Taylor swift quotes

I think that being good to people - you'll never regret that. Maybe you'll get walked all over, maybe you'll get tricked, maybe you'll get fooled, but I think it's so much better to be kind to people and to trust people rather then to have your guard up and say mean things to people. You never want to be the reason that someone else feels bad.

I've been giving out chances every time and all you do is let me down.

Love is unpredictable and it’s frustrating and it’s tragic and it’s beautiful.

The past is the past. Don't let it kill you.

I just want to spend the rest of my life with someone who makes me smile, laugh, feel special, and supports me.

A great song will say how you feel better than you ever could.

There are no rules when it comes to love.

I know that if things hadn't gone the way they did then I wouldn't be where I am now.

I think there's something so attractive about mystery.

Make the most of now before it all changes because one day right now is going to be a memory.

At a certain point, if you chase two rabbits, you lose them both.

We find ourselves in that situation where we want to believe, we want to think we're the exception, we want to think we can change someone or tame a lion or make a bad guy good or something like that but 9 times out of 10 we end up looking back going, "Oh, shame on me, should've seen that one coming!"

I don't know if you know who you are, until you lose who you are.

You are the best thing that's ever been mine.

Happiness isn't a constant. You get fleeting glimpses. You have to fight for those moments, but they make it all worth it.

Be yourself, chase your dreams, and just never say never. That's the best advice I could ever give someone.

Just be yourself, there is no one better.

Sparks Fly whenever you smile!

It’s okay to wonder how you could try so hard and still get stomped all over. Just don’t let them change you.

I can't promise you that you'll ever live in a world where people don't hurt your feelings. But I can promise you that if you keep on moving and taking one day at a time, the opinions and words of people who hurt you will matter less and less to you.

Unique and different is the next generation of beautiful.

No matter how bad your day is, just be grateful this day is added to your life.

All I ever do is learn from my mistakes so I don't make the same ones again. Then I make new ones.

Maybe you're not meant to fit in. maybe you're supposed to stand out.

In life and love, you learn that there comes a time to let go and move on.

I do explore the emotion every once in a while. I'd like to think you don't stop being creative once you get happy. My ultimate goal is to end up being happy. Most of the time.

I think fearless is having fears but jumping anyway.

Feel good about being someone who loves selflessly. I think someday you’ll find someone who loves you the exact same way.

I think it's important that you know that I will never change. But I'll never stay the same either

One thing I've tried to never do is make wish lists. I try to have a very steppingstone mentality about this whole thing, where as soon as you make one step you visualize the next step, not five steps ahead.

So don't you worry your pretty little mind because people throw rocks at things that shine. [Ours]

In life, you learn lessons. And sometimes you learn them the hard way. Sometimes you learn them too late.

If you have something about yourself that's different, you're lucky. It's not a curse.

Words can break someone into a million pieces, but they can also put them back together

I've learned when to get out. I've never wasted too much time with the wrong person, and that's one thing I'm proud of. The longer you're with the wrong person, you could be completely overlooking or not having the chance to meet the right person. And if it doesn't feel right, it isn't right. How do you know if something feels right? I think the great defining factor for me is whether I want more. When they drive away, do I wish they would turn around at the end of the street and come back? Or am I fine that they're going home?

I keep one eye on the path I didn't choose every day.

I started making choices based on what I wanted, and didn’t feel like I needed to justify them. If I wanted to cut my hair, I did it. If I wanted to move to New York, I did it. If I wanted to take a spontaneous road trip, I did it. At 24 I decided that my life is enough for me, and I stopped looking for some other piece to complete it.

Let go of people who bring you down, and surround yourself with those who bring out the best in you.

You have to able to make fun of yourself. Don't take things too seriously and when people make fun of you, laugh at it.

You never imagine that when you say hello to someone and you fall in love, that some day you'll have to say goodbye.

You will always be criticized and teased and bullied for things that make you different, but usually those things will be what set you apart. The things that set you apart from the pack, the things that you once thought were your weaknesses will someday become your strengths.

I think that the idea of finding another person to share your life with is the most fascinating, beautiful quest you could ever be on in life. And yes, living your dreams is so important too, and a lot of times I’ve put that before everything else. But then you get to a place where the whole time you’re living these dreams, you look beside you to say to someone, “Hey, isn’t this so much fun?” And if there’s no one there to say it to, what’s the point?

My career always involved being the person in charge of what I was portraying to people. "I never wanted to be an image of something I didn't believe in, an image that somebody else had put together. The idea of that just really scared me, more than the idea of failing.

Happiness can be reached by choice and how you look at life.

I think you really have to tap into your sense of humor in order to survive.

The term trying to forget someone is so awful because you’ll never forget someone if you’re trying to forget them.

My confidence is easy to shake. I am very well aware of all of my flaws. I am aware of all the insecurities that I have.

I've always been a hugger. If we all hugged more, the world would be a better place :)

When you see something bad happening out in the world, you should try to help in whatever way you can.

I'm very aware and very conscious of the path I chose in life, and very aware of the path I didn't choose.

I think my favorite thing about seasons changing is the opportunity to look different.

Maybe you won't find a place where you fit in for a very long time, but you eventually will.

I don't compare myself to anyone else; I don't make comments about anyone else because they do what feels right for them, and that's okay by me.

A lot of people have pretty little heads, but it's difficult to find a pretty little mind.

I love trying to beat what I've done so far.

At some point you have to forget about grudges because they only hurt.

you're an expert at sorry and keeping the lines blurry

The longer you're with the wrong person, you could be completely overlooking the chance to meet the right person.

The world doesn’t owe you anything. You have to work for everything you get and you have to appreciate every bit of success the world gives you.

Keeping your emotions all locked up is something that’s unfair to you. When you clearly know how you feel. You should say it.

I've found time can heal most anything and you just might find who you're supposed to be.

I miss you more than the sun misses the sky at night.

I don't think you should ever take life so serious that you forget to play.

We learned more from a 3 minute record than we ever learned in school

I’m beginning to think that you don’t find happiness from living your life looking ahead or back… that you find it when you look around.

Fixing your heartbreak by getting into another relationship is not the way to live your life - you need to live it on your terms for a while.

giving up doesn't always mean your weak sometimes your just strong enough to let go

No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.

Silence speaks so much louder than screaming tantrums. Never give anyone an excuse to say that you're crazy.

You will never be able to find happiness if you stay attached to the wrong person and don't move on.

What I've learned is not to change who you are, because eventually you're going to run out of new things to become.

I think that personality traits that come through when somebody is really sincere is what makes them beautiful.

I’ve questioned everything about myself, every step of the way. You have to have the same amount of fear and self-doubt as you do hope and blind optimism.

So . . . middle school? Awkward.Having a hobby that's different from everyone else's? Awkward. Singing the national anthem on weekends instead of going to sleepovers? More awkward. Braces? Awkward. Gain a lot of weight before you hit the growth spurt? Awkward. Frizzy hair, don't embrace the curls yet? Awkward. Try to straighten it? Awkward!So many phases!

Be grateful more than anything in your life. If you have to put a priority on something, put a priority on what your thankful for and the people in your life that you're grateful for.

Fearless is not the absence of fear. Fearless is living in spite of those things that scare you.

It's important to be self-aware about what people are saying about you, but even more so, be very aware of who you actually are, and to have that be the main priority.

You can draw inspiration from anything. If you're a good storyteller, you can take a dirty look somebody gives you, or if a guy you used to have flirtations with starts dating a new girl, or somebody you're casually talking to says something that makes you so mad - you can create an entire scenario around that.

We don't wish for the easy stuff. We wish for big things. Things that are ambitious, out of reach.

My parents taught me never to judge others based on whom they love, what color their skin is, or their religion. Why make life miserable for someone when you can use your energy for good? We don't need to share the same opinions as others, but we need to be respectful. When you hear people making hateful comments, stand up to them. Point out what a waste it is to hate, and you could open their eyes.

Happiness and confidence are the prettiest things you can wear

Be careful with what you say. A girl remembers everything.

Live your life like you are 80 years old looking back on your teenage years

It's possible to climb to the top without stomping on other people.

Standing there at the stage door to the rest of your life. Time to dip your toe into the deep end. Try things. Say hi already. Laugh a lot. Mess up. Apologize. Mess up again. Hug people. Take chances. Trust yourself. Lose things. Get over it. Hold your friends close. Gather your strength. Gain wisdom and beautiful stories. Be brave, and you'll have the time of your life.

Even if a relationship is breakable, it doesn’t mean it isn’t worthwhile, beautiful, and all the things that we look for.

Sometimes bravery is as simple as following your gut.

People are going to judge you anyway, so you might as well do what you want.

Being FEARLESS isn't being 100% Not FEARFUL, it's being terrified but you jump anyway.

I'm the girl who still believes prince charming exists somewhere out there.

Real life is a funny thing, you know. In real life saying the right thing at the right time is beyond crucial.

But then you make eye contact with someone across the room and it clicks and you’re right there in love again.

Never believe anyone who tells you that you don't deserve what you want.

So many girls out there say, "I'm not a feminist" because they think it means something angry or disgruntled or complaining or they picture, like, rioting and picketing. It is not that at all. It just simply means that you believe that women and men should have equal rights and opportunities.

People say you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone, but the truth is you just never thought you’d ever lose it.

Life is a ruthless game unless you play it good and right.

You have to be happy with who you are and the choices you make. If you don't like yourself, you'll never be truly happy.

Growing up is scary because it happens without you knowing it.

You are the only one who gets to decide what you will be remembered for.

Be yourself and the right people will love you.

Misogyny is ingrained in people from the time they are born. So to me, feminism is probably the most important movement that you could embrace, because it's just basically another word for equality.

If we continue to show young girls that they are being compared to other girls, we’re doing ourselves a huge disservice as a society. I surround myself with smart, beautiful, passionate, driven, ambitious women. Other women who are killing it should motivate you, thrill you, challenge you and inspire you rather than threaten you and make you feel like you’re immediately being compared to them. The only thing I compare myself to is me, two years ago, or me one year ago.

Unique and different is the new generation of beautiful… You dont have to be like everybody else. In fact I don’t think you should.

No one has the right to criticize you for how your body looks, but they will. One thing I've learned from experiencing this exact kind of criticism is that no one else can label your body except for you. No one gets to have a place in your mind if they weren't invited there by you. So please do me this one favor: Don't let their ugly words into your beautiful mind.

For me, when I picture the person I want to end up with, I don't think about what their career is, or what they look like. I picture the feeling I get when I'm with them.

To me, Fearless is not the absense of fear. It's not being completely unafraid. To me, Fearless is having fears. Fearless is having doubts. Lots of them. To me, Fearless is living in spite of those things that scare you to death.

If somebody hurts you, it's okay to cry a river, just remember to build a bridge and get over it.

Music is art, and art is important and rare. Important, rare things are valuable. Valuable things should be paid for.

The difference between a good song and a great song is a good song is one that you know, you'll put on in your car or you'll dance to it. But I think a great song you'll cry to it, or you get chills. I think a great song says how you feel better than you could.

I'd like to think you don't stop being creative once you get happy.

Anytime someone tells me that I can't do something, I want to do it more.

We don't need to share the same opinions as others, but we need to be respectful.

I think people inspire me the most. If I meet a person who is incredibly complex, and all of a sudden, I start thinking in rhymes, that person could be a muse.

Beauty is sincerity.There are so many different ways someone can be beautiful.

In a relationship each person should support the other; they should lift each other up.

I think every girl's dream is to find a bad boy at the right time, when he wants to not be bad anymore.

If you cry over a guy, then your friends can't date him. It can't even be considered.

Red is such an interesting color to correlate with emotion, because it's on both ends of the spectrum. On one end you have happiness, falling in love, infatuation with someone, passion, all that. On the other end, you've got obsession, jealousy, danger, fear, anger and frustration.

There are two ways you can go with pain: You can let it destroy you or you can use it as fuel to drive you.

The words you'll most regret Are the ones that are left unsaid.

Believe in everything you do. Believe in your mistakes and grow from them.

Your success, your life, your happiness. Don't let mean people bring that down.

If you're lucky enough to be different, never change.

That's the thing with love: It's going to be wrong until it's right.

Living alone, you can do so many fantastic things I've learned. You can like, walk around and have so many conversations with yourself and sing your thoughts. I think I'm the only one that does that.