Karen Hesse Quotes

My whole journey has been about self-acceptance.

I'm just more comfortable in my own skin now.

I grew up on the ragged edge of self-acceptance, where I was holding on to it, but it was easy to fall off. But as I found my way inside myself, I've been able to accept my own hair, my own shape.

Once you really know yourself, can't nobody tell you nothing about you.

I had a lot of conversations with my family, my close friends, with my pastor, with God, and kind of came to a revelation that maybe I should be honest with myself about who I am and let that person - this woman who has lived inside me for my entire life - finally have an opportunity to live.

Have the pride of the brown girl and know that you'll figure out your own beauty in time.

I love who I am. I love what I've become.

The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.

I love who I am.

I don't have ugly ducklings turning into swans in my stories. I have ugly ducklings turn into confident ducks.

I came to love, I came into my own.

Women must learn to find self-worth within themselves, not through others. It is important to carve out a place just for you.

What he showed me was not what I had to get, but what I already have. I am just myself, and who I am is a lot.

I've learned to try to sustain myself by holding on to the integrity of who I am. I'm not talking big diva. I'm quiet. I'm shy. And I became stronger when I stopped trying to be the person they wanted me to be.

There's something beautiful in being who you are and being comfortable with whatever your voice is.

I think life is about growing into yourself and getting to like that person.

I've realized the person that I've always been and this gift that I've always had just had to be brought to light. It surprised me the most that being more who I am and not who I thought I had to be would make me successful.

I truly believe that the privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.

I've learned to accept who I am.

I know I am not the first woman to ask this, but how can I be both damaged and loveable? How do I become the protagonist of a story?

I was bullied a lot, being a kid, so I feel like I'm standing out because I realize who I really am.

I'm very, very comfortable with who I am.

My confidence comes from the realisation that, actually, the best you can be is you, learning to accept who I was, what I wanted, and that I was more than my body.

I know who I am. And after all these years, there's a victory in that.

Love yourself for who you are and just keep going.