The best piece of advice that I remember probably on a daily basis is to accept everything about me that is different. That is what makes me special.

Success is not easy and I think everyone should know that hard work and perseverance and being open to giving back are so much more powerful than stepping all over people to get to the top.

You can do anything you want, even if you are being told negative things.stay strong and find motivation.

You can dream big and it doesn't matter what you look like, where you come from.

My body is very different from most of the dancers I dance with. My hair is different than most I dance with. But I didn't let that stop me. Black girls rock and can be ballerinas.

The path to your success is not as fixed and inflexible as you think.

You're always working to improve, and you're always being critiqued on your next performance. It's not about what you've done. There's always room to grow.

I just try to approach every opportunity on stage, as if it's my first time and my last time.

I feel like I represent every young dancer, and even non-dancer, who felt they were not accepted by the ballet world. I'd like to think that they can see themselves in me.

There are muscles that we have in our feet that most human beings don't even know that we have. The strength that we have is so detailed.

I think that training is the key, definitely, and I devoted my life to it.

Anything does not exist until it is created. You create it

Still the mind in meditation and you will witness the heart’s signals and its inspired thoughts. For 20 to 30 minutes every day, capture inspired moments of heartfulness.

Interior design is a business of trust.

Pets have more love and compassion in them than most humans.

Obviously, it's a big problem how do we provide quality care to the maximum number of people. And it's not an easy problem to solve.

People who 'view with alarm' never build anything.

To me, marriage is the ultimate mystery.

Spending years studying at university only to find out at the end of it all that you're unemployable.

Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet.

I pulled out box after box, setting them haphazardly around the room. My organization lacked something - like, say, organization.