Stand up and walk out of your history

Eighty percent of all choices are based on fear. Most people don't choose what they want; they choose what they think is safe.

Take it from a guy: If you're in love with somebody, you will swim the stream, you will climb the mountain, you will slay the dragon. You're going to get to her somehow, some way.

In life you have three options with any situation that is a challenge. Remove yourself from the situation, change it, or accept it.

Instead of being ashamed of what you've been through, be proud of what you have overcome!

Relationships are negotiated and if you deal with ultimatums and authority all the time, then you're not going to get anywhere.

You have got to decide, look, this is who I am; this is my best way to present myself, and I'm going to ride that horse to the finish line. Not everybody will like it, but that's OK.

If you don't have a plan, days turn into weeks, weeks turn into months, months turn into years, and before you know it you're looking back saying, I should've had a plan.

People have the right to think and say whatever they want to. But you have the right not to take it to heart, and not to react.

Unless you know who you are, you will always be vulnerable to what people say.

People who have nothing to hide, hide nothing. You should be an open book, be transparent.

the gods seldomgivebut so quicklytake.

Hope is faith.

What is there flattering, amusing, or edifying in their carving your name on a tombstone, then time rubbing off the inscription together with the gilding?

There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory.

I have a wonderful husband. I have three amazing kids.

Where's the fun without a bit of risk?

It was like meeting someone out of your dreams, or fantasies, or a beloved character from a favorite book.

You have to throw yourself into a situation of trust with these things, especially that first day when you don't know someone and you're on a massive Disney Hollywood movie set.

I love the city and the people of Munich. I have many great friends there.