Ellen DeGeneres

"Find joy in the little things"

"Be authentic and unapologetic"

"Your voice matters"

"Spread positivity wherever you go"

"You have to surrender to your ignorance and just go with the flow, because you don't know where it's going to take you."

"When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible."

"Find out who you are and be that person. It's what you're here to be."

"I'm just trying to change the world, one laugh at a time."

"The thing everyone talks about is how hard stand-up is, which it is, but there's something magical about it anyway."

"Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher."

"My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She's ninety-seven now. We don't know where she is."

"Do things that make you happy within the confines of the legal system."

"Be yourself, everyone else is already taken."

"Sometimes you can't see yourself clearly until you see yourself through the eyes of others."

"The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears, or the sea."

"Just keep swimming through the hard parts."

"Every single thing that has ever happened in your life is getting you prepared for a moment that is yet to come."

"If you've got a talent, protect it."

"Be kind to one another."

"I really think a champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can come back from defeat."

"The only thing that will make you happy is being happy with who you are."

"Laugh a lot. That's how you stay young."

"If you really want to be an actor, you'll make it happen."

"Don't give advice, just accept the way people are."

"Life is short, and it's up to you to make it sweet."

"Love is like nothing else on this planet, once you experience it, you understand why people write songs about it."

"You are not required to set yourself on fire to keep other people warm."

"My whole thing is just to put positive energy out into the world."

"We need more kindness, more compassion, more joy in the world."

"Find someone who makes you laugh a little louder, smile a little brighter."