure. Your journey is unique, and every step forward is a sign of strength."

"Grief is not a sign of weakness, nor a lack of faith. It is the price of love."

"When someone you love becomes a memory, that memory becomes a treasure."

"In the midst of your sorrow, may you find comfort in the memories you hold."