Veronica Roth Quotes

I've always been so apathetic. I figured, OK, maybe the world is going to fall down around me. Now I want to make a better world... that's motherhood.

When you meet someone you love, whether or not they love you back, something occurs in you that makes you want to improve yourself.

The greatest joy is to transform one’s feelings into action.

But I was always just having fun and out and about and working, doing whatever. But when I met Vogue is when something went off in my mind and I became a far more serious person. She makes me a much better version of myself.

I'm actually thrilled with the woman I'm turning out to be.

Feeling inspired, being challenged. Learning something new, something meaningful. Knowing change is possible and I can make that happen. Understanding and loving others, feeling truly connected and authentic. Good food, great sex, and belly laughs. All the basic foundations of happiness, really!

I am guided by the vision of what I believe this show can be. Originally our goal was to uplift, enlighten, encourage and entertain through the medium of television. Now, our mission statement for The Oprah Winfrey Show is to use television to transform people's lives, to make viewers see themselves differently and to bring happiness and a sense of fulfillment into every home.

You are much closer than you think to creating a life you adore.

I do love the evolution of people in general. I think it's a beautiful thing when someone progresses and evolves in life.

If people can find something that they love about themselves after going to one of my shows, then I am so addicted to that feeling. It's the most gratifying thing on earth.

The greatest happiness is to transform one's feelings into action.

If I have been of service, if I have glimpsed more of the nature and essence of ultimate good, if I am inspired to reach wider horizons of thought and action, if I am at peace with myself, it has been a successful day.

I don't want to be someone's reason to hate their life. I want to be someone's reason to seek something more in their life.

I think of myself as a catalyst of action and a messenger of hope, turning people onto themselves and turning people onto their dreams.

The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.

Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We are happy when we are growing.

I'm so in control of my life, you shouldn't dislike anything I do-because I'm not only in the best place I've ever been, but it keeps getting better and better.

I try to get people thinking, to consider their pasts and presents, ultimately encouraging them and giving them the tools to embrace the work of reshaping their lives.

What matters to me is learning and growing, and getting to do what I love to do. As long as I can do that, I'm happy.

I advise women to live their life to their fullest, invest in who you want to be and live it well.

It is completely surreal because two years ago I wasn't swimming, I was 10 kilos heavier and was on a completely different path in my life, I was still living in Sydney, I'm just so happy now.

Figure out what you really love doing and use your strengths on a daily basis.

We need a place in which we may flourish and be ourselves.

I'm happy with the man I'm becoming.

But once I acclimated and really used fame for what it was offering me as a tool to serve my life purpose of inspiring and contributing, then it started to get fun again.