But one of the big lessons I have learned from my journey is you can’t please everyone, so don’t try.

People are not born heroes or villains; they’re created by the people around them.

A villain is just a victim whose story hasn’t been told.

When people hurt you over and over, think of them like sand paper. They may scratch and hurt you a bit, but in the end, you end up polished and they end up useless.

If you truly own who you are, no one can use you against you.

I couldn't do country, with all due respect to all country music artists. My parents dressed me up with a cowboy hat and we'd go to the rodeo when I was younger and it traumatized me for life.

You can't shy away from your greatness just because you're afraid you're not great enough

Even in the worst of situations-even when it seems no one in the world appreciates you-as long as you have hope, everthing can get better

Courage is one thing that no one can ever take away from you.

To Grandma: Once upon a time, there was a boy who flew.

You don’t get to pick where you’re from, but you always have control of where you’re going.

I am not meant to be alone and without you who understands.

She gave herself a hard twist and fell into a sitting position, staring at me with those maggot-filled doll’s eyes.

When rate of problems is greater than rate of solutions, only radical changes can make the difference.

I have a great belief in the future of my people and my country.

Go to where the silence is and say something.

We suggest that in the next decades fisheries management will have to emphasize the rebuilding of fish populations embedded within functional food webs, within large 'no-take' marine protected areas.

Duty is a better guide than stars or statutes.

Enough people write about me every day without even interviewing me.

It's like, it's up to the people to fall in love with the song. The record company can only do so much.

A cultivated reader of history is domesticated in all families; he dines with Pericles, and sups with Titian.