Dare to Be Kind Quotes

“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

“I always say that creating positive change in the world starts with just one person: you. That’s why it is so important to learn to be the right kind of selfish. It’s essential to learn the art of taking care of ourselves so that we can have the energy and the willpower to take care of each other and the world that we live in”
― Lizzie Velásquez, Dare to Be Kind: How Extraordinary Compassion Can Transform Our World

“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

“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

“We experience challenges in order to learn and grow. We have fears because we’re human, and our life’s work includes working through them, to come to a place of genuine self-acceptance, compassion, and love.”
― Lizzie Velásquez, Dare to Be Kind: How Extraordinary Compassion Can Transform Our World

“If you want to change the world, you start small, right at home.”
― Lizzie Velásquez, Dare to Be Kind: How Extraordinary Compassion Can Transform Our World

“We all need to give ourselves permission to feel our true feelings, even if those are decidedly darker or heavier than happiness. Instead of keeping that bright, positive attitude and claiming “I’m fine!” no matter what’s really going on, we need to be honest, with ourselves and others, about how we’re really feeling.”
― Lizzie Velásquez, Dare to Be Kind: How Extraordinary Compassion Can Transform Our World

“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

“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

“The love that family members share is essential, and it’s so important to highlight it no matter what else might be happening.”
― Lizzie Velásquez, Dare to Be Kind: How Extraordinary Compassion Can Transform Our World

“Pain and anger have to go somewhere. If we keep stuffing them down instead of processing them, we’ll end up either turning them inward, which isn’t good, or outward, which is no better.”
― Lizzie Velásquez, Dare to Be Kind: How Extraordinary Compassion Can Transform Our World

“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

“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

“So what is bullying? A simple definition of a bully is someone who uses their strength, whether physical, verbal, or emotional, to hurt or intimidate someone else they perceive as being weaker than themselves. Just think about that definition for a second. Think about how general and wide-reaching it is. Then think about all the little things, all the small events that happen every day that could fit that definition—events that most people would think of as perfectly normal and acceptable, not bullying at all.”
― Lizzie Velásquez, Dare to Be Kind: How Extraordinary Compassion Can Transform Our World

“You are perfect just as you are, and so am I.”
― Lizzie Velásquez, Dare to Be Kind: How Extraordinary Compassion Can Transform Our World

“You have your very own recipe for success in life, based on a unique mix of ingredients. Those ingredients are you—the qualities that you bring to the table, made up of your own personality and experiences. Your uniqueness is your gift to the world.”
― Lizzie Velásquez, Dare to Be Kind: How Extraordinary Compassion Can Transform Our World

“You’re good enough as you are. You’re beautiful as you are! But equally accept that it is natural for everyone to love and be loved. We don’t need to run from love; we need to run toward it.”
― Lizzie Velásquez, Dare to Be Kind: How Extraordinary Compassion Can Transform Our World

“If you always keep your true feelings and your inner wounds to yourself, the best that can result is emotional isolation from everyone around you, even the people who love you the most.”
― Lizzie Velásquez, Dare to Be Kind: How Extraordinary Compassion Can Transform Our World

“No one else has the same story as you, and that's a good thing.”
― Lizzie Velásquez, Dare to Be Kind: How Extraordinary Compassion Can Transform Our World