I’m a woman, and anytime you tell a woman that she looks nice, it’s not going to upset her.

I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.

This is a world of action, and not for moping and droning in.

There are many things that happen every day that we could murmur about if we let ourselves go there. But they really aren’t worth the effort it takes to get upset and gripe about it.

Remember happiness doesn’t depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.

Blessed is he that expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.

We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us thru that darkness to a safe and sane future.

The happiest people in the world are those who feel absolutely terrific about themselves, and this is the natural outgrowth of accepting total responsibility for every part of their life.

When you go on your Twitter or look down your Timeline and it’s all great positivity – I love that. But at the same time, it can really divert you from what your purpose is or what you’re trying to do. And I’ve seen artists get caught up in that.

Never leave a rhinestone unturned.

Youth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.

If the standard transsexual person wants to be regarded as he or she, my sense is I’ll address you according to the part that you appear to be playing.

You have enough people against you… be for yourself.

Like religion, politics, and family planning, cereal is not a topic to be brought up in public. It’s too controversial.

There may sometimes be ungenerous attempts to keep a young man down; and they will succeed, too, if he allows his mind to be diverted from its true channel to brood over the attempted injury.

I go down the street, people see me: ‚Hey, I pity-‚ right on, man, that’s a compliment to me.

You get one life. I’m going to embrace mine.

Don’t ever doubt yourselves or waste a second of your life. It’s too short, and you’re too special.

Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.

In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider.

I like to make people feel happy and superior in their reaction towards my appearance.

Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.

What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of this world, where each person is clinging to his piece of debris? What’s the proper salutation between people as they pass each other in this flood?

We live in a culture that relishes tearing others down. It’s ultimately more fulfilling, though, to help people reach their goals. Instead of feeling jealous, remember: If God did it for them, He can do it for you.

We are not animals. We are not a product of what has happened to us in our past. We have the power of choice.

I believe that when you think of the negative, and you get up discouraged – ‚There’s nothing good in my future‘ – I really believe it almost ties the hands of God. God works where there’s an attitude of faith. I believe faith is all about hope.

My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn’t prevent you doing well, and don’t regret the things it interferes with. Don’t be disabled in spirit as well as physically.

I believe in manicures. I believe in overdressing. I believe in primping at leisure and wearing lipstick. I believe in pink. I believe happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day, and… I believe in miracles.

This life is worth living, we can say, since it is what we make it.

As a child of God, I am greater than anything that can happen to me.

Hope is a waking dream.

Give a man health and a course to steer, and he’ll never stop to trouble about whether he’s happy or not.

We will move forward, we will move upward, and yes, we will move onward.

You are the sum total of everything you’ve ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot – it’s all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive.

Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.

Never complain. Never explain.

In my entire life, any time I’ve ever lost something, I’ve gotten something even better going around the next corner. It’s like one door closes and another door opens. As long as I can walk through the produce section in every grocery store in this country and eat the grapes that they’re going to throw away, I know I can be fine.

I spent more time on dark ships in danger zones than any other woman in the world.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.

You don’t carry in your countenance a letter of recommendation.

A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance.

Never be ashamed! There’s some who’ll hold it against you, but they’re not worth bothering with.

Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There are better things ahead than any we leave behind.

When people are around us, they should leave better off than they were previously. Rather than feeling discouraged or defeated, people should feel challenged and inspired after spending any time with you and me.

I never really had the classic struggle. I had faith.

I have good days and bad days.

In all my work, I try to say – ‚You may be given a load of sour lemons, why not try to make a dozen lemon meringue pies?‘

Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common habit to blame life upon the environment. Environment modifies life but does not govern life. The soul is stronger than its surroundings.

Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you.

It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we have to do, that makes life blessed.

I say there’re no depressed words just depressed minds.

I believe if you keep your faith, you keep your trust, you keep the right attitude, if you’re grateful, you’ll see God open up new doors.

I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him.

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.

It’s considered acceptable in our culture to approach perfect strangers, as often or not who may be in extremis, and evangelise. I don’t see why that’s considered a normal thing.

Until you have formed the habit of looking for the good instead of the bad there is in others, you will be neither successful nor happy.

I’m not a regrets-type person.

I didn’t like the way I looked in pictures – when I saw myself on a digital camera, I was like, ‚Eesh.‘

If we’re going to bring out the best in people, we, too, need to sow seeds of encouragement.

What’s right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity – intellect and resources – to do some thing about them.