Cory Monteith Quotes

Be nice to everyone, always smile & appreciate things because it could all be gone tomorrow.

Life is too short to be serious

Just be you...'cause that's good enough for me!

My past made me who I am today. I can’t just pretend it never happened. But the biggest lesson I learnt from that, is that I can be an example for others who are still struggling! There’s always hope and help for everyone. I think it’s my responsibility to do that, to help. I always refer to this as the “moment of clarity”. It’s hard to explain what really happened, but it was a once in a lifetime kind of moment. I had reached my lowest point and I just knew things had to change quickly because there was just no other way, you know.

I don't have to hide or be somebody I'm not. I don't have to compromise. I can just be myself.

The show must go on all over the place or something.

I think if you show up and you work hard and you're straightforward, you can always create your own opportunities. I hope I'm right.

It's all about perseverance. Absolute perseverance. You can always get back up.

But for those people who might give up: Get real about what you want and go after it.

I want to get married and have children and live happily ever after. That's important to me.

I've got the rest of my life to be a grown-up. And for now, it's OK to be young.

If you focus on what you want and you persevere, chances are you succeed. You know, that's what I found. It might not be in acting - it might be in business, financing, it might be in the arts, it might be in anything. But it's all about focusing and being inspired.

I'm lucky on so many counts - I'm lucky to be alive.

I'm pretty goofy and I make a lot of dumb jokes - life is too short to be serious, so I guess that's how I flirt. To be honest, I think I'm too shy and reserved to be a proper old fashioned flirt.

How do I put this? 'Glee' is like 'High School Musical' if 'High School Musical' had its stomach punched and its lunch money stolen.

At some point, you realize your parents are human. They make the best decisions they can with the options available to them.

I'm a cat whisperer. When I go to people's houses, their cats always like me better than the owners.

I don’t want kids to think it’s okay to drop out of school and get high, and they’ll be famous actors, too.

I say eat fast and die young.

I didn't have any definition of self. I never fit in, so I started pretending I was other people. I'd find people I thought were cool and dress how they dressed, talk how they talked, do whatever they were into. This led to a period of drugs and anchohol. When his family gave him an ultimatum to get clean or they'd report him to the police Corey said, "I was done fighting myself. I finally said, "I'm gonna start looking at my life and figure out why I'm doing this.

My life has changed in almost every way but I couldn’t be more grateful. I couldn’t be happier - I feel like the luckiest guy in the world.

Every single day I wake up in the morning, and I wonder if this is some kind of amazing dream that's gonna end all of a sudden. And, you know, I'm gonna wake up and be somewhere else.

When the music hits, you feel no pain, to quote Bob Marley. But it’s true. It’s like all art and creation: You’re completely in the moment, and you just feel free.

I don't need to be wildly famous for my life to make sense.

Evolved? As a dancer? Me? I don’t fall down as much, unless it’s part of the scripted dance. I don’t step on other people’s toes anymore. I think if I started the show a one out of ten dancer, now I am a two and a half.