I want to be in 'Funny Girl.' And I want Ryan Murphy to direct it.

A lighthouse doesn't save the ships; it doesn't go out and rescue them, it's just this pillar that helps to guide people home.

I love my onscreen frenemy, Dianna Agron! Having the opportunity to work so closely with her has been amazing.

Uniqueness is what makes you the most beautiful.

But people are going to say what they want to say. I know who I am, and I'm not perfect.

You don't need to look like everybody else. Love who you are.

If you believe in yourself you can make yourself whatever you want to be.

I consider myself lucky to be an only child because if I had other siblings, my mother would not have been able to take me to every audition and be so supportive of my career.

Confidence is what makes you stand out.

I worried that people wouldn't like me. Now I try not to worry and focus on being happy.

I feel like the luckiest girl in the world.

If you are idle, ask “why?” If you feel like life is boring for you, ask “why?” When you get into a disappointment, ask “why?” Even if you come out of all torments and disturbances, ask “why?

Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but primarily by catchwords.

Defined in psychological terms, a fanatic is a man who consciously over-compensates a secret doubt.

The general interest of the masses might take the place of the insight of genius if it were allowed freedom of action.

Balenciaga often said that women did not have to be perfect or beautiful to wear his clothes. When they wore his clothes, they became beautiful.

You can't build politics on love. People aren't concerned with love; it's too disordered. They prefer despotism. Too much freedom breeds chaos.

What could make me love my fellow Christian better than to see that God loves us all as we were all one soul?

Be willing to stop punishing yourself for your mistakes. Love yourself for your willingness to learn and grow.

Die happily and look forward to taking up a new and better form. Like the sun, only when you set in the west can you rise in the east.

It is the people who can do nothing who find nothing to do, and the secret to happiness in this world is not only to be useful, but to be forever elevating one's uses.