Getting my library card was like citizenship; it was like American citizenship.

always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you'll have to eat them, you can swallow it well.

Surround yourself only with those who lift you higher.

I’ve learned not to worry about what might come next.

The true test of courage is to be afraid and to go ahead and do it anyway - to be scared, is to have your knees knocking, but to walk on in there anyway.

If this was the last day of your life, would you spend it the way you're spending today?

Find the courage to seek out your big dream, regardless of what anyone else says or thinks.