Learning how to deal with people and their reactions to my life is one of the most challenging things... people staring at me, people asking rude questions, dealing with media, stuff like that.

I don't need easy, I just need possible.

Courage doesn't mean you don't get afraid. Courage means you don't let fear stop you.

People can do whatever they want if they just set their heart to it, and just never give up, and just go out there and do it.

Life is a lot like surfing… When you get caught in the impact zone, you’ve got to just get back up. Because you never know what may be over the next wave.

Life is full of what-ifs. You can’t let it hold you back. If you do, you’re not really living at all… just kind of going through the motions with no meaning

Love is bigger then a tsunami, stronger then any fear.

Being creative on the waves is challenging, but we each create art in our own way.

Courage, sacrifice, determination, commitment, toughness, heart, talent, guts. That's what little girls are made of; the heck with sugar and spice.

We all go through rough times. We have those obstacles that seem too large to overcome or that current that you never seem to swim out of. We have to decide what matters most to us - our passions.

My strength came from my relationship with Christ and from the love and encouragement of my family and friends.

If love is what we are, then every human interaction is an opportunity to express ourselves.

Pay no attention to what the critics say

Of puns it has been said that those most dislike who are least able to utter them.

IMBECILITY, n. A kind of divine inspiration, or sacred fire affecting censorious critics of this dictionary.

I was not the most attractive child. I had two really big buck teeth. I was horrendous - long, lanky and gangly.

For an actor, style comes last. You first have to implement the whole thing, but your style comes from the subconscious, which is the best part an actor brings to his work.

Truth is not a matter of argumentation and conviction; it is not the outcome of opinion.

Believe me, having a teenage daughter is like living with the Taliban.

To the Green movement in which infantilism is seen at its worst, authority is a far more serious evil than the destruction of life.

When it rains manna from heaven, some people put up an umbrella. Others reach for a big spoon.