It isn't surprising Shonda Rhimes, the writer and producer who created "Grey's Anatomy," "Scandal" and "How to Get Away With Murder," is excellent with words. While most of her words reach the world through the mouths of her most famous characters, like Meredith Grey and Olivia Pope, when she speaks for herself, her opinions and statements are nothing short of brilliant. Some of her most meaningful and inspirational quotes are:

1. "A lot of people dream. And while they are busy dreaming, the really interesting, powerful, engaged people? They're busy doing."

2. "You can waste your life drawing lines, or you can live your life crossing them."

3. "The best stories are often true.The narrative of human life is most beautiful when told truthfully and without boundaries."

4. "If you are a kid and you are out there and you are chubby and not so cute and nerdy and shy and invisible and in pain, whatever your race, whatever your gender, whatever your sexual orientation, I'm standing here to tell you: you are not alone. Your tribe of people, they are out there in the world. Waiting for you."

5. "I am not lucky. You know what I am? I am smart, I am talented, I take advantage of the opportunities that come my way and I work really, really hard. Don't call me lucky. Call me a badass."

6. "I don't even know who someone is until I see how they handle adversity."

7. "If I don't poke my head out of my shell and show people who I am, all anyone will ever think I am is my shell."

8. "Losing yourself does not happen all at once. Losing yourself happens one 'no' at a time."

9. "Saying yes...saying yes is courage. Saying yes is the sun. Saying yes is life."

10. "I add words to the lexicon of daily conversation... I birth babies, I end lives. I dance it out. I wear the white hat. I operate. I gladiate. I exonerate."

Thank you, Shonda.