Depression can seem worse than terminal cancer, because most cancer patients feel loved and they have hope and self-esteem.

Assert your right to make a few mistakes. If people can't accept your imperfections, that's their fault.

Confronting your fears and allowing yourself the right to be human can, paradoxically, make you a far happier and more productive person.

You feel the way you do right now because of the thoughts you are thinking at this moment.

A poor self-image is the magnifying glass that can transform a trivial mistake or an imperfection into an overwhelming symbol of personal defeat.

When two people respect each other, the ability to be vulnerable and to reveal hurt feelings can create a powerful emotional connection that is the source of real intimacy and friendship.

Perfectionism becomes a badge of honor with you playing the part of the suffering hero.

Forgive yourself and be ready to forgive yourself in the future. You're gonna screw up. It's okay.

Learn to accept your limits and you'll become a happier person.

Kindness is the cause of all anxiety.

You don't have to do anything especially worthy to create or deserve self-esteem; all you have to do is turn off that critical, haranguing, inner voice.

The beauty of a meek spirit is precious to God

Great minds that are healthy are never considered geniuses, while this sublime qualification is lavished on brains that are often inferior but are slightly touched by madness.

Millions of children are disempowered and we need to empower them.

Writing a lyric is writing a lyric, whether it's sung or recited. Perhaps the question to ask should be, has playing in a band for three years affected you? The answer to that is you bet.

Men and months are interchangeable commodities only when a task can be partitioned among many workers with no communication among them.

I definitely don't want to be one of those athletes who turns into a cheesy actress.

I couldn't walk up to a woman at a bar and say hello.

You don't really know either of us," Cam said, standing and stepping away, "but you're prepared to choose right now, huh?

Love must be proven by facts and not by reasons.

A strong friendship doesn't need daily conversation or being together. As long as the relationship lives in the heart, true friends never part.