rejection is usually God's protection.

To arrive in a city like Milan as a young man was a huge challenge.

See, when you drive home today, you've got a big windshield on the front of your car. And you've got a little bitty rearview mirror. And the reason the windshield is so large and the rearview mirror is so small is because what's happened in your past is not near as important as what's in your future.

Follow your own star!

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.

When you catch a glimpse of your potential, that's when passion is born.

When you believe in your dream and your vision, then it begins to attract its own resources. No one was born to be a failure.

It's cool to see all your dreams come to fruition.

Set yourself earnestly to see what you are made to do, and then set yourself earnestly to do it.

I believe that God has put gifts and talents and ability on the inside of every one of us. When you develop that and you believe in yourself and you believe that you're a person of influence and a person of purpose, I believe you can rise up out of any situation.

From my youth, I'd never stopped thinking in the future tense.

I want to be Miss USA or Miss America. I would bring the trophy back to Nebraska. My interests are agriculture and corn. Hey, I'm just riding this train as long as I can. As long as I'm having fun, I'll do it. When it stops being fun, I'll try something else.