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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Waiting makes wine better

I came from a traditional family, and it was an exciting but challenging transition to move to America and live on my own. The world around me was suddenly so different.

Assumptions are made and most assumptions are wrong.

Jim Rohn is outstanding! He is among the most polished, professional speakers in America, with a message everyone should hear.

The only way to look at men is like they're electrons. They have all these charges sticking out, and they're always looking for a hole where they can put those charges.

If it were possible for me to alter any part of his plan, I could only spoil it.

It takes very little fire to make a great deal of smoke nowadays, and notoriety is not real glory.

Scarlett, always save something to fear—even as you save something to love.

Whether four years of strenuous attention to football and fraternities is the best preparation for professional work has never been seriously investigated.

Hasty marriage seldom proveth well.