You don't have to be doing vocal acrobatics or singing all over the scale to have soul.

If you believe in yourself enough and know what you want, you're gonna make it happen.

After every storm, if you look hard enough, a rainbow appears.

I'm not great at putting my hair into a bun, but I'll do it if I have to.

I'm proud of what I am and who I am, and I'm just going to be myself.

when you feel like hope is gone, look inside you and be strong and you'll finally see the truth- that hero lies in you.

It's kinda like being on a roller coaster. If you don't get on the ride, you won't experience the adventure.

This is for all of you out there tonight, reaching for a dream - don't ever give up! Never ever listen to anyone, when they try to discourage you, because they do that, believe me!

Whatever you're going through in your life, don't ever give up.

Everybody Out There....Dont take ANYBODY for granted.Cause you never know when you might lose them,and you may never get the chance to tell them how you really feel

I just want one day off when I can go swimming and eat ice cream and look at rainbows.

Well, I'm about as tall as a shotgun, and just as noisy.

I now understand that writing fiction was a seed planted in my soul, though I would not be ready to grow that seed for a long time.

The more challenging the obstacles in life, the greater the satisfaction in overcoming them.

Good laws, if they are not obeyed, do not constitute good government.

I am never going to sound like Johnny Mathis.

This girl (Stephanie) is but a few months away from her seventeenth birthday and already she has saved the world and killed a god. What have you done?

. . . my bones they'll burn or bury. It'll be my death.

Jesus is my forgiver, my leader, and my friend.

[On Venice:] Every hour of the day is a miracle of light. In summer with daybreak the rising sun produces such a tender magic on the water that it nearly breaks one's heart.

In short, we have, among African countries, a duty of solidarity.