Marie Osmond > Quotes

“If you're going to be able to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it now.”
― Marie Osmond

“Tragedy plus time equals humor”
― Marie Osmond, Might As Well Laugh About It Now

“Depression doesn't wait till Monday.”
― Marie Osmond

“If you’re going to be able to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it now.”
― Marie Osmond

“I was trained in my entertainment upbringing to smile constantly when I’m around other people and now it’s as natural to me as breathing.”
― Marie Osmond, Behind the Smile: My Journey out of Postpartum Depression

“I feel like I’m playing hide-and-seek from my own life, except that I just want to hide and never be found.”
― Marie Osmond, Behind the Smile: My Journey out of Postpartum Depression

“I became an expert at pushing my problems or needs out of my mind in order to deal with the day at hand and accomplish what needed to be done.”
― Marie Osmond, Behind the Smile: My Journey out of Postpartum Depression

“A mother is a child’s first teacher. We are raising the people who will grow up to influence society and the world. As women, whether we have children or not, we “bear” the future by being the nucleus of the home.”
― Marie Osmond, The Key Is Love: My Mother's Wisdom, A Daughter's Gratitude

“I was raised to believe that there is always something new that you can learn from the people you work with in every capacity.”
― Marie Osmond, The Key Is Love: My Mother's Wisdom, A Daughter's Gratitude

“Daughters, especially, need a cushion from unwanted attention, without having to be labeled in any way.”
― Marie Osmond, The Key Is Love: My Mother's Wisdom, A Daughter's Gratitude

“I’m collapsed in a pile of shoes on my closet floor. Around and around me hangs my clothing, which is all I can see as I lean against the back wall of the closet. It can see straight up one of my skirts on a hanger over my head. It looks like a long, dark tunnel with the exit sealed off. It looks like my life right now.”
― Marie Osmond, Behind the Smile: My Journey out of Postpartum Depression

“My smile is like a two-way mirror. I can see out, but no one can see in. No one sees what is going on behind the mirror.”
― Marie Osmond, Behind the Smile: My Journey out of Postpartum Depression

“Like the Cinderella tale, it seems that many 16-year-old don’t come back to reality until after the clock strikes midnight. That seems to be the time of the day (or night) when they want to process life out loud. Apparently, teens only like to talk about what’s on their minds when they are out of the glare of sunlight.”
― Marie Osmond, The Key Is Love: My Mother's Wisdom, A Daughter's Gratitude