Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi Quotes

I love winners when they cry, losers when they try.

It's funny: when I go to a school and speak, and when they hear the back story about me, they want to go read the book.

Sometimes, you're just moved by people's journeys.

I feel like my story could hopefully inspire others who've faced hard times.

Some people play it safe in the world of drag - I'm guilty of it myself, sometimes - but I hope to always be a voice that encourages people to buck trends, follow their instincts, and do good in the world.

People often reach out and comment on how they relate to my lyrics, which makes me feel very warm inside.

I've gotten so many messages I could even get emotional thinking about it, but I've gotten so many messages from young kids all over the country that my story's resonated with them.

Do the scary thing first, and get scared later.

After cancer, I ain't scared of nothing.

I am an entertainer by all means, and I am going to always take stages and will fall on my face with those stages without a care because I am not afraid to fail.

I think the movie, 'Joy,' has so many touchpoints with so many people because it is about the ordinary, but a lot of the times, the ordinary is extraordinary.

Sometimes you're gonna jump off a cliff and land flat on your face. Then you just get up and go again. But sometimes you dive off the cliff and start soaring with the eagles, and that's when you find new music, places that you've never been before.

It is easy to be a hero in films as even a weak person can fight with any number of goons and get applauses from viewers.

I want to make the movies that move people in a way they've never been moved before.

I am listening to a book by the guy who founded Nike, and I can relate to it. He struggled.

While paralyzed, I won a gold and three silver medals as a competitive swimmer.

I want to inspire people with my story and make them see that however bad they're feeling, they can always overcome it.

My favorite part is, once a song is out there to the public, having someone come up and tell their own story about why one of your songs resonated with them. It's an incredible feeling.

I run a creative company, and the best way to support creatives is to make them fearless and willing to take big swings. That is an important part of our culture at A&E Networks.

The power of storytelling - of elevating the voices and examples of incredible leaders who have overcome odd after odd - remains absolute.

At heart, we believe that the films that work well are the films that do touch people emotionally.

I know I am lucky to be alive - but I will race again.

I had to overcome a lot of things, but with that, I've inspired a lot of people.

Be brave with your life, so others will be brave with theirs.

Courage allows the successful woman to fail - and to learn powerful lessons from the failure - so that in the end, she didn't fail at all.