When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everyone will respect you.
About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won't like you at all.
Always be a first rate version of yourself and not a second rate version of someone else.
Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life, but define yourself.
If you end up with a boring miserable life because you listened to your mom, your dad, your teacher, your priest, or some guy on television telling you how to do your shit, then you deserve it.
A girl should be two things: who and what she wants.
Follow your inner moonlight; don't hide the madness.
You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.
I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it. (Popular misquote of "You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.")
Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.