Courage

Don’t let your insecurities get in the way of your dream.

Believe in yourself and don’t care about haters.

You either write your own story or someone else does, so you may as well attempt to take the power as often as you can.

Be true to yourself, trust your instincts, and never let anyone disempower you.

Embrace the challenges, because that's where the growth comes from.

Fear is the enemy of creativity.

There's nothing wrong with being driven, and there's nothing wrong with putting yourself first to reach your goals.

I've never been one to shy away from personal growth.

Trouble won't find me, sorry to let you down.

Don't let your dreams be dreams; just do it.

Hope is not a lottery ticket you can sit on the sofa and clutch, feeling lucky. It is an axe you break down doors with in an emergency. Hope should shove you out the door, because it will take everything you have to steer the future away from endless war, from the annihilation of the earth's treasures and the grinding down of the poor and marginal.

And that is how you climb the mountain. Not by dreaming of being at the top, but by doing each day what needs to be done.

Hello, fear. Thank you for being here. You're my indication that I'm doing what I need to do.

The best thing you can possibly do with your life is to tackle the motherfucking shit out of it.

You learn to build a life after the horrors and disasters, after all the hurt and the pain that life will inevitably bring, if you're an active participant in your own life.

I embrace the label of bad feminist because I am human. I am messy. I'm not trying to be an example. I am not trying to be perfect. I am not trying to say I have all the answers.

Comedy is the best form of defiance.

I always say, if you have to gamble, gamble on yourself.

I know what it is like to be a teen mom. At 13, my mom woke me up in the middle of the night and drove me to the abortion clinic.

There is nothing stronger than a broken woman who has rebuilt herself.