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

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

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

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.

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.

Each of us has a natural right, from God, to defend his person, his liberty, and his property.

The general image of a man in an American sitcom is like a complete moron. You'd think the industry was run by a feminist cabal.

It is failure that is easy. Success is always hard.

He will be loved when dead, who was envied when he was living.

Respect kindly all religions that teach loving kindness, and have no respect for envy and jealousy. Never follow hate.

Agriculture is one economic activity that does not obey the laws of demand and supply.

Suffering cheerfully endured, ceases to be suffering and is transmuted into an ineffable joy.

Things pass, and the best we can do is to let them really go away. Getting rid of certain memories also means making some room for other memories to take their place.

Consumerism diverts us from thinking about women's rights, it stops us from thinking about Iraq, it stops us from thinking about what's going on in Africa - it stops us from thinking in general.

There's no such thing beneath the heavens as conditions favorable to art. Art must crash through or perish.