Satchel Paige Quotes

At my lowest point, I found cooking.

I do think that you can dress yourself out of a problem. The way that a haircut and a new pair of pants can make you feel is better than any therapist, because when you look in the mirror, you see a different person - you are a different person. It's superficial change that can lead to real change.

You change the world by being yourself.

When you have a traumatic event in your life, you change. You're not the same person you were, and you have to discover who you've become.

Once I started dancing, I was not the spoiled brat or the rebellious child that I was as a child.

I have watched lives change. I have seen women gain confidence.

Aim high and don't sell yourself short. Know that you're capable. Understand that a lot of people battle with a lot of things - depression, body image or whatever else - so know that it's not just you. You're not alone.

There are no makeovers in my books. The ugly duckling does not become a beautiful swan. She becomes a confident duck able to take charge of her own life and problems.

My voice is stronger today than ever.

I think it is such an amazing moment when people realize what they are and what they can be, and they start putting themselves out into the world. I think you can see it in people when it's happening. They look different.

Free the child's potential, and you will transform him into the world.

I've always thought of myself as a strong person. However, it's taken me a while to fully find my voice.

A lot of us don't get a sense of our personal power. I know the vast difference that one person can make in changing things.

Working on this album has been very emotional and super personal, and creating this character 'Cry Baby' helped me deal with my own insecurities.

You are built not to shrink down to less but to blossom into more.

To the sky, I rise / Spread my wings, and fly / I leave the past behind / And say goodbye to the scared child inside / I sing for freedom, and for love / I look at my reflection / Embrace the woman I've become / The unbreakable lotus in me / I now set free

I realised nothing was permanently broken, I needed to take control and make changes.

Trying to give an individual a voice has always kind of been my mission in my life. As an actor, I've always seen that was something that needed to be done. You need to find that voice inside of you so that you can stand up and be who you really are.

I think you have to ask questions that are scary to ask, and you cannot apologize for that, and you cannot worry what anyone else thinks about your journey.

In that I found being able to talk to my family about my feelings, praying for strength and realizing that our lives have a deep purpose and the journey of our lives is to find out what that is and express it, was the only way I could have gotten through it.

My purpose is to inspire people of all walks of life to discover the virtue inherent within them and to bring forth that virtue in their daily lives.

The ugly duckling is a misunderstood universal myth. It's not about turning into a blonde Barbie doll or becoming what you dream of being; it's about self-revelation, becoming who you are.

You learn who you really are in a fight - what you're really made of. You have to face yourself and rise above your own fears and failings.

I was a savage for so many years of my life. There was some seed of determination in me that I was not conscious of. I was mostly consciously getting into trouble and drunk.

I don't have ugly ducklings turning into swans in my stories. I have ugly ducklings turn into confident ducks.