Debby Ryan quotes:

Look at what you want to change, gather a few people who believe in it like you do, and start moving forward. It's important to remember that you don't always need a destination. Sometimes, you just have to make forward motion. And you absolutely can.

I was raised to volunteer: nursing homes, clinics, church nurseries, school, everywhere that could use help. It's such an intrinsic part of me, to use my life to help improve the quality of others.

I've got some incredible fans actually - so loyal and they make me birthday cards and Christmas cards. I got this package of poems and artwork based around Jennifer Bofinger, media spokeswoman for the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, said despite the shabby treatment of deer just loves it!

I love people like Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, people who create and write their own stuff - especially when there's just not enough cool, interesting characters out there.

I didn't grow up in one place, so I never had a certain mentality. I have some aspects of growing up in Texas, but I also have a lot of East Coast family. I would have loved to grow up on the East Coast.

Don't be afraid of your own power.

I want in 40 years to still be acting and to more than anything have longevity and not just be this huge flash in the pan and then disappear.

I went through a few phases of finding myself: I dabbled in musical theater, chess club, dance troupe, splatter-painting, school mascot (go Wildcats), babysitter, photojournalist, drill team girl, emo kid - and not one of them defined me, but every single one will always play a part in who I am.

My brother plays guitar and base and writes. His name is Chase Ryan.

Acting and the industry of making movies is beautiful, but it's so exhausting and such hard work; if you don't absolutely 100% want to do something, it defeats the purpose.

I think there's something charming about incorporating summer clothes into winter, like pairing a summery skirt with a massive sweater. I'm also really into layering during the winter!

Have an anchor so that life doesn't toss you around.

I think what's great about your community is that it's different than anyone else's. Look around. What do you want to change? What needs to be built, or what's valuable and needs to be maintained? Is it the people? Local animals? Your parks or gardens? Hospitals?

I'm introverted by nature, and I need to have some things of my own.

Every Thanksgiving, we all write down three things we're thankful for and put them in a hat. Then we pass the hat around the dinner table and everyone has to guess who wrote what!

Think new thoughts. Grab life with both hands, take opportunities you have, & create the ones you need.

I'm not making music for people who like Disney shows. I make music for people who like music.

I'm different, and I'm not afraid to be different.

Hi. My name is Debby, and I am a storyteller. I don't think of myself as an actress. I am more like a face that takes words on a page, and puts them in front of your eyes.

It may get worse before it gets better. But it WILL get better.

My mom always makes the whole family pile into the car and drive around to look at the Christmas lights. My brother and I never want to do it, but my mom just loves it!

For me, shoe-wise, platforms give me the same height that I need, but they're not as taxing on my feet.

I'm very, very low-key in general.

I believe that people start to get into trouble when they start to believe their own hype.

A real, healthy relationship is about empowerment and love and that should be standard - but it isn't.

I hope more women see, at least eventually, that a healthy relationship isn't anything that breaks you down.

I'm always doing something new. I took a fencing class - that was awesome. And I do a lot of my own athletic work or stunts.

More than anything, acting helped me discover who I'm not. I've learned that I'm a girly girl, but not a prissy girl.

I want to be able to walk a red carpet and look great but also be able to shred onstage and move. So I tend to go for comfort over anything - I like menswear-inspired stuff but I also like getting glam once in awhile. Whatever I wear, I like it to feel very strong and very unique.

Failure is relative. Life is adventure. Everything has beauty.

I feel like music does have a role to play in waking people up; it can be an alarm clock or it can be a lullaby.

I'm definitely careful. I'm not reckless or stupid, but that's how I was raised, to not be stupid or immature in as far as trying to grow up too quickly or putting forward a certain image that isn't me.

I went to school on a military base in Germany. I got a lot of my clothes at the army surplus store.

I'm definitely interested in making more music and uploading new covers; I like to take suggestions because it's more fun if people know the song.

It's crazy to see people having tattooed my lyrics on their body, and quite frankly writing is just an outlet for my voice and getting it out there.

Music is such an intensely personal thing for me, and I knew if I was going to do it, it would be in my own way.

I remember going to acting class, so certain that no one's ever going to know my name.

With 'Suite Life,' I had three years to sit a little bit on the back burner and learn with less pressure.

Dweebs are the new chic.

I can look back at things I've done and said and worn and be completely humiliated by them, but I can never say it wasn't me. I feel really honored to say that.

The easiest way to not believe your own hype is to not know what people are saying about you.

Before the whole Disney realm had undergone this huge revamping, as a kid, I always saw myself doing these dramatic indie parts. And then I fell in love with doing comedy and doing kid shows and really working for kids.

Natalie Portman never looks back, ever. Ever!

I grew up moving around. I went to seven different schools, so I know what it's like to be that new girl and have to not only know who you are but also take that into foreign circumstances and know how to respond.

All of the awards, applause, Twitter followers, shoes, it will all go away eventually. But if I can leave the world slightly more hopeful, inspired, and more healed than when I arrived, I did my job.

I work with kids, and I see certain things, so I realize now why my mother was so horrified and overprotective of everything that I watched.

When you're in an industry where you're forced to grow up so quickly, part of you never grows up, and that's a good thing.

I never wash my hair the night before an event - I call it second day hair, and it holds better.

Nobody has any right to tell you what you aren't capable of. If you're meant to, you're able to. There is no such thing as impossible.

Every day is a reminder of what I need to do to be the best person; the best me.

I've got stories untold & maps to unfold, but everyday I get where I'm going

Hollywood is like high school, there are always going to be people who hate you and people who like you. When you're a teen, [that's tough] because you're hyper-aware of what other people are gonna say and think. But neither defines who you are as a person or how successful you are unless you let them.

To love is a brave thing. To be loved, braver still. But allowing yourself to love yourself? That takes the most courage of all.

You're not only the spotlight in which you perform, but the shadows where you practice.

You may build walls in my path, but I will knock them down. then all your hard work only made me stronger, and all you have is gravel.

I want people to know that on the other side of the world - and even in your own country or on your own street - there are people who need something that you can give them.

You can't force music; It just has to come to you.

You are yourself, and you've never been more beautiful!

Life is about growing, but it's also about making peace with who you are.

Any mature, responsible adult doesn't run around stomping their feet and screaming 'I'm a mature, responsible, adult.'

Somewhere in the midst of smudgy maps, following waters, surviving the storms, & deep, deep digging.. treasure is found.

Nobody has your eyes. They can look at the exact same thing & could never see what you see.

You won't ever be totally gotten by any human. That's part of the fun.

I don't call myself a singer, I'm a voice, lent to music

If I'm wearing jeans all day at work, it's [hard] to slip into a dress and make yourself feel like you were born in it. That sort of thing can really be the difference between a good look and a great look. You can have a great dress, but when you put it on and you feel like it's embodying who you are that day, that's not just fashion, that's style!

T.V. acting is a great skill to have, and it's nice to have that stability.

I think beauty has a lot to do with class. A bit of mystery. Rarity.

I wouldn't do the music thing if it weren't for my brother, who's a producer. He understands me and helps my vision come to life.

Everyday's a battle against; everyday's a fight for. Everyday is collaged with shadows cast in everyday's sunrise. Everyday is a new chance.

I'm very practical and realistic.

I like the idea of knowing that somebody somewhere made a difference so that your life could be better.

It's really special to be a part of something that's really changing lives.

I definitely believe in the power of education. I believe the more people know, the more they are able to do what they can.

I never wash my hair the night before an event - I call it second day hair, and it holds better. Also, the day before, test run your makeup and watch it every couple of hours (see if your mascara is bleeding, or if your lip gloss runs out really quickly). Oh, and for me, shoe-wise, platforms give me the same height that I need, but they're not as taxing on my feet.

I grew up watching James Bond and Star Wars and I just love that kind of action. I love trying to see if *I* can actually do it.

With the pay gap in Hollywood, I think it's very easy to say - 'oh, what are they complaining for? They're making millions of dollars.' But by having a woman in the industry do this, it's easier for others to see it.

One of the things I love about summer is that you can wear a bikini top and put something over it and it kind of just always looks a little beach-ready, which I think is very fun.