Gugu Mbatha-Raw Quotes

You really have to look inside yourself and find your own inner strength, and say, 'I'm proud of what I am and who I am, and I'm just going to be myself.'

I finally learned to love myself by dressing up as Geri Halliwell.

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

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 need to just be Iskra, and I've got to believe in me, or else no one will.

I think that was the biggest learning lesson for me. I realized I can't be anything for anyone else if I'm not the best me for me. Now I just hope to kind of be that message for young girls to focus on yourself first always. Young people, I should say.

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

Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.

To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.

I'm not gonna apologize for who I am and what I've gone through.

Try not to get lost in comparing yourself to others. Discover your gifts and let them shine!

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

You should never give up your inner self.

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

You need to love yourself and be yourself one hundred percent before you can actually love someone else.

There's something to be said for embracing who you are.

I think you just have to appreciate who you are and hopefully they can see what a superhero is about.

I take a lot of pride in being myself. I'm comfortable with who I am.

I learn every day what it means to love myself, and I'm constantly figuring out what makes me feel empowered.

I'm not ashamed to be me. More than anyone else I know, I love my life and accept myself. What's wrong with being unique? I am proud of everything that I am and will become.

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

Hiding, secrets, and not being able to be yourself is one of the worst things ever for a person. It gives you low self-esteem. You never get to reach that peak in your life. You should always be able to be yourself and be proud of yourself.

I've always been drawn to the message of 'Be yourself. Love yourself.' I need to be reminded of that all time.