A drive circuit, for a display apparatus, capable of preventing the occurrence of malfunctions, when the power is turned on, and the destruction of an output device. The drive circuit comprises an edge pulse generation circuit for generating a front edge pulse and a back edge pulse of an input signal, a first level shift circuit for converting the front edge pulse, a second level shift circuit for converting the back edge pulse, a logic circuit, a flip-flop circuit, a setup resistor connected to a signal line in the flip-flop circuit or in the post stage of the flip-flop circuit, an output amplifier circuit connected to the post stage of the setup resistor, and an output device connected to the output amplifier circuit, wherein a capacitive load of the display apparatus is driven by the output device and the setup resistor is connected between the power supply signal line of the output amplifier circuit and the signal line.