I know that when you're a teenager - sometimes when you're an adult - what sets you apart can sometimes feel like a burden and it's not. And a lot of the time, it's what makes you great.

Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the biggest step of your life.

I can't think of any better representation of beauty than someone who is unafraid to be herself.

I think a lot of people compare their insides to other people’s outsides.

I have a checkered past. I'll take any eyeliner that comes my way.

It doesn't matter what you do. It matters who you are.

You're only human. You live once and life is wonderful, so eat the damned red velvet cupcake.

I'm into grilled cheese. Grilled cheese makes me feel beautiful!

I was a good-looking kid. I never felt, like, dorky. I was just like, 'Yup, these are my braces. I've had them forever.'

We're always too skinny, or too fat. Too tall, or too short. We're shaming each other, and we're shaming ourselves, and it sucks.

I'm never saying never - I'm saying I'm not about to.

It's when I hear your heartbeat that I know that I am alive.

At Texas A&M you learn first to follow, then to develop and practice your leadership skills, and finally you become someone others want to follow.

Gangs are a group reaction to helplessness.

As far as consistency of thought goes, I prefer inconsistency.

The tendency in today's culture is to want to be a 'star', but I want to be a servant.

If we are not able to fix the Lord firmly in our hearts, even a lifetime of temple-going does not do us any good.

In their capacity to feel pain and fear, a pig is a dog is a bear is a boy.

To a well deserving person God will show favor. To an ill deserving person He will simply be just.

I suppose we're not supposed to judge people.

When the path ignites a soul, there's no remaining in place. The foot touches ground, but not for long.