Every day, waking up with the thought that today everything will change, I will escape this hell, and ending the day with the same sad feeling makes life something we never imagined and never wanted to live. It is emotionally exhausting.
We all know the world has never been fair to all; some get everything on hand, but others have to make extreme sacrifices to meet basic needs. In such moments, we feel lost, alone, trapped in darkness, questioning our existence without hope, direction, and inner strength.
It kills us; it becomes quite difficult to find courage within, challenging to breathe, and impossible to express this to others, making the pain even more unbearable. So in this time it is common to have suicidal thoughts to escape this reality in search of peace with the hope that we will get a better place somewhere. But no matter how dark it gets, how hard it hits, you don’t have to end your story.
You have taken even more difficult journeys before to reach here. You just need to ask yourself a question: Has anyone ever found true peace by giving up? Remember that you are the author of your story. You have the power to endure, to overcome, and to be greater than your suffering. Turn the page, rewrite your path, and create a future filled with hope. With a better direction and a renewed sense of purpose, you can navigate through the darkness and emerge stronger than ever before.
Your story is not over yet, and there are always people who care about you and want to see you thrive. Your new world may not look like what you imagined throughout your life, but it will definitely be better because you have gained the strength to make changes and find a new path. Finally, to help you find strength and perspective in your journey, we have curated some of the most powerful suicide quotes to reflect on life, pain, & healing, hoping to provide comfort and inspiration during difficult times.
Every life matters, and if this message inspires even a single soul to hold on, to find hope in the darkest hours, then it will be worth it.
101+ Suicide Quotes to Reflect on Life, Pain & Healing
“This life. This night. Your story. Your pain. Your hope. It matters. All of it matters.” — Jamie Tworkowski
“The thought of suicide is a great consolation: by means of it one gets through many a bad night.” — Friedrich Nietzsche
“Suicide is not chosen; it happens when pain exceeds resources for coping with pain.” — David L. Conroy
“The so-called ‘psychotically depressed’ person who tries to kill herself doesn’t do so out of quote ‘hopelessness’ or any abstract conviction that life’s assets and debits do not square. And surely not because death seems suddenly appealing. The person in whom Its invisible agony reaches a certain unendurable level will kill herself the same way a trapped person will eventually jump from the window of a burning high-rise.” — David Foster Wallace
“We cannot tear out a single page of our life, but we can throw the whole book in the fire.” — George Sand
“The suicide does not see the horror of the situation; the spectator does.” — Simone Weil
“Suicide is the punctuation mark at the end of many artistic careers.” — Kurt Vonnegut
“Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one.” — E.B. White
“Don’t forget who you are and where you came from. Don’t get too emotional over little things. Don’t. Quit until you win the grand prize.” — Robert Randle
“To be, or not to be, that is the question.” — William Shakespeare, Hamlet
“Suicide is man’s way of telling God, ‘You can’t fire me—I quit.'” — Bill Maher
“I think many people kill themselves simply to stop the debate about whether they will or they won’t.” — Susanna Kaysen
“No man ever threw away life while it was worth keeping.” — David Hume
“The only difference between suicide and martyrdom is press coverage.” — Chuck Palahniuk
“There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide.” — Albert Camus
“Killing oneself is, anyway, a misnomer. We don’t kill ourselves. We are simply defeated by the long, hard struggle to stay alive.” — Sally Brampton
“The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love, and to be greater than our suffering.” — Ben Okri
“When people kill themselves, they think they’re ending the pain, but all they’re doing is passing it on to those they leave behind.” — Jeannette Walls
“If your heart is still beating, God is not done with you yet.” — Dillon Burroughs
“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
“But in the end, one needs more courage to live than to kill himself.” — Albert Camus
“You can do things today that shape your unknown future. Make every day the time when you turn what you don’t know into what would like to happen.” — Michael Nulty
“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
“Difficulties in life are intended to make us better, not bitter.” — Dan Reeves
“Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.” — Dylan Thomas
“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.”— Desmond Tutu
“Do not wait until the conditions are perfect to begin. Beginning makes the conditions perfect.” — Alan Cohen
“Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.” — Will Rogers
“Even the darkest night will end, and the sun will rise.” — Victor Hugo
“Every morning, we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.” — Buddha
“Healing is an art. It takes time, it takes practice, it takes love.” — Maza Dohta
“Think of all the beauty that’s still left in and around you and be happy!” — Anne Frank
“Don’t give up. You’ve still got a couple of people to prove wrong.” — Unknown
“Sometimes the best thing you can do is not thinking, not wondering, not imagining, not obsessing and just breathing. Have faith that everything will work out for the best.” — Unknown
“If you are going through hell, keep going.” — Winston Churchill
“Suicide doesn’t solve your problems. It only makes them infinitely, un-countably worse.” — Sinead O’Connor
“If you want to fly, you have to give up the things that weigh you down.” — Toni Morrison
“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” — Albert Einstein
“It’s always darkest before the dawn.” — Thomas Fuller
“It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” — Vince Lombardi
“It’s okay not to be okay, as long as you are not giving up.” — Karen Salmansohn
“Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly.” — Anonymous
“No one is you, and that is your power.” — Dave Grohl
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” — Confucius
“Remember there are many as good as you but nobody better!” — David Cooke
“Remember: You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” — A.A. Milne
“Self-care is how you take your power back.” — Lalah Delia
“Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.” — Seneca
“Sometimes you don’t realize your strength until you come face to face with your greatest weakness.” — Susan Gale
“Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” — Winston Churchill
“Suicide is not an answer; it’s destruction.” — Al Green
“The best way out is always through.” — Robert Frost
“The bravest thing I ever did was continuing my life when I wanted to die.” — Juliette Lewis
“The darkest hour has only sixty minutes.” — Morris Mandel
“The darkest nights produce the brightest stars.” — John Green
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” — Nelson Mandela
“The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever to be able to do it.” — J.M. Barrie
“The most difficult thing is the decision to act; the rest is merely tenacity.” — Amelia Earhart
“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today.” — 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
“There is hope, even in the darkest of times. We have to be brave enough to see it.” — J.K. Rowling
“There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t.” — John Green
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” — Maya Angelou
“Though no one can go back and make a brand-new start, anyone can start now and make a brand-new ending.” — Carl Bard
“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
“Turn your wounds into wisdom.” — Oprah Winfrey
“Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t.”— Rikki Rogers
“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.” — Helen Keller
“When things go wrong, don’t go with them.” — Elvis Presley
“When you are tempted to give up, your breakthrough is probably just around the corner.” — Joyce Meyer
“Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.”— Nido Qubein
“When you feel like giving up, just remember why you held on for so long.” — Hayley Williams
“When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt
“You are enough, just as you are.” — Meghan Markle
“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” — C.S. Lewis
“You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.” — Rumi
“You are valuable simply because you exist.” — Max Lucado
“You are worthy of love and belonging.” — Brené Brown
“You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.” — Jon Kabat-Zinn
“You don’t have to see the whole staircase; just take the first step.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
“You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.” — Margaret Thatcher
“Your story isn’t over yet.” — Project Semicolon
“Be kind to yourself. You’ve been through a lot.” — Unknown
“Every step you take is progress, even if it feels slow.” — Unknown
“Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.” — Unknown
“Growth takes time, but it’s worth it. Hang in there.” — Unknown
“Healing doesn’t mean the damage never existed. It means the damage no longer controls our lives.” — Unknown
“Healing is not linear. Be patient with yourself.” — Unknown
“I believe in you, and I’m always here for you.” — Unknown
“I will love you even when you feel like you can’t love yourself.” — Unknown
“It’s okay to feel sad, but don’t let it define you.” — Unknown
“Keep going. Everything you need will come to you at the perfect time.” — Unknown
“Never be ashamed of a scar. It simply means you were stronger than whatever tried to hurt you.” — Unknown
“No matter how much it hurts now, someday you will look back and realize your struggles changed your life for the better.” — Unknown
“Some days are bad; some days are good. All are part of the process.” — Unknown
“Sometimes you have to let go to see if there was anything worth holding on to.” — Unknown
“Suicide doesn’t end the chances of life getting worse, it eliminates the possibility of it ever getting better.” — Unknown
“The next time you want to give up, think about why you’ve come this far.” — Unknown
“There’s always a reason to keep going, even when it feels like there isn’t.” — Unknown
“This moment will pass. The next one will be better.” — Unknown
“This world needs you, even if you can’t see why right now.” — Unknown
“When life knocks you down, get back up and keep going.” — Unknown
“You are stronger than you think. You have survived 100% of your worst days.” — Unknown
