Selena Gomez celebrates her 29th birthday today, and although the star is just short of 30, she has said some profound things that you may be shocked to hear coming from a 20-something.

Selena Gomez is a Texas-born singer and actress who started her career at a young age by starring in children’s TV series Barney & Friends. Her real breakthrough was the leading role she played in Disney’s 2007 series Wizards of Waverly Place.

In 2014, Gomez had been battling lupus, which became a matter of life and death considering the long waiting lists for finding a donor. Along with the physical symptoms, the aggravation of the disease caused depression, panic attacks and eventually forced her to undergo a kidney transplant. Her friend, Francia Raisa, saved her life, as Selena was two weeks away from kidney failure.

We have compiled our favorite quotes the “Love You Like A Love Song” singer has said that are wise beyond her years.

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  Nobody really knows everything, and they can only assume.

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  Most of the time, people say negative things for a reaction, and I can't even bear to give them the satisfaction. So there's something that I gain from feeling like I'm the bigger person, from walking away from a situation.

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  I think it's healthy to gain a perspective on who you are deep down, question yourself, and challenge yourself; it's important to do that.
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  I think love is blind. You don't see it; you don't hear what people are saying or what you're saying. You don't see what you're doing. All you see is the person in front of you. That's it.

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  I don't trust anyone... It's something that I have to live with, and I have to find the balance of who I want in my life and who isn't good for me.

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  When people ask me if there’s something that I would tell my younger self, I always said, 'Go ahead and do it.'...I want to say it’s okay not to know what you want to do with the rest of your life. It’s a journey to find your direction or your passion so don’t get frustrated by the mistakes and setbacks, as they happen to all of us.
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  I’ve learned there’s power deep down inside yourself, and you can find it when you don’t give up on yourself and when you ask for help.

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  Success is nothing if you don't have the right people to share it with; you're just gonna end up lonely.

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  I realize everybody wants what they don't have. But at the end of the day, what you have inside is much more beautiful than what's on the outside!
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  You reflect on the people who used to be in your life, and it's like, 'Wow, I can't believe that person was ever really in my life.' But people are put into your life for seasons, for different reasons, and to teach you lessons.

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  We only have one life, and it is very precious, and there's a lot we can do, and there's a lot we should do.

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  The older I’ve gotten, the more I’ve learned that I have to open myself up to all opportunities. Maybe I’ll get burned and not meet the right people, but I won’t know until I do it.
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  If you are able to look yourself in the mirror every day with the decisions that you make, that’s where power starts.

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  If you are broken, you do not have to stay broken.

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  You have the right to live a beautiful life.

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