Top 50 Debby Ryan Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “It may get worse before it gets better. But it WILL get better.”

— Debby Ryan

2. “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.”

— Debby Ryan

3. “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.”

— Debby Ryan

4. “Any mature, responsible adult doesn’t run around stomping their feet and screaming ‘I’m a mature, responsible, adult.’”

— Debby Ryan

5. “You’re not only the spotlight in which you perform, but the shadows where you practice.”

— Debby Ryan

6. “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.”

— Debby Ryan

7. “I’m very practical and realistic.”

— Debby Ryan

8. “You are yourself, and you’ve never been more beautiful!”

— Debby Ryan

9. “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.”

— Debby Ryan

10. “Failure is relative. Life is adventure. Everything has beauty.”

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11. “Have an anchor so that life doesn’t toss you around.”

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12. “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.”

— Debby Ryan

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

— Debby Ryan

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

— Debby Ryan

15. “Don’t be afraid of your own power.”

— Debby Ryan

16. “I’m very, very low-key in general.”

— Debby Ryan

17. “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.”

— Debby Ryan

18. “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.”

— Debby Ryan

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

— Debby Ryan

20. “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.”

— Debby Ryan

21. “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.”

— Debby Ryan

22. “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.”

— Debby Ryan

23. “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.”

— Debby Ryan

24. “Life is about growing, but it’s also about making peace with who you are.”

— Debby Ryan

25. “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.”

— Debby Ryan

26. “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.”

— Debby Ryan

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

— Debby Ryan

28. “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.”

— Debby Ryan

29. “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.”

— Debby Ryan

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

— Debby Ryan

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

— Debby Ryan

32. “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!”

— Debby Ryan

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

— Debby Ryan

34. “I’m different, and I’m not afraid to be different.”

— Debby Ryan

35. “I never wash my hair the night before an event – I call it second day hair, and it holds better.”

— Debby Ryan

36. “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.”

— Debby Ryan

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

— Debby Ryan

38. “Maybe love isn’t supposed to be comfortable. Maybe love is just supposed to be worth it.”

— Debby Ryan

39. “It’s really special to be a part of something that’s really changing lives.”

— Debby Ryan

40. “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.”

— Debby Ryan

41. “With ‘Suite Life,’ I had three years to sit a little bit on the back burner and learn with less pressure.”

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42. “Natalie Portman never looks back, ever. Ever!”

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43. “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.”

— Debby Ryan

44. “I remember going to acting class, so certain that no one’s ever going to know my name.”

— Debby Ryan

45. “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.”

— Debby Ryan

46. “You won’t ever be totally gotten by any human. That’s part of the fun.”

— Debby Ryan

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

— Debby Ryan

48. “I’m not making music for people who like Disney shows. I make music for people who like music.”

— Debby Ryan

49. “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.”

— Debby Ryan

50. “A real, healthy relationship is about empowerment and love and that should be standard – but it isn’t.”

— Debby Ryan