Inspiring Quotes to Combat Suicidal Thoughts

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

- Karl A. Menninger

"My own failed suicide attempt, led me to profession of helping others. Reach out. You are never alone."

- David Essel

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

- Phil Donahue

"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

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

- Juliette Lewis

"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

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

- Victor Hugo

"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

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

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

- Haley Williams

"Healing is not about moving on or ‘getting over it.’ It’s about learning to make peace with our pain and finding purpose in our lives again."

- Shirley Kamisky

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

- Jamie Tworkowski

"A person never truly gets over a suicide loss. You get through it. Day by day. Sometimes it’s moment by moment."

- Holly Kohle

"Continue to live your life, know that it’s OK to smile again. Don’t ever be ashamed or let anyone make you feel ashamed."

- Jackie Burson

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

- Al Green

"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

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

- Desmond Tutu

"That’s the thing about suicide. Try as you might to remember how a person lived his life, you always end up thinking about how he ended it."

- Anderson Cooper

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

- Franklin D. Roosevelt

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

- Ernest Hemingway

"Love Is Louder is a movement that is hopefully going to bring some awareness and make some noise when it comes to teens who are feeling suicidal or even just sad, outcasts, and being bullied, and really feel like they have nowhere to turn to."

- Brittany Snow

"One HELLO? can change a life. One HELLO? can save a life."

- Liza M. Wiemer

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

- Winston Churchill

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

- Carl Bard

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

- CS Lewis

"Grief is like the ocean; it comes on waves ebbing and flowing. Sometimes the water is calm, and sometimes it is overwhelming. All we can do is learn to swim."

- Vicki Harrison

"Stay Strong. Love endlessly. Change Lives."

- Amy Bleuel

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

- Maru Anne Radmacher

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

- Carl Bard

"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

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

- Rikki Rogers

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

- Helen Keller

"I suffered from severe depression for over a decade. My condition deteriorated steadily. I was suicidal."

- Byron Katie

"I was friendless, I was hopeless, I was suicidal, lost my family - I mean, it was bad. Bottomed out, didn't know what I was going to do."

- Glenn Beck

"For a while I was suicidal and I tried to kill myself. I think I should have died about four times."

- Jack Osbourne

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

- Harold Kushner

"I'm not glorifying it at all, I'm just basically telling you that sometimes I have suicidal thoughts. And maybe I should seek help, or maybe it's not that deep."

- ASAP Rocky

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

- Jack Penn

"When the human race neglects its weaker members, when the family neglects its weakest one - it's the first blow in a suicidal movement."

- Maya Angelou

"People who express suicidal feelings are least likely to act on them."

- Sinead O'Connor

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

- Helen Keller

"There are people who are just suicidal, regardless. They are built to self-destruct."

- Miriam Toews

"I have the insecurities of any actress, I suppose of any woman. Even the most beautiful ones feel unhappy. Look at Bardot: she was suicidal."

- Chloe Sevigny

"I found that if I don't paint for around a week, I get practically suicidal. It took a long time to figure out why I had these mood swings, and I finally figured out it's because I haven't painted."

- Damian Loeb

"I always get cast as the girl who's dying or the girl who's killing or the girl who's suicidal - all these heavy roles. But I like playing them."

- Lauren German

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

"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."

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

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

"When you don’t have the strength to take another step, ask those you love to pull you."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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