“Fairytales do not tell children that dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairytales tell children that dragons can be killed.”

“People tell you the world looks a certain way. Parents tell you how to think. Schools tell you how to think. TV. Religion. And then at a certain point, if you’re lucky, you realize you can make up your own mind. Nobody sets the rules but you. You can design your own life.”

“We generate fears while we sit. We overcome them by action. Fear is nature’s way of warning us to get busy.”

“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.”

“Some women choose to follow men, and some choose to follow their dreams. If you’re wondering which way to go, remember that your career will never wake up and tell you that it doesn’t love you anymore.”

“Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.”

“You are who you are meant to be. Dance as if no one’s watching. Love as if it’s all you know. Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.”

“You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching, Love like you’ll never be hurt, Sing like there’s nobody listening, And live like it’s heaven on earth.”

“Move out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new.”

“Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation determines how much you’re willing to do. Your attitude determines how well you do it.”

“Fake it until you make it! Act as if you had all the confidence you require until it becomes your reality.”

“It is only when we take chances, when our lives improve. The initial and the most difficult risk that we need to take is to become honest."

“The most important thing in life is to stop saying ‘I wish’ and start saying ‘I will’. Consider nothing impossible then treat possibilities as probabilities.”

"My heart has wings and I can fly. I’ll touch every star in the sky. So this is the miracle I’ve been dreaming of."

“There are no limits to what you can accomplish, except the limits you place on your own thinking.”

“I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.”

“Inspiration comes from within yourself. One has to be positive. When you’re positive, good things happen.”

“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.”

“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.”

“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.”

“Remember always that you have not only the right to be an individual; you have an obligation to be one. You cannot make any useful contribution in life unless you do this.”

“You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.”

“I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”

“It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.”

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind."

"If you set your goals ridiculously high and it’s a failure, you will fail above everyone else’s success."

"Never regret a day in your life. Good days give you happiness and bad days give you experience."

"It’s not about how hard you can hit; it’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward."

"Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful."

"Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else."

"The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."

"If you are working on something that you really care about, you don’t have to be pushed. The vision pulls you."