The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself.

I have met 18 million youth, and each wants to be unique.

Each day provides its own gifts.

To wear your heart on your sleeve isn’t a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.

Better understated than overstated. Let people be surprised that it was more than you promised and easier than you said.

If I make a fool of myself, who cares? I’m not frightened by anyone’s perception of me.

He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.

There’s no point in saying anything but the truth.

True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit last long.

I have practically no private life. I’m already used to this and ready for it. Yes, sometimes it is hard, but it is the choice I made.

As we grow old, the beauty steals inward.

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.

I like to take it easy.

Most people are happy being average. Most are happy being faceless in a sea of faces.

I don’t see myself as ever being like anybody else.

The moment someone asks you to do something you don’t have the time or inclination to do is fraught with vulnerability.

An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling lie.

I’ve had some dark nights of the soul, of course, but giving in to depression would be a sellout, a defeat.

Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort.

I am what I am. A fighter.

I’ve seen firsthand that being president doesn’t change who you are. It reveals who you are.

A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.

Once you’ve changed who you are or who you’ve portrayed in your music, the fans, they’ll catch it… Once I feel like the world knows me for anything else but my music, then I feel like I failed.

You don’t need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are!

I know a lot of artists say this, but it’s hard to put myself in a box. I just write songs that I strongly believe in and that are coming form a special place. There’s no tricks.

I’ve always done whatever I want and always been exactly who I am.

Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.

Don’t feel sorry for me.

Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized.

Certainly a woman should never disguise the fact that she is a woman. A woman’s body is very beautiful.

We forfeit three-quarters of ourselves in order to be like other people.

We have to confront ourselves. Do we like what we see in the mirror? And, according to our light, according to our understanding, according to our courage, we will have to say yea or nay – and rise!

I don’t have to be what you want me to be.

I am attracted to people who make this effort in knowing what suits them – they are individual and stylish.

I am confident that nobody… will accuse me of selfishness if I ask to spend time, while I am still in good health, with my family, my friends and also with myself.

I’m a whopping 5 foot 4 inches tall. I’m not going to get any taller.

I believe that having a spiritual life is so important in everybody’s life.

When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.

The forests of America, however slighted by man, must have been a great delight to God; for they were the best he ever planted. The whole continent was a garden, and from the beginning, it seemed to be favored above all the other wild parks and gardens of the globe.

There are going to be things I’m not going to be great at, times when I make mistakes, 100%.

Be of love a little more careful than of anything.

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.

I do believe in God. But you won’t find me visiting temples every now and then. I believe in self-realization. Peace of mind matters a lot to me. What’s the point in doing something just for the sake of it? I’d rather do something I like doing as long as I’m being true to myself.

I had a lot of resistance, and not just to fame. I was always conscious of not changing.

I always try to be myself. Ever since I was an introverted kid, I’d get on stage and be able to break out of my shell.

Many people look at me and think they know me but they don’t at all. This is the real me. I am a humble person, a feeling person. A person who cares about others, who wants to help others.

The purpose of a vacation is to have the time to rest. But many of us, even when we go on vacation, don’t know how to rest. We may even come back more tired than before we left.

I don’t regret anything.

I was poor white trash, no glitter, no glamour, but I’m not ashamed of anything.

All ways of living can be sanctified, and for each individual, the ideal way is that to which our Lord leads him through the natural development of his tastes and the pressure of circumstances.

I have never given adoration to any body except myself.

When you stop caring what people think, you lose your capacity for connection. When you’re defined by it, you lose our capacity for vulnerability.

When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you.

I don’t give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way.

Certain defects are necessary for the existence of individuality.

However great may be the work for which we are responsible, we will always do well if we pause to spend time in sacred praise.

I’ve always been – you know, my personality is motivating and encouraging. And so I’m just being who God made me to be.

Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning.

If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right to go croaking about society, or what is worse, looking as if he stifled grief.

‚Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.

It’s so important to realize that every time you get upset, it drains your emotional energy. Losing your cool makes you tired. Getting angry a lot messes with your health.