William Shakespeare

Neither a borrower nor a lender be; for loan oft loses both itself and friend.

What’s in a name? That which we call a rose. By any other name would smell as sweet.

This above all: to thine own self be true.

The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.

What a piece of work is man! how noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! in form and moving how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! In apprehension how like a god! the beauty of the world, the paragon of animals!

He was a man, take him for all in all, I shall not look upon his like again.

I intend to be me. Whatever that is.

Madame, you must be gay; only thus can life be endured. I speak from experience for I have had to endure much, and have only been able to endure it because I have always laughed whenever I had the chance.

Please stop debating about whether or not I aged well. Unfortunately it hurts all 3 of my feelings…

I’m intelligent. Some people would say I’m very, very, very intelligent.

If you are able to look yourself in the mirror every day with the decisions that you make, that’s where power starts.

At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter what anybody else thinks, as long as you’re happy.

The first thing to do is be happy with yourself and appreciate your body-only then should you try to change things about yourself.

If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is, too. Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.

Huge ego is very often matched by huge insecurity.

Never be ashamed of what you feel. You have the right to feel any emotion that you want, and to do what makes you happy.

Welcome to Lake Wobegon, where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average.

You try to smile it away, some things you can’t disguise.

If one cannot get along without a mirror, even in shaving oneself, how can one reconstruct oneself or one’s life, without seeing oneself in the mirror of literature?

If I don’t feel confident about my body, I’m not going to sit at home and feel sorry for myself and not do something about it. It’s all about taking action and not being lazy. So you do the work, whether it’s fitness or whatever.

The way I define beauty is individuality and wisdom, which I think creates a certain inner confidence. And not confidence in a way that’s only on the surface, but a deep-down knowing of yourself or settling into who you are.