Loretta Lynn

"Beauty fades, but who you are stays forever."

"The truth will set you free, even if it hurts first."

"I raised my children to think for themselves, not follow the crowd."

"Life is hard, but you're harder if you choose to be."

"Every scar tells a story worth telling."

"I never let anybody dim my light because they were uncomfortable with it."

"Work like your life depends on it, because it does."

"My faith got me through what nothing else could."

"Don't settle for less than you deserve just because you're scared."

"I learned compassion from people who had nothing to be compassionate about."

"Time changes everything except who you really are inside."

"I sang my pain so others wouldn't have to carry theirs alone."

"What doesn't break you makes you wiser."

"Success means nothing if you lose your soul getting there."

"I've always believed in second chances, especially for myself."

"Real strength is admitting you're not as strong as you pretend to be."

"Don't let your past dictate your future."

"I wrote about the women nobody wanted to write about."

"Love is the only thing worth fighting for."

"My voice was never my own; it belonged to every woman like me."

"You can't change yesterday, but you can change what you do today."

"I learned patience from waiting for things that seemed impossible."

"The stage was where I felt most honest about who I really was."

"I refused to be put in a box, and I paid for that refusal."

"Gratitude is remembering where you came from and being proud of the journey."

"I've been poor, I've been rich, and poor was more honest."

"Every woman needs to know her worth isn't dependent on a man."

"The greatest adventure is becoming who you were meant to be."

"I never apologized for wanting more out of life."

"Health is wealth, and I learned that the hard way."