I've never been damaged or hurt by press. It's just that I think it's unfair to use your name in media.

You can't just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream. You've got to get out there and make it happen for yourself.

Instead of looking at the past, I put myself ahead twenty years and try to look at what I need to do now in order to get there then.

I really, deeply believe that dreams do come true. Often, they might not come when you want them. They come in their own time.

Take a little time out of your busy day to give encouragement to someone who's lost their way.

Most people are so hard to please that if they met God, they'd probably say yes, she's great, but.

You know, you do need mentors, but in the end, you really just need to believe in yourself.

It takes a long time to get to be a diva. I mean, you gotta work at it.

My travels led me to where I am today. Sometimes these steps have felt painful, difficult, but led me to greater happiness and opportunities.

I can be a better me than anyone can.

If I have someone who believes in me, I can move mountains.

There are Christians who are doing the right thing, but not always at the right time

Explore and experiment your lifetime on earth.

What do you want?" Sophronia was moved to exasperation."Me? Stockings and breeches to come back in fashion. I do miss seeing a man's calves.

I don't believe medical discoveries are doing much to advance human life. As fast as we create ways to extend it we are inventing ways to shorten it.

How many must die before we can really have a free and true and peaceful society?

God loves you as though you are the only person in the world, and He loves everyone the way He loves you.

Well, here at last, dear friends, on the shores of the Sea comes the end of our fellowship in Middle-earth. Go in peace! I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.

If we lacked imagination enough to foresee something better, life would indeed be a tragedy.

It is difficult to esteem a man as highly as he would wish.

There isn't a new sorrow in the world -- they're all old ones -- but we can all find new happiness if we look in the right way.