Marsai Martin Quotes

There are very few things that I love more than being on stage and performing, but more than anything, I want to be a positive role model for teenage girls.

Women watch and say, 'I like watching you control your own space. It's motivated me to do better, to go back to college, to even try law school. My daughter's been watching you since she's 10 - I love the fact that she's watching a strong woman who's in control.' All of those things are good, positive things.

I want young girls to be inspired to love themselves and strive to follow their dreams no matter what.

Tell young girls they can be anything, including entrepreneurs and self-made billionaires. Encourage your friends/daughters/female students/yourself to take a shot.

I think I'm going to lead my people one day. I'm sure of it.

I grew up believing that I could be the president of the United States. I was told I could be whatever I wanted.

Don't quack like a duck, soar like an eagle.

Everybody wants to be somebody. The thing you have to do is give them confidence they can. You have to give a kid a dream.

Find your voice and inspire others to find theirs.

I hope what I do and what I just did inspires people around the world to reach for the skies.

You can do anything if you set your mind to it. Look out for kids, help them dream and be inspired. We teach calculus in schools, but I believe the most important formula is courage plus dreams equals success.

When I was 13, I told Henry Winkler I wanted to act. He said, Do it and don't let anyone stand in your way. His validation just made it all the more true. I haven't stopped thanking him since.

My job is to bring out in people what they wouldn't dare do themselves.

Pharrell is a person who has influenced the world. I see myself in him, so I said, 'You're an alpha, and I'm an alpha, and I want to be able to express myself in every way, like you do.'

I always have someone to look up to, and I think it helps me with motivating myself.

I want people to really be inspired, to believe they can do whatever they want.

There's nothing wrong with becoming a role model, nothing wrong with inspiring people to become musicians, to become actors.

If you want to be an actress or an astronaut or a doctor or anything in between, I just want to let kids know - and especially kids that look like me know - that you can do it. Even though you're not seen, you can make yourself seen.

Tell your daughters and their daughters that if they want to be a firewoman, they can be a firewoman. If they want to be an astronaut, they can be an astronaut. If they want to run their own business or run for president, they can do whatever they put their mind to.

I want to show other girls how happy I am and how confident I am, how I still want to go to school and I still want to rap.

Hopefully, I can be a good role model for kids, and they can grow up to follow their dreams just like I am.

My dream has always been to inspire young girls to see their own power and follow big dreams and realize that they have potential.

When I became Miss India Asia-Pacific in 1994, I was a small town girl from Calicut. If I could make it, then wow, anyone could.

I wear my inspirations on my sleeve.

I want people to dream big.