A woman has the age she deserves.

But sports carried me away from being in a gang, or being associated with drugs. Sports was my way out.

All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.

My favorite thing in life is writing about life, specifically the parts of life concerning love. Because, as far as I’m concerned, love is absolutely everything.

I’ve just tried to grow up in the most natural and gradual process that I possibly can and make choices I feel are right for me and my fans.

The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.

What comes out when life squeezes you? When someone hurts or offends you? If anger, pain and fear come out of you, it’s because that’s what’s inside.

I fear that too many have sadly surrendered their agency to the adversary and are saying by their conduct, ‚I care more about satisfying my own desires than I do about bearing the Savior’s power to bless others.‘

‚Victory‘ is like, you won, so the question is, what? What did you win? I think that the songs go into that. It’s just about reaching a place in myself.

Not being beautiful was the true blessing. Not being beautiful forced me to develop my inner resources. The pretty girl has a handicap to overcome.

I know that I’m not the easiest person to live with. The challenge I put on myself is so great that the person I live with feels himself challenged. I bring a lot to bear, and I don’t know how not to.

We all have a tendency to avoid our weaknesses. When we do that, we never progress or get any better.

The dreams and passions stored within hearts are powerful keys which can unlock a wealth of potential.

I never come back home with the same moral character I went out with; something or other becomes unsettled where I had achieved internal peace; some one or other of the things I had put to flight reappears on the scene.

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others‘ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.

I have discovered that just because we grow weaker physically as we age, it doesn’t mean that we must grow weaker spiritually.

I liked his ability to deal with a lot of the negativity that surrounded him. Even though he was in a world that he didn’t want to be in, he still saw the bigger picture.

I always knew from that moment, from the time I found myself at home in that little segregated library in the South, all the way up until I walked up the steps of the New York City library, I always felt, in any town, if I can get to a library, I’ll be OK. It really helped me as a child, and that never left me.

I love playing ego and insecurity combined.

I think I had a mild case of Asperger’s as a younger guy, but that typically just wears off after a while.

I was willing to accept what I couldn’t change.

The hell to be endured hereafter, of which theology tells, is no worse than the hell we make for ourselves in this world by habitually fashioned our characters in the wrong way.

What interests me in life is curiosity, challenges, the good fight with its victories and defeats.

If some years were added to my life, I would give fifty to the study of the Yi, and then I might come to be without great faults.

Memories are the key not to the past, but to the future.

I put my flaws on front street. So the world accepted my flaws, so I don’t have any flaws.

You cannot see the changes that you’re dreaming about, because they’re internal.

Therapy? I don’t need that. The roles that I choose are my therapy.

It’s a great, great experience to finally get the reception that you know you rightfully deserve.

I never do anything that I don’t want to do.

People gonna be they own individuals and have they own worlds and I can’t knock it.

Adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to us.

Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it’s only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.

I am not happy, and the quest for happiness as a principal objective is not part of my world. Of course, ever since I can remember, I have done what I felt like doing.

My view is that at a younger age your optimism is more and you have more imagination etc. You have less bias.

Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves.

Because you know when you first become famous, you start walking a little different because people are staring at you.

What we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us.

Truthfully, without over-egging it, as I often do, the library and journalism, those things made me who I am.

I’m trying to show everybody that I’m a girl, and I’m five foot four, and you can do anything you want, no matter your gender. It’s your world, too!

I am who I am. That’s why my friends and peers respect and appreciate me. I don’t change or cater my actions to fit my surroundings. I’m myself 24/7. People appreciate that.

Anything in any way beautiful derives its beauty from itself and asks nothing beyond itself. Praise is no part of it, for nothing is made worse or better by praise.

When I was four, my mother insisted I get out of the car and find my own way home. Although I got lost, I did find my way home. It taught me the value of independence at an early age.

Forgiveness is not a feeling – it’s a decision we make because we want to do what’s right before God. It’s a quality decision that won’t be easy and it may take time to get through the process, depending on the severity of the offense.

Over the years I’ve learned how to lock myself up in a prison of hope, knowing that God has nothing but His best planned for me. He promised me things concerning my ministry and my life.

Love is an interesting thing. Perhaps I’ve never been in love before – I don’t really know? I think I have. I guess it’s subjective in that way.

It doesn’t matter who likes you or doesn’t like you, all that matters is that God likes you. He accepts you, he approves of you.

When I write about a 15-year old, I jump, I return to the days when I was that age. It’s like a time machine. I can remember everything. I can feel the wind. I can smell the air. Very actually. Very vividly.

Love is a better teacher than duty.

What is great in man is that he is a bridge and not a goal.

Always remember that others may hate you but those who hate you don’t win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.

If we don’t plant the right things, we will reap the wrong things. It goes without saying. And you don’t have to be, you know, a brilliant biochemist and you don’t have to have an IQ of 150. Just common sense tells you to be kind, ninny, fool. Be kind.

I didn’t consider myself a fashion designer at all at the time of punk. I was just using fashion as a way to express my resistance and to be rebellious. I came from the country, and by the time I got to London, I considered myself to be very stupid. It was my ambition to understand the world I live in.

I built a label at the same time I built a career.

In past generations, people would try to play younger than they really are. My trick is, I don’t try to play younger than I really am.

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.

I’m selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I’m out of control, and at times hard to handle. But if you can’t handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don’t deserve me at my best.

When you put down the good things you ought to have done, and leave out the bad ones you did do well, that’s Memoirs.

Everybody has a purpose.

We forge the chains we wear in life.

I want to be just a pure spiritual leader.