Selena Gomez Quotes

Today you will choose your factions. Until this point you have followed your parents’ paths, your parents’ rules. Today you will find your own path, make your own rules.

We are all affected by our pasts, but it is within our power not to let what we have done to dictate what we will do.

Once I got over my anger and rage from childhood, once I stopped feeling like a victim, I was able to open myself to great sources of learning.

I realize now how much courage it takes to choose the life you want, whatever that might be.

I am not reggae, I am me. I am bigger than the limits that are put on me. It all has to do with the individual journey.

Certain stories we carry with us, events in our life, they define who we are. It's not a matter of getting over anything; we have to make the best of it.

There was a certain point in my life where I had to decide that I was going to take my future and Nicole's and not wallow in what happened to me because when you do that, you just keep repeating what's been happening and at some point you have to make a choice.

Quitting law school was the most difficult decision of my life. But I felt this great relief that this is my life and I can do what I want with it.

We have to confront ourselves. Do we like what we see in the mirror? And, according to our light, according to our understanding, according to our courage, we will have to say yea or nay - and rise!

I am much more powerful today than the old programs and mind viruses that I absorbed in my childhood.

I'm jealous. I'm mad. I feel bad. But one day, I woke up and I thought, you know what? This is wearing me out. And I'm not getting anywhere. So, I decided that even though I did not have a good beginning, I made a decision that I was going to let go of what lies behind and I was going to have a great finish.

The day you make a decision about your life is the day your world will change.

I let go of childhood fears. I am a secure, empowered human being.

Think of all your experiences as a huge tapestry that can be laid out in whatever pattern you wish. Each day you add a new thread to the weaving. Do you craft a curtain to hide behind, or do you fashion a magic carpet that will care you to unequaled heights?

Everything changes when you make a decision to be one of the courageous ones, someone who chooses to make a life, rather than a living.

You are what you choose to be today. Not what you've chosen to be before.

We are all here for some special reason. Stop being a prisoner of your past. Become the architect of your future.

You are not your past.

It always pays off to focus on things that will make you feel proud. Remember this during every difficult decision you face.

If you have a past with which you feel dissatisfied, then forget it, now. Imagine a new story for your life and believe in it. Focus only on the moments when you achieved what you desired, and that strength will help you to get what you want.

You can either keep walking in misery or make the decision to begin taking steps out of it.

After a cruel childhood, one must reinvent oneself. Then reimagine the world.

Your interests will guide you. Give no concern to what they say you cannot do. Be willing to accept the challenge. Take time to retreat to that quiet place within the pit of your soul and unleash your right to decide what is best for you.

Ultimately, I am responsible for how I live my life now, and what I make out of it. In fact, I am actually grateful for what I've gone through and wouldn't change a thing-although I admit I wouldn't want to live it over again either. Once was enough.