“Don’t use your energy to worry. Use your energy to believe.”

“There’s a difference between loving the idea of someone and loving the person they really are.”

“Until you heal the wounds of your past, you are going to bleed. You can bandage the bleeding with food, with alcohol, with drugs, with work, with cigarettes, with sex; But eventually, it will all ooze through and stain your life. You must find the strength to open the wounds, Stick your hands inside, pull out the core of the pain that is holding you in your past, the memories and make peace with them.”

“Make new friends, but don’t forget the old ones.”

“Never stop being a good person because of bad people.”

“You’ve got to love yourself as much as you want someone else to.”

“You have to fight through some bad days to earn the best days of your life.”

“It’s a slow process, but quitting won’t speed it up.”

“Talk with people who make you see the world differently.”