Top 280 Chris Colfer Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “A villain is just a victim whose story hasn’t been told.”

— Chris Colfer

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2. “People are not born heroes or villains; they’re created by the people around them.”

— Chris Colfer

3. “When people hurt you over and over, think of them like sand paper. They may scratch and hurt you a bit, but in the end, you end up polished and they end up useless.”

— Chris Colfer

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4. “I’m allergic to stupidity.”

— Chris Colfer

5. “I’ve tried being other people and myself suits me the best.”

— Chris Colfer

6. “Courage is one thing that no one can ever take away from you.”

— Chris Colfer

7. “People only love you as long as they’re getting something of you, but the minute you say something they don’t want to hear or do something they don’t want to see, all the admiration drains from their hearts.”

— Chris Colfer

8. “It doesn’t matter how greatly you’ve been hurt or how much you’re hurting, it’s what you do with the pain that counts. You could cry for years or you could choose to learn and grow from it.”

— Chris Colfer

9. “But one of the big lessons I have learned from my journey is you can’t please everyone, so don’t try.”

— Chris Colfer

10. “There’s nothing wrong with you. There’s a lot wrong with the world you live in. And definitely get out of high school and make everyone sorry.”

— Chris Colfer

11. “There are ways to meet people and surround yourself with like-minded people who will support you.”

— Chris Colfer

12. “Don’t listen to what people tell you because they’ll try to bring you down. And don’t listen to yourself, either, because yourself will try to bring you down even more so than anyone else. As long as you just put all your energy into one thing, it can happen.”

— Chris Colfer

13. “Right now, we’re living in an ugly chapter of our lives, but books always get better!”

— Chris Colfer

14. “There’s no solution to life, there’s going to be problems no matter what.”

— Chris Colfer

15. “A flame may love a snowflake, but they can never be together without each harming the other.”

— Chris Colfer

16. “Pressure is what separates the dirt from the diamonds.”

— Chris Colfer

17. “Anyone can have a once-upon-a-time or a happily-ever-after, but it’s the journey between that makes the story worth telling.”

— Chris Colfer

Featured in: Quotes About Stories

18. “You’ve got to show the world who you are before it tells you. Otherwise you become victim to someone you’re not.”

— Chris Colfer

19. “You’re not weak. Your life is not defined by a letter grade, a dress size, your sexuality or anything else. You have every chance at happiness. You were not meant to suffer. You are loved. Never, ever give up.”

— Chris Colfer

20. “Revenge is a double-edged sword. The longer you hold it the deeper you cut yourself.”

— Chris Colfer

21. “The world will always choose convenience over reality. It’s easier to hate, blame, and fear than it is to understand. No one wants the truth; they want entertainment.”

— Chris Colfer

22. “As long as you have hope, everything can get better.”

— Chris Colfer

23. “Every time I get injured I measure it’s severity by asking myself ‘Would this stop me from going to Disneyland?’”

— Chris Colfer

24. “No matter what you do, you can never please everyone. And that was the hardest lesson to learn. In fact, I’m still learning it.”

— Chris Colfer

25. “Villains are mostly just people villainized by circumstance.”

— Chris Colfer

26. “But what the world fails to realize is that a villain is just a victim whose story hasn’t been told.”

— Chris Colfer

27. “Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today. That was his motto.”

— Chris Colfer

28. “I know I’m bitter and a little jaded, and mildly enjoy it, but am I a sad person? Am I happy? I plan on being happy in the future for sure, but it isn’t here yet. So what does that make me, exactly?”

— Chris Colfer

29. “To Grandma: Once upon a time, there was a boy who flew.”

— Chris Colfer

30. “I’m really not good blackmail material.”

— Chris Colfer

31. “I love thinking that there is magic in the world, that there are people in the world with amazing abilities that we just don’t know about.”

— Chris Colfer

32. “A voice that was never wanted has become a voice for so many people who don’t have one.”

— Chris Colfer

33. “It doesn’t matter how old I get, I always act like an excited five year-old kid with severe ADD and a waddle at Disneyland.”

— Chris Colfer

34. “I could never rap, personally. I can’t even wrap presents.”

— Chris Colfer

35. “If you truly own who you are, no one can use you against you.”

— Chris Colfer

36. “A good man follows his heart, but a wise man follows his heart without ignoring his brain.”

— Chris Colfer

37. “I can sing and dance. I can smile – a lot.”

— Chris Colfer

38. “I’ve learned that the more people embrace their disadvantages, the less disadvantaged they become!”

— Chris Colfer

39. “Happily ever after isn’t a solution to life’s problems or a guarantee that life will be easy; it’s a promise we make ourselves to always live our best lives, despite whatever circumstance comes our way. You don’t get there by being perfect; on the contrary, it’s our humanity that guides us. And that’s what fairy tales have been trying to teach us all along.”

— Chris Colfer

40. “Whoa, I’ve really got to stop making plans with fictional characters. It can’t be healthy to develop relationships with people who don’t exist.”

— Chris Colfer

41. “I hope to write someday and that’s even more terrifying than performing. You don’t just entertain the audience, you give them little bits of your soul.”

— Chris Colfer

42. “I love bookstores. I love the energy in a bookstore and the smell of the paper.”

— Chris Colfer

43. “I think I just want to leave my mark in some way. I hope I leave the world a better place than it was when I came, and I think the best way I can do that is through acting and writing, and hopefully it will make a difference someday.”

— Chris Colfer

44. “Don’t be afraid to be human – you’re human, you’re going to have emotional days. You’re going to have days when things suck and then some days when things are great, but don’t feel guilty because you’re experiencing that. Don’t feel guilty from being human.”

— Chris Colfer

45. “It’s better to be the hero of your own story than to become the villain of someone else’s.”

— Chris Colfer

46. “You can’t shy away from your greatness just because you’re afraid you’re not great enough.”

— Chris Colfer

47. “There’s nothing more terrifying then a teenage girl.”

— Chris Colfer

48. “Every driven person comes from a mountain of pain they wish to keep hidden.”

— Chris Colfer

49. “Ignorance is a choice. Hatred is a choice. Violence is a choice. But someone’s existence is never a choice, or a fault, and it’s certainly not a crime. You would be wise to educate yourself.”

— Chris Colfer

50. “Always have a plan B and a friend with bail, and you’re guaranteed to never fail,” Mother Goose said and took another drink. “That’s my motto.”

— Chris Colfer