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“Instead of saying ‘I’m damaged, I’m broken, I have trust issues’ say ‘I’m rediscovering myself, I’m starting over.’ Positive self talk.”

“At any given point you have the power to say, this is not how the story is going to end.”

"What would have become of Hercules if there had been no lion, hydra, stag or boar? No savage criminals to rid the world of? What would he have done in the absence of such challenges? Obviously he would have just rolled over in bed and gone back to sleep. By snoring his life away in luxury and comfort he never would have developed into the mighty Hercules. And what good would it have done him? What would have been the use of those arms, that physique, and that noble soul, without conditions to stir him into action?"

“Tell the negativity committee that meets inside your head to sit down and shut up.”

“Everything that I could see was beautiful. I cried and cried, standing there, surrounded by that beauty, even though I wasn’t standing anywhere. I could hear the sound of my own tears. Everything was beautiful. Not that there was anyone to share it with, anyone to tell. Just the beauty.”