Be respectful to your peers and yourself, of course. Don't be a jerk. But at the same time don't settle for anything less than yourself.

Be stupid, be dumb, be funny, if that's who you are. Don't try to be someone that society wants you to be, that's stupid. So be yourself.

Confidence is not 'they will like me'. Confidence instead is 'I'll be fine if they don't'.

People aren't born strong. people grow stronger little by little, encountering difficult situations learning not to run from them.

I'm not perfect, but I believe my faith in Jesus Christ will really take me far in the world!

If It's your passion and you want to do it for the rest of your life, why would comments stop you from doing that?

No matter what society is trying to drill in your head about how you should look, how you should act, and what you need to say, I think it's all crap. All of it. Be yourself and do you.

Be different; be unique; be yourself.

If you can't find what's unique, people aren't going to listen.

Most of all I like to sing my heart out to lyrics that really speak to people.

Don't let the idiots that like to bring you down, succeed in discouraging you. I let it get to me a while ago, and let me tell you, it feels SO good to come up under it!

you are a person, not a shredder.so quit tearing yourself to shreds.

Instead of the weight that sinks us, consequences are often the life preserver that saves us.

Change words like difficult/impossible/unrealistic to words like challenging/fun/daring/exciting, and then get back to working/playing/competing/winning

He watched their faces, and he knew each meant desperately what she said because they loved each other, and deep inside surely each knew the words were false, that the true words were those unspoken.

I want you all to stand like the Muslims who stood with La ilaaha ilalla for Truth and Right

There occurs the beautiful feeling that only humanity together is the true human being, and that the individual can be cheerful and happy only if he has the courage to feel himself in the Whole.

L.A. is a bit strange. It doesn't seem like the real world.

Every movement reveals us.

Froth at the top, dregs at bottom, but the middle excellent.

When people talk about cash being king, it's not king if it just sits there and never does anything.