I know what it's like to feel that fear and the need of affirmation and appreciation. To build confidence in yourself is the toughest thing.

In this life, to earn your place you have to fight for it.

You can't achieve anything in life without a small amount of sacrifice.

I prefer an ugly truth to a pretty lie. If someone is telling me the truth that is when I will give my heart.

There's no better makeup than self-confidence.

Scars remind me of just how far that I've come.

I am trying to make my accent so it won't bother anyone, but I am not going to drive myself crazy trying to pretend I am an American girl when I am from Colombia.

It doesn't matter if you are a musician, a business leader, a president or a student. We all have a responsibility to give back.

I can be like a lioness when defending my people.

Education affects every major challenge we face in society. It creates economic growth, paves the way for peace and stability and helps erase the legacy of marginalization.

Live your life to the fullest.

Movie without romance feels like food without flavor.

This is to be mortal, And seek the things beyond mortality.

I never considered myself to be essentially different from anyone else. Although I knew I was.

Courts of equity have always considered it of the greatest possible importance that parties should not sleep on their rights.

We have yet to learn how to retain our humaneness when assembled in masses.

Surrendering means cleansing yourself completely, getting completely detached. Detachment is the only way you can rise.

I try not to plan that too much.

There can be no excess to love, none to knowledge, none to beauty.

Avoid employing unlucky people - throw half of the pile of CVs in the bin without reading them.

I don't want my hair to be ridiculous. But in Texas I do wear a hat a lot, so I probably have hat-head more than I'm aware of.