A Bombshell’s constant struggle is living up to her God given potential while also battling in her mind the difference between her expectations and the world’s expectations.

— Amber Hurdle

About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won't like you at all.

— Rita Mae Brown

A chain grows weaker with each new link.

— Marty Rubin

Adele doesn't need any ironic detachment. She can love and appreciate the talent of others without feeling threatened herself. This is often very hard for people. We usually worry that someone else's talent or success is being compared with our own so we take the role of a critic and evaluate people harshly in order to protect our own egos. People like Adele focus on what they like and they ignore the comparisons. Plus, they let the people around them know when they found something that they love about their work or their art.

— Charlie Houpert

A fair and just society offers equality of opportunity to all. But it cannot promise, and should not try to enforce, sameness.

— Christina Hoff Sommers

A fit, healthy body—that is the best fashion statement

— Jess C. Scott

After defending the value of prepared prayers, the author cautions against over-reliance on them. Just as David could not fight in the armor of King Saul, we are called to fight in the way God has equipped us uniquely.

— N.T. Wright

A gifted violin player in danger of becoming a virtuoso and thus too attached to his instrument handed it over to the Oneida authorities and never played again. When a visiting Canadian teacher complained that the community did not foster “genius or special talent,” Noyes was delighted, replying, “We never expected or desired to produce a Byron, a Napoleon, or a Michelangelo.” You know you've reached a new plateau of group mediocrity when even a Canadian is alarmed by your lack of individuality.

— Sarah Vowell

A girl should be two things: who and what she wants.

— Coco Chanel

A hero is not only a brave individual, but a brave individual that dares to be different.

— Keely Barton