Alethea Kontis Quotes

It's great to play someone who's so unafraid of being who she is.

I haven't received any pressure to be anything other than myself, and for that, I am so grateful.

What if everything I thought was wrong with me was actually right with me? You have to have the courage to show who you are to the world.

I'll never forget one time a fan came up to me crying, and told me, 'You really inspire me to be me. I feel OK to be myself now.'

Be bold, be brave enough to be your true self.

You can't respect yourself if you're afraid to be who you are.

The joy of style lies not in how we look to other people, but in how we look to ourselves - and the most memorable and beautiful outfits are simply those that, in some rare moment of joy, we found the courage to share with the world.

I'm not a model, I'm an artist. In one of my videos, I'm doing this shot of me with no make-up on where I've just woken up, and I don't think a lot of people would be comfortable enough to do that. But that's the way I look. This is who I am. Let's enjoy it. Let's just live life to the full while we're all here.

I always felt different as a kid, and the Kinks were like, 'Yeah, we're the Kinks.' Celebrate your difference; don't be afraid of your sense of humor, or your personality, or who you are. It emboldened me.

I love being a comfortable person, but I'm very open. I'm not ashamed of myself and my beliefs.

I wasn't afraid to be who I am. I didn't think anything was wrong with it.

You have to be unapologetically yourself. Once I was able to be proud of myself, it came across in my music really clearly.

I want any kid who listens to my music to see that I am confident with all elements of my personality that I can't change.

VANITY' is a celebration of beauty, self-identity, and self-respect. We want people to leave the show feeling okay to accept themselves - not to hold back and be ashamed of the extravagances they like to indulge in. We should be able to celebrate these things because they are part of living and we all strive for them.

I like people who are authentically themselves, and they own it, and most importantly, they own their story.

Key is never be afraid of being yourself. Never!

I have read a lot about what I am and who I am: 'mini,' a copy, simply 'more of the same.' Dear delegates, I stand before you as I am and as life made me and I am proud of that.

I just want to be someone who stands up for being herself.

I am just as comfortable in sweats and sneakers as I am in a dress and heels. Attitude is everything!

The audience is loving me the way I am, and that's most important.

I just encourage young girls to be true to themselves.

Don't be afraid to show off who you are.

On stage, we embrace every ounce of ourselves, we celebrate who we are, we are honest and live our truth - and we inspire people to do the same.

I'm inspired by people embracing their feminine power and just being who they truly are and not afraid to express themselves.

Everybody has that thing about them that makes them special, and sometimes we try to dull it down or we don't always want to expose it, and maybe we've been taught that way or whatever. It's just a matter of letting it out and letting it go and letting people in on it.