Andy Cole Quotes

I run into so many people who also have psoriasis and share the same feelings as I had. I tell them that it's about being your own boss and of not settling until they find whatever it is that works for them and they have their life look the way they want it to.

In my life I've gone through a lot of really hard times. I went through depression and had so many challenges that I overcame. And I overcame because I just decided to be happy.

Instead of me having a breakdown, I'm focusing on me having a breakthrough.

People dwell so much on the little things, but why should they hold you back when you have the big things to look forward to? By exuding positive energy when dealing with your problems, you will exude it in your being in general. Treat yourself with love and you will exude love to others.

I do not have bad days. I don't wake up in the morning and think that I'm going to get AIDS. I don't dream bad dreams about it. If I did, I'd be giving in to the negativity.

When you have bad moments, you have to improve. You have to become stronger to deal with it, and I believe I have become stronger.

All I can control is myself and just keep having a positive attitude.

You can always do something that can make you feel good about your life despite what you're going through.

He who can believe himself well, will be well.

I am pleased to say that I am not a tortured comedian - I laugh a lot. My twenties weren't particularly happy, but it's the same for a lot of people. In your thirties, you realise that your life and your worries are really insignificant, and you have to force yourself to be more positive and take each day as a gift.

Where I am today... I still have my ups and downs, but I take it one day at a time and I just hope that I can be the best that I can possibly be, not only for myself, but also young people that are out there today that need someone to look up to.

I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would like.

Many of us feel stress and get overwhelmed not because we're taking on too much, but because we're taking on too little of what really strengthens us.

You start acting in spite of your neuroses, not because of them.

Through teaching myself how to be happy and get through things, I hope I can also do that for other people.

If I let myself sink into depression, I won't be able to get out. And then I'll be awfully unhappy. I just have to turn my face to the light and walk on. And trust that things will be all right.

Conventional wisdom tells us to avoid taking unalterable action while at a low point in life. I have never been conventional.

I don't waste any time at all. I have no time at all for people who are being very negative or people who are very whiny or people who feel sorry for themselves. I tend to go to them and just say, you don't understand how incredible life is and how precious it is.

There's no point waking up in the morning feeling sorry for yourself.

I've been depressed many times in my life. But under it all I'm an optimist.

Do the best you can with yourself and hope for the best.

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

For many years when I was younger, I let negative things that people said about me affect my life. What I've learned is that it's really important to find the right support network, focus on the positive things in your life and quiet that negative voice in your head.

I don't have the best self esteem; mine wavers month to month, but I know how to pick myself up.

Life comes with many challenges. The ones that should not scare us are the ones we can take on and take control of.