Haylie Duff Quotes

This is still true with auditions - you have to forget about them immediately. You have to put them out of your head, otherwise you're going to drive yourself crazy.

Can you suppose there's any harm in looking as cheerful and being as cheerful as our poor circumstances will permit?

It's good to just smile and go on with your day.

I used to struggle a lot with dwelling on how the day at work was, and I would dwell on my performance. Now, I'm like, "Well, that's over and done with, and I can't control the outcome, so move on." I just remember that it's entertainment I am making.

Do what boxers do, sway with the punches. Don't resist. If any of what happens at work gets to you, just let it. You won't be able to shut it out in the long term anyway. Take it bit by bit, release it like a dam, don't let it collect until the wall develops cracks.

I can have as many bad days as anyone. But I choose to say, 'I'm just fine.'

The message I want to give my fans is, always have a way to pull yourself out of the dark place. Don't sit and cry about it. Have your moment, and then get over it.

I work too hard to let something affect me that's already happened.

Comedy is a coping mechanism, and it helps us stay alive.

It's OK to not be OK.

There are times for all of us when all the laughter seems to be gone, but we should not permit these periods to last too long. When we've lost our sense of humor, there isn't very much left. We become ridiculous. We must then go to war against the whole world, and that's a war we cannot win.

Sometimes, when I talk to someone who has just been diagnosed with cancer or some other illness, I'll remind them: "If you were honest with yourself, you were depressed before this happened. And if this were over you would be happy for a couple of weeks, a couple of months, and then something else would come along."

Shake it off and move on.

With my mom, when someone was gone, they were gone. She didn't waste another minute thinking about them, and neither should you.

Accept your failure, move on, and don't torture yourself.

Donʹt worry now about what you canʹt change. Rest when you can so youʹll be ready for tomorrowʹs battles

In small letters, someone has written NEVER FORGET on one of the slats. I know it's supposed to be a pledge, but it feels like a curse. Don't we have to forget some of it? Don't we have to forget this feeling? If we don't, how will we live?

Stay strong. Depression lies.

If things get too much for you and you feel the whole world's against you, go stand on your head. If you can think of anything crazier to do, do it.

Try to relax and enjoy the crisis.

If you are chronically down, it is a lifelong fight to keep from sinking

Every single thing I do... is just me surviving.

I stay standoffish in a sense, in my own personal space, to be able to cope with whatever it is you've got to cope with.

I can't worry about things that I can't control. That's the best approach, so I've been doing that.

Wrestling kept me sane during dental school. That was the hardest time of my life, and I don't know how I would have made it without the distractions of wrestling to keep me afloat.