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  • #1
    Lizzie Velásquez
    “It is fine to be who you are. It is a good thing not to be just like everybody else. What makes you unique is what makes you beautiful, because it’s what makes you you. And the world needs you, exactly as you are. That’s the truth, plain and simple.”
    Lizzie Velásquez, Dare to Be Kind: How Extraordinary Compassion Can Transform Our World

  • #2
    Lizzie Velásquez
    “We don’t have to allow ourselves to be defined by the labels imposed on us. We get to define ourselves.”
    Lizzie Velásquez, Dare to Be Kind: How Extraordinary Compassion Can Transform Our World

  • #3
    Lizzie Velásquez
    “Start with kindness, and start with yourself. Dare to be as good to yourself as you would be to someone you truly loved—because that’s how you should feel about yourself. Dare to treat yourself as a dear and precious friend.”
    Lizzie Velásquez, Dare to Be Kind: How Extraordinary Compassion Can Transform Our World

  • #4
    Lizzie Velásquez
    “I so admire anyone brave enough to be open about the moments in their lives they might rather have kept hidden, because their candor helps everyone feel more "normal" and less alone.”
    Lizzie Velásquez, Dare to Be Kind: How Extraordinary Compassion Can Transform Our World

  • #5
    Lizzie Velásquez
    “Even if you look a little unusual, you're a member of the human race.”
    Lizzie Velásquez, Dare to Be Kind: How Extraordinary Compassion Can Transform Our World

  • #6
    Lizzie Velásquez
    “If you ever slip into thinking you have to be perfect to deserve love, remind yourself that no one is perfect, and everyone deserves love.”
    Lizzie Velásquez, Dare to Be Kind: How Extraordinary Compassion Can Transform Our World

  • #7
    Lizzie Velásquez
    “The truth is that there’s something unique about each and every one of us. Everyone has a superpower of one kind or another.”
    Lizzie Velásquez, Dare to Be Kind: How Extraordinary Compassion Can Transform Our World

  • #8
    Ralph Ellison
    “When I discover who I am, I’ll be free.”
    Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man

  • #9
    Coco Chanel
    “A girl should be two things: who and what she wants.”
    Coco Chanel, Gospel According to Coco Chanel: Life Lessons From The World's Most Elegant Woman

  • #10
    Harvey Fierstein
    “Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life, but define yourself.”
    Harvey Fierstein

  • #11
    Allen Ginsberg
    “Follow your inner moonlight; don't hide the madness.”
    Allen Ginsberg

  • #12
    Tyra Banks
    “Never dull your shine for somebody else.”
    Tyra Banks

  • #13
    Oliver  James
    “Do your own thing on your own terms and get what you came here for”
    Oliver James

  • #14
    Stephanie Perkins
    “I don't believe in fashion. I believe in costume. Life is too short to be same person every day.”
    Stephanie Perkins, Lola and the Boy Next Door

  • #15
    “Happiness is part of who we are. Joy is the feeling”
    Tony DeLiso, Legacy: The Power Within: The Power Within

  • #16
    Criss Jami
    “Everyone has their own ways of expression. I believe we all have a lot to say, but finding ways to say it is more than half the battle.”
    Criss Jami, Salomé: In Every Inch In Every Mile

  • #17
    Mahatma Gandhi
    “I want freedom for the full expression of my personality.”
    Mahatma Gandhi, The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas

  • #18
    Vladimir Nabokov
    “I have no desires, save the desire to express myself in defiance of all the world’s muteness.”
    Vladimir Nabokov

  • #19
    Ben Michaelis
    “If everybody likes you, you are doing it wrong.”
    Ben Michaelis



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