I'm a big believer in always challenging yourself and learning new skills.

Forcing victims of sexual harassment into secret arbitration proceedings is wrong because it means that nobody ever finds out what really happened.

Trust is the most important aspect of being a journalist. If people don't trust or find you relatable - you will not have success.

My hope is that when people read my story, it will inspire them to reach for their goals and not give up. The real story is this: if I can do it, you can too.

Self esteem is built from the inside out and that is my inspiring message to all people.

If you Google me, you'll find plenty of "dumb blonde" references - even though I graduated with honors from Stanford and studied at Oxford University. I don't let it bother me.

I'm not superwoman. It's impossible to do everything 100 percent all of the time. And suggesting that women should be able to do it only puts more pressure on them.

I felt vindicated that I decided to speak up for not only myself but women all across the nation who've been put down.

The discipline learned from putting in time and effort as a child is a skill and a talent you carry with you for the rest of your life in trying to achieve goals.

In the Miss America system talent is worth 50 percent of a contestant's points so my mom encouraged me to give it a try. And once I decided to do it, like anything else, I gave it 110 percent.

I've never understood why it's a negative to showcase a talented, smart woman who also happens to be attractive.

Dad, how do soldiers killing each other solve the world's problems?

My silence never means I don’t have nothing to talk, but it was important who were audiences and what was the topic.

You were made to soar, to crash to earth, then to rise and soar again.

Any tool is a weapon if you hold it right.

He had kept his head, kept his health and his strength, bearing up under a weight of work and worry that only a few could have carried.

A lot of ultramarathoners are soloists. They're single and live lives off the grid.

All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.

learning 's a gift, even when "pain" ,s your teacher!

Even when you feel you've reached the end or edge of life, hold on. Life itself will ultimately take care of you.

I was into Nickelback before they were cool.