I want every day to be life for the living, not just traipsing through it existing. I'm just interested in life and the world and exploring.

Look at people for an example, but then make sure to do things your way. Surround yourself with positive people.

You have to stand for what you believe in and sometimes you have to stand alone.

Life is so much bigger, grander, higher, and wider than we allow ourselves to think.

I decided early on that I was going to put on my crown and rule my world by acting right and treating myself like a queen.

I don’t want to be a supermodel; I want to be a role model.

My mom will make me walk the dogs or take out the trash when I go home.

Every woman is a queen, and we all have different things to offer.

No one ever got ahead by going through the motions. You have to constantly be improving yourself. Make your life the masterpiece you want it to be.

I really don't know how to be anyone else, and whenever I try to be anyone else, I fail miserably. Or I disappoint myself. It doesn't build my self-esteem, and it doesn't help me grow me at all.

When I was around 18, I looked in the mirror and said, 'You're either going to love yourself or hate yourself.' And I decided to love myself. That changed a lot of things.

...when we cease asking questions, when we stop being self-critical, and when we no longer engage with others, then we surrender our ability to grow--to progress. Let's begin the conversation.

It really doesn't bother me, " she said. "I've always thought it stupid to try to hide your age, or to pretend to be younger than you are. Denying your age is like denying your life.

Everything you need to know about life can be learned from a genuine and ongoing attempt to write

I've looked that old scoundrel death in the eye many times but this time I think he has me on the ropes.

I find it more enjoyable investing time doing what pleases me, rather than wasting precious time attempting to please everyone else.

And the bright faces of my young companions Are wrinkled like my own, or are no more.

A technological revolution on the farm has led to an output explosion--but we have not yet learned to harness that explosion usefully, while protecting our farmers' right to full parity income

Most people are more comfortable with what is familiar. I’ve spent my life doing the opposite.

I didn't think anything we did was spectacular. I remember we thought, 'Let's just write some scary music.'

Dreams can change histories and songs can alter destinies.