Kathryn Lane: You'll never leave where you are until you decide where you want to be.

This summer has been amazing. I have met new people, experienced new adventures, had sweet summer flings, worked hard, relaxed, gotten a tan, gotten a sunburn, and almost died a couple times from heat exhaustion... but the best part of this summer was being able to spend time on my own. I turn 25 in November and although I am still so young, I want to take this year and be thankful, and be it every single day. A lot of the times, we look at the glass half empty because our society dramatizes every situation that occurs in our lifetime and makes everyone feel sorry for themselves and one another, but there are people all around the world that have 1/4 of what we have. They don't have families, houses, money, jobs, arms, legs, running water...and they are happy. Really happy. So, I challenge you to take this year by the, (excuse my french), balls. Take it and run with it. Be joyful. Laugh. Let your heart be free. Make a fool of yourself. Bless somebody, and ultimately feel blessed because you are. Don't even think of it as looking at the glass half full, because why are we comparing this amazing life to a weirdo glass in the first place? Fill your day with joyous activities that make you happy, and people that make you happy and are a light to your life. That's what it's all about; giving thanks in our situation because no matter what yours or mine is, we are alive one day longer than someone else. We are breathing. We are free. We are saved. And if that's not enough to be thankful for, I don't know what is.

Refuse to be average, let your heart soar as it will.

Confidence is the only key. I know a lot of people who aren't traditionally beautiful' -not symmetrical or perfect-bodied or perfect-skinned. But none of that matters because all that shines through is their confidence. I can't think of any better representation of beauty than someone who is unafraid to be herself. -Emma Stone

Life becomes easier when you accept the apology you never got.

Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.

The only person you should try to be better than, is the person you were yesterday.

"You can live your life one of two ways: one is as though nothing is a miracle, the other is as though everything is a miracle." -Abraham Lincoln

I would rather die of passion than of boredom. -Vincent Van Gogh

Walk like you have 3 men walking behind you. -Oscar De La Renta

Sometimes what you're most afraid of, is the one thing that will set you free.

You can ignore me, but you'll never forget me.

I have loved to stars for far too long to be afraid of the night. - Galileo Galilei

You can't walk with God while holdings hands with the devil.

I figure, if a girl wants to be a legend, she should just go ahead and be one. -Calamity Jane

The things you take for granted, someone else is praying for.

Surround yourself with the dreamers and the doers, the believers, and thinkers, but most of all, surround yourself with those who see greatness within you, even when you don't see it yourself.