“I don’t look at the criticism anymore. If somebody calls me fat, even in a vulnerable moment, I laugh to myself and think, I’m doing everything I can, so there’s nothing I can do about it.”

Whatever you dream of doing one day, don’t give up on that dream because you never know where it can take you.

Don’t let anything or anyone define you. You are what you are because of what you make of tough situations in your life.

My stepdad provided me with an amazing childhood. I played outside like a normal kid, I rode my bike, I walked to school, but the happiest times were when I was acting.

Music is my life. Music runs through my veins. Music inspires me. Music is a part of me. Music is all around us. Music soothes me. Music gives me hope when I lose faith. Music comforts me. Music is my refuge.

Go where you are wanted and stray from where you aren’t. Surround yourself with positive people and environments.

Sometimes I think, ‘Why couldn’t I have been normal?

It’s amazing what you can hide just by putting on a smile.

I never thought that I’d be a role model. Everyone kind of just made me a role model, and I hated that.

You can’t love other people until you love yourself.

An impact is like a punch it may hurt put it passes.

Don’t be afraid to speak up, because someone will be there for you.

I can’t set my hopes too high, ‘Cause every hello ends with a goodbye.

I prefer to cry alone, Pride? No. I just want to avoid trial of people who don’t know the reason of my tears.

So I’m putting my defenses up, cause I don’t wanna fall in love. If I ever did that. I think I’d have a heart attack.

I’m an American for marriage equality. I believe that love comes in all different shapes, sizes, and colors. So whether you’re LGBT or straight, your love is valid, beautiful, and an incredible gift.

Be grateful for your journey because it is yours alone.

Worry is itself an illness, since worry is an accusation against Divine Wisdom, a criticism of Divine Mercy.

If people want to criticize me, that’s their issue.

The critics never ever one time fairly criticized my son.

If you really look at my lyrics, nobody’s exempt. Nobody’s exempt from observation, criticism or what I think is correction.

Why anyone, by dying, should thereby be declared beyond criticism, innocent of wrongdoing, suddenly filled with virtue and above reproach escapes me.

I play in New York, man. Criticism is part of the game. You take criticism as a challenge.

We criticize and separate ourselves from the process. We’ve got to jump right in there with both feet.

One of the principal motifs of Nietzsche’s work is that Kant had not carried out a true critique because he was not able to pose the problem of critique in terms of values.