Valerie Azlynn Quotes

Be who you are and be that well.

Lots of us when we're children believe 'oh well, if the world knew us as we really are, they'd know what wonderful, clever, brilliant, charming people we really are.'

There's just a lot of stuff that really moves me, and I don't know how to express it, and I just want to try to do the best I can and surround myself with good people who don't invalidate me.

If I look at the message I'm portraying, I think it definitely is be who you are, but be your best you.

If I were but a man who would be tall, I would be me.

What's the greater risk? Letting go of what people think - or letting go of how I feel, what I believe, and who I am?

I was raised to sense what someone wanted me to be and be that kind of person. It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.

Real beauty is to be true to oneself. That's what makes me feel good.

It's taken me years to embrace the softer elements of who I am and let that shine some.

Pretension is a poor joke that you play on yourself. Snap out of it. Recognise your strengths, work on your weaknesses. Real achievement is liking what you see in the mirror every morning.

Fitting in is unnecessary. Embrace who you are. You will go through rough times in high school, but always stay strong, and never deny yourself!

Not everyone loves me, but I have to be okay no matter what they think about me.

I worked hard to be accepted by the fashion community in ways beyond my physical appearance. In no time, though, I found myself surrendering to the industry's approval process. I felt like I needed validation from everyone. As a result, I lost sight of myself and what it meant to be happy, what it meant to be successful.

I spent a lot of time learning how to define myself internally rather than externally. I learned how to care less about external validation. I think that's given me a renewed confidence in speaking out loud. I kind of don't care what people think about me. I feel a lot more confident in saying what I believe.

I want to be one tone, and I want to glow.

I take great pride in being who I am. Whether I'm broken or not, I am who I am.

I realized that everybody is a critic. They're going to say they hate you, they love you, they this, they that, but at the end of the day, no matter what, I have to be confident in myself as a man and an artist.

Approval isn’t necessary. It’s nice when you get it, but it’s not going to stop us from being who we are. I mean, if I’d have listened to approval, I’d never have made it one day onstage. But to be criticized, if there’s validity, as upset as you are, you can learn from it.

The moment will arrive when you are comfortable with who you are, and what you are- bald or old or fat or poor, successful or struggling- when you don't feel the need to apologize for anything or to deny anything. To be comfortable in your own skin is the beginning of strength.

I don't care what people think about me because I know I am more than all the pain and strife they hold inside.

You are precisely as big as what you love and precisely as small as what you allow to annoy you.

Don't worry about people knowing you. Make yourself worth knowing.

Status doesn't matter; fame doesn't matter. You have to be really, really grounded in who you are and feel good as a person inside.

I learned not to care what other people think.

I'm trying every day, when I meet a new human being, to not have the first thought that comes into my mind be, 'Are they going to like me?' I'm allowed to say, 'I like this, and I don't like that.'