The only reason I am successful is because I have stayed true to myself.

By finding the courage to be ourselves, we gain the power to make a difference.

Are you maximizing your minute or are you making the most of the moment?

Rise above your circumstances, change the world one person at a time starting with you, and be the inspiration you’ve been searching for.

No one should be afraid to be themselves.

I want to prove that you don't have to conform to be accepted. The greatest Value comes from loving yourself for who you are.

Make your influence a good one. Act in a way you would be proud of even if the whole world was watching, because your example could mean the world to just one person.

Make a difference no matter what role you play

The greatest value comes from loving yourself for who you are. I've been teaching myself this for years, so I hope that by showing what I've learned, others can find the same freedom and joy I have.

While my body might say, "I'm small and vulnerable, " my hair warns, "DON'T MESS WITH ME.

You’ve got to have confidence in the very thing that makes you unique – then wait for the world to catch up

Literature is that neuter, that composite, that oblique into which every subject escapes, the trap where all identity is lost, beginning with the very identity of the body that writes.

Sunrise is starting to feel like a guilt trip.

Life will always get in the way of living.

Gold is worshipped in all climates, without a single temple, and by all classes, without a single hypocrite.

A man who knows how to make good bargains or finds his money increase in his coffers, thinks presently that he has a good deal of brains and is almost fit to be a statesman.

And let to-day embrace the past with remembrance and the future with longing.

I hated waiting. If I had one particular complaint, it was that my life seemed composed entirely of expectation.

It's interesting that these themes of crime and political corruption are always relevant.

There is no continuum for success. Focus on the progress, not the results.

I'm not as involved in every little thing as I used to be.