...because a life without meaning, without drive or focus, without dreams or goals, isn't a life worth living.

People are not born heroes or villains; they’re created by the people around them.

A villain is just a victim whose story hasn’t been told.

When people hurt you over and over, think of them like sand paper. They may scratch and hurt you a bit, but in the end, you end up polished and they end up useless.

If you truly own who you are, no one can use you against you.

I couldn't do country, with all due respect to all country music artists. My parents dressed me up with a cowboy hat and we'd go to the rodeo when I was younger and it traumatized me for life.

You can't shy away from your greatness just because you're afraid you're not great enough

Even in the worst of situations-even when it seems no one in the world appreciates you-as long as you have hope, everthing can get better

Courage is one thing that no one can ever take away from you.

To Grandma: Once upon a time, there was a boy who flew.

You don’t get to pick where you’re from, but you always have control of where you’re going.

Doubt keeps us from believing things can get better.

Sometimes I'm so deeply buried under self-reproaches that I long for a word of comfort to help me dig myself out again.

When a woman shows confidence and another claims arrogance, she is usually suffering from jealousy.

Become a parent. Lose your autonomy, but gain the wondrous superpower of The Magic Kiss that instantly dries tears and makes the pain of boo-boos disappear.

I love cooking. Not for myself alone. Cooking is about giving.

Only those return to Eternity Who on earth seek out Eternity.

Life will only make sense; and can only produce long-term happiness, peace and joy when embraced from the perspective of the soul.

If you don't have discipline, you don't have anything

I mean, the actors that I admired were Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, an actress named Barbara Harris. And Greta Garbo. They were great actors.

Twenty million more have Chronic Kidney Disease, where patients experience a gradual deterioration of kidney function, the end result of which is kidney failure.