Katy Perry Quotes

Years and years of therapy taught me to speak up because speaking up is what gets things done and gets your story and your voice heard.

I've learned to recognize that I'm in certain rooms for a reason, and I've learned - if I have an opinion or something I want to say - to say those things and not feel afraid about it.

By the time I got to WWE, I had a lot more confidence and willingness to speak up.

I need to learn to be more assertive.

You can do one of two things. You can bury you head in the sand and believe what everyone tells you - that you will always be that young, that thin and that fabulous. Or you can use all the things you have - talent, contacts, knowledge - and do something different.

If I could go back to before I started 'Riverdale,' I would tell myself to speak up when I felt like something wasn't right - to use my voice and know that it's worth hearing.

I think that it's all about finding that confidence in you. If you don't feel like you have it, figure out what's making you unhappy - whether it's your surroundings, your job, whatever it is. Go out and change it.

Know yourself and go in swinging.

If you overcome your fear to ask someone for a date, a raise, or help with a project, that is an act of self-assertiveness. You are moving out into life rather than contracting and withdrawing.

The secret to happiness is freedom... And the secret to freedom is courage.

I can say I have become far more open about what I believe.

My voice is stronger today than ever.

I want to encourage kids to speak up, to tell their stories. That is the only way people will know what we have to go through. Believe in yourself. Someone once told me being different isn't bad - different is just different!

It took me a while to understand that I do have a voice, and I can use it to help people.

When I was younger, I wouldn't speak up as much, but now that I'm a mom, things have changed.

Even within the last three or four years, I have a greater ability to communicate, I think. I have more courage to show the stuff... And it does take courage.

You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can.

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.

I had no idea that being your authentic self could make me as rich as I've become. If I had, I'd have done it a lot earlier.

I was taught to be demure, so it was harder for me to learn how to stand up for myself and go, 'What do I want? What are my desires?'

I've always found that the most powerful way to create change is to be myself and not be afraid to express who I am.

I said to my doctor at the beginning, 'I'm no good; I can't do anything. I'm dumb.' He suggested I try educating myself by listening to Boston's educational TV station. He said I had a perfectly good mind.

If I'm not happy with what's going on, I try to change it myself.

I've come out of myself as a person at Chelsea and expressed myself on and off the pitch.

You are the only thing holding you back from happiness. You have the ability to change your life radically for better or worse.