I've never compromised who I am not ever. If I've gotten anywhere in my life it's been on my own merits.

Hate crimes are the scariest thing in the world because these people really believe what they're doing is right.

If grass can grow through cement, love can find you at every time in your life.

For someone who likes tattoos, the most precious thing is bare skin.

Nothing lifts me out of a bad mood better than a hard workout on my treadmill. It never fails. Exercise is nothing short of a miracle.

I'm scared to death of being poor. It's like a fat girl who loses 500 pounds but is always fat inside. I grew up poor and will always feel poor inside. It's my pet paranoia.

Pay no attention to haters, attention is what they crave.

The only thing in the world you can change is yourself and that makes all the difference in the world.

I will never fit in because I was not meant to

Until you're ready to look foolish, you'll never have the possibility of being great.

A girl can wait for the right man to come along but in the meantime that still doesn't mean she can't have a wonderful time with all the wrong ones.

We must submit to God's righteous rule.

I believe everybody is creative, and everybody is talented. I just don't think that everybody is disciplined. I think that's a rare commodity.

There is still work to be done, but that remains a crucial lesson, you cannot bring peace and security to people just by signing an agreement. In fact, most peace agreements don't last.

The knowledge that you have emerged wiser and stronger from setbacks means that you are, ever after, secure in your ability to survive.

When I'm trying to go to sleep and there are little noises, like a clock ticking or a fan squeaking, it drives me completely insane

What has pleased and continues to please, is likely to please again; hence are derived the rules of art, and on this immovable foundation they must ever stand.

That just seems like a tough thing to do... just work in the middle of a company for your entire life. You just do the same thing out of college until you're 60, and then you retire

simple things are the most valuable and only wise people appreciate them".

When you're in trouble don't depend on yourself. Don't depend on people. Depend on God.