If you have goals and the stick-with-it-ness to make things happen, people will feel threatened by you, especially if your goals don’t include them. They believe that if you take a piece of pie, then that leaves less pie for them. Seeing you follow your dreams leaves them realizing that they’re not following theirs. In truth, there is unlimited pie for everyone!

If you read Animal Farm, you know that humans traditionally forget the reason we have revolutions in the first place.

I chose to devote the lion's share of my time to my personal growth and to my family. I reconnected with the part of me that I had left behind.

What other people think of me is not my business. What I do is what I do. How people see me doesn’t change what I decide to do.

The world is your catwalk, so just remember this when you're out there.

Own who you are and celebrate it.

Be yourself. Know your proportions. And have a good tailor.