Dolores O'Riordan Quotes

Overcoming the obstacle of my diabetes diagnosis was something that forced me tackle the challenge head-on and, with an amazing support system, eventually come out stronger.

A lot of emotional stress that people go through, some people figure out a way to handle it. They have a strong enough support system to keep going and keep moving forward. And some people, they feel like they don't have that outlet.

If you don't have the love and support of your family, you need to find someone out there who you can confide in and share your concerns and worries with. And someone who can lift your spirits and make you feel valuable and strong and powerful.

Surround yourself with good people who encourage and love you. There are always ups and downs, no matter how successful you are.

Yes, I did and a lot of my friends who are in the same program as I were very much supportive, and the most important thing they said to me is do not let this interfere with what you have to do in taking car of yourself. That was the most important thing.

I just think that is so important to keep a strong support system, to keep yourself encouraged.

I've got a great support system, starting with my wife and family, to my agent, my instructor, and my mental coach.

Remember that it's okay to get help, and it doesn't make you weak.

I learned a lot about a traumatic situation and what it does to you. It really brings you closer to your family and your loved ones.

Many people are worried about my mental health. But as I've said many times, we're stronger than we think we are.

Through my fans and my children, my wife, just good people, I'm coping.

I go to a lot of self-help groups in the day, and then I can sleep pretty well at night.

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.

It's all right to sit on your pity pot every now and again. Just be sure to flush when you are finished. Mrs. Miracle

The hardest thing you can do is smile when you are ill, in pain, or depressed. But this no-cost remedy is a necessary first half-step if you are to start on the road to recovery.

There is no magic cure, no making it all go away forever. There are only small steps upward; an easier day, an unexpected laugh, a mirror that doesn't matter anymore.

Grateful people may recover faster from trauma.

You need people around you that care about you and are thinking about you in your best interest. And keep your mind straight.

Some people are too prideful to go out and reach out to people to help them in that situation because it's just such a dark time.

I keep my head straight by having the right people around me, from my friends and family to my management and my team. They all keep me in my place. If I didn't have them supporting all the work that I do, I wouldn't be in such a solid place.

I don't need a good skate to make everything OK.

I have been dealing with illness and its manifestations since I was a teenager, and I think that gives me a very healthy respect for the things in life we can't control.

Before I started chemotherapy treatments, I wrote down the best advice from doctors, family, friends, books, and survivors and created an 'Owner's Manual' to help me take care of myself. It would remind me that cancer is doable.

I have learned to become not an M.D. but a 'C.D.' for the wounded people I meet. Yes, a 'Chosen Dad' who may not like their behavior but loves and reparents them and helps them to heal their lives and find self-worth and self-esteem and save their lives.

Emphasis in the Marine Corps isn't on talking about your feelings.