Catherine Oxenberg Quotes

Heartbreak is hard, but you find more and more things to be grateful for every day.

I get why we don't want to be in pain, but there's something very essential about what happens when we're in pain and some of the growth that can come from it if we stare at it straight in the face.

For me, the healing process starts with graciousness and forgiveness.

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.

I was in a very deep, dark slump, and I needed to find a way to get myself out of it. I had to force myself back out into life, back out into experiencing things.

To me, forgiveness is the cornerstone of healing.

When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.

If you are bitter, you are like a dry leaf that you can just squash, and you can get blown away by the wind. There is much more wisdom in forgiveness.

When you come from so many damaged places you don't ever want to spiral back there, so you gotta continue to check yourself.

Don't let your wounds make you become someone you're not.

I remember everything but forgive anyway.

In the end, you have to forgive in order to heal and move forward with your life. For people who hurt you very deeply, you don't have to forgive them for their sake but for your sake, so that you can move forward and have a healthier and happier life.

We have a choice about how we take what happens to us in our life and whether or not we allow it to turn us. We can become consumed by hate and darkness, or we're able to regain our humanity somehow, or come to terms with things and learn something about ourselves.

I refuse to let what happened to me make me bitter.

Everybody has fallen down or been disappointed in love. Where you truly shine is when you get back up. Use it as a learning experience and believe in all of the possibilities.

A lot of people do have tragic childhoods. But you know what? Get over it.

I'm a creative person who had a lot of dark time in my life. I can still get to it: I can still go to a relationship or a time when things weren't great. But it's getting further and further from me.

Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself.

I do a lot of lectures on survival. I always say you can't change what happened, so have a little wallow, feel very sorry for yourself, and then get up and move forward. You can't change what happened.

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.

When you go through heartbreak, you just do the things that get you by. Eventually, you realise it's about making the most of life.

Self-compassion is how we recover.

Forgiveness isn't just a blessing you deliver to another human being. Forgiveness is also a gift you give yourself.

If you are broken, you do not have to stay broken.