Ellen DeGeneres

"Romance often begins by a splashing waterfall and ends over a leaky sink."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"I believe we’re all put on this planet for a purpose, and we all have a different purpose."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"My point is life is about balance. The good and the bad. The highs and the lows. The piña and the colada."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"We need more kindness, more compassion, more joy, more laughter. I definitely want to contribute to that."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"Here are the values that I stand for: honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you want to be treated and helping those in need. To me, those are traditional values."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"If we’re destroying our trees and destroying our environment and hurting animals and hurting one another and all that stuff, there’s got to be a very powerful energy to fight that. I think we need more love in the world. We need more kindness, more compassion, more joy, more laughter. I definitely want to contribute to that."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"Things will get easier, people's minds will change, and you should be alive to see it."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"Find out who you are and be that person. That’s what your soul was put on this Earth to be. Find that truth, live that truth and everything else will come."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"Find out who you are and be that person. That's what your soul was put on this earth to be. Find that truth, live that truth, and everything else will come."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"Find out who you are and be that person. That’s what your soul was put on this earth to be. Find the truth, live that truth, and everything else will come."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"Accept who you are. Unless you’re a serial killer."

- Ellen DeGeneres

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

- Ellen DeGeneres

"Find out who you are and be that person. That’s what your soul was put on this Earth to be. Find that truth, live that truth, and everything else will come."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"I think beauty comes from knowing who you actually are. That’s real beauty to me."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"Find out who you are and be that person. That's what your soul was put on this earth to be. Find that truth, live that truth and everything else will come."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"Follow your passion. Stay true to yourself. Never follow someone else's path unless you're in the woods and you're lost and you see a path. By all means, you should follow that."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"I hate having to do small talk. I’d rather talk about deep subjects. I’d rather talk about meditation, or the world, or the trees or animals, than small, inane, you know, banter."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"Nothing says holiday like a cheese log."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"Life is like one big Mardi Gras. But instead of showing your boobs, show people your brain, and if they like what they see, you’ll have more beads than you know what to do with."

- Ellen DeGeneres

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

- Ellen DeGeneres

"The most important thing in your life is to live your life with integrity and to not give into peer pressure to try to be something that you’re not."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"The most important thing in your life is to live your life with integrity and to not give into peer pressure to try to be something that you're not."

- Ellen DeGeneres

""Follow your passion. Stay true to yourself. Never follow anyone else’s path unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost and you see a path. Then, by all means, follow that path.""

- Ellen DeGeneres

"Follow your passion, stay true to yourself, never follow someone else’s path unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost and you see a path then by all means you should follow that."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"and everything else will come."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"Happy 4th of July! This country of immigrants, religious refugees, outcasts, and dreamers has come a long way. Let's keep going."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"Follow your passion, stay true to yourself, never follow someone else's path — unless you're in the woods, and you're lost, and you see a path, then by all means you should follow that."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"It’s failure that gives you the proper perspective on success."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"I ask people why they have deer heads on their walls. They always say because it's such a beautiful animal. There you go. I think my mother is attractive, but I have photographs of her."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"Be open to learning new lessons, even if they contradict the lessons you learned yesterday."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"Follow your passion. Stay true to yourself. Never follow someone else’s path unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost and you see a path. By all means, you should follow that."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"Follow your passion. Stay true to yourself. Never follow someone else’s path unless you’re in the woods, and you’re lost, and you see a path. By all means, you should follow that."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"I think beauty comes from actually knowing who you are. That’s real beauty to me."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"It must be around forty, when you’re “over the hill.” I don’t even know what that means and why it’s a bad thing. When I go hiking and I get over the hill, that means I’m past the hard part and there’s a snack in my future. That’s a good thing as far as I’m concerned."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"Happy 4th of July! This country of immigrants, religious refugees, outcasts and dreamers has come a long way. Let’s keep going."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"My birthday is in a couple weeks and people keep asking me what I want. I tell them, ‘cake, mostly.'"

- Ellen DeGeneres

"Follow your passion. Stay true to yourself. Never follow anyone else’s path unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost and you see a path. Then, by all means, follow that path."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"Follow your passion, stay true to yourself, never follow someone else's path unless you're in the woods and you're lost and you see a path, then by all means, you should follow that."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"It makes a big difference in your life when you stay positive."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"Life is short. If you doubt me, ask a butterfly. Their average lifespan is a mere five to fourteen days."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"Don’t have regrets. You can learn something from every experience."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"You have to be willing to fight for your happiness, and fight for your rights, and keep fighting."

- Ellen DeGeneres

""Never follow anyone else’s path, unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost.""

- Ellen DeGeneres

"When you take risks, you learn that there will be times when you succeed and there will be times when you fail, and both are equally important."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"When you take risks, you learn that there will be times when you succeed, and there will be times when you fail, and both are equally important."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"When you take risks you learn that there will be times when you succeed and there will be times when you fail, and both are equally important."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She’s ninety-seven now, and we don’t know where the heck she is."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was 60. She’s 97 now, and we don’t know where the heck she is."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was 60. She6s 97 now, and we don6t know where the heck she is."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"We should celebrate every year that we made it through and every year that we're happier and healthier."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"You just have to keep driving down the road. It’s going to bend and curve and you’ll speed up and slow down, but the road keeps going."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"Never follow anyone else’s path. Unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost and you see a path; then, by all means, you should follow that path."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"Here are the values that I stand for: honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you want to be treated and helping those in need."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"I’m not sure what’s more dangerous, me with a microphone or me with a girlfriend."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"Follow your passion. Stay true to yourself. Never follow someone else’s path, unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost and you see a path. By all means, you should follow that."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"Never follow anyone else’s path, unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"Never follow someone else’s path unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost and you see a path then by all means you should follow that."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"Never follow anyone else’s path. Unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost and you see a path. Then by all means follow that path."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"If you want to test cosmetics, why do it on some poor animal who hasn't done anything? They should use prisoners who have been convicted of murder or rape instead. So, rather than seeing if perfume irritates a bunny rabbit's eyes, they should throw it in Charles Manson's eyes and ask him if it hurts."

- Ellen DeGeneres