Valerie Bertinelli Quotes

Honesty is very sexy.

When you're busy blocking out difficult emotions and feelings, you're not going to feel the good stuff, either.

Happiness is a choice. You can choose to be happy. There's going to be stress in life, but it's your choice whether you let it affect you or not.

When faced with the choice, choose happy

If I sleep in and don't run, I'll feel a little bit off because I didn't do what I was supposed to do. But I'm not going to beat myself up because of it. I'll just get right back on track.

I have faith in faith. God is there, whether we have faith or not, so why not have faith in him?

After a lifetime of losing and gaining weight, I get it. No matter how you slice it, weight loss comes down to the simple formula of calories in, calories out.

Professionally, I have no major goals. That's partly because I'm really flaky. I want things, but I don't go after them. I'd rather they be placed in my lap.

Divorce isn't the child's fault. Don't say anything unkind about your ex to the child, because you're really just hurting the child.

I'm a full-time mom right now and a part-time actress.

Think of every step in a workout as a step in the right direction.

Books make great gifts because... [they don't] come in any particular size, so you don't have to be embarrassed if you bought somebody the wrong size.

I've earned all these years on my face. I don't want to be a liar if in five or 10 years I do get some Botox, but needles in the face scare me, so I don't really know if I am ever going to do that.

I'm a food addict, that's my downfall.

Ed is very sexy because his emotions are really there - not forced.

People come up to me and tell me how I changed their life and I've inspired them. And they tell me their stories, and that keeps me going.

If you say you're fat, all of a sudden people like you!

Everybody complains that people are so flaky in LA. I'd rather be flaky than mean.

Any partying I did, I did at home. I didn't want to be in the spotlight... There's an easy way to get away from the paparazzi; they're not that difficult to hide from and you don't need to go out for coffee every five minutes.

I never, ever, ever had deltoids! Oh my God, when I'm doing exercises and I see them pop out, I'm like, Yes!

I'm excellent at losing weight, but I've never been excellent at maintenance. I have some better days than others in terms of being hypervigilant, but with maintenance you don't know if you've been good at it until you're done.

Leap...and the net will follow

You're only as sick as your secrets.

I started thinking: 'Okay, what's wrong with wearing a bikini? I look better than I looked in quite a few years, so why not? What am I afraid of?

We all have our painful pasts we have to get through.