Tom Hiddleston Quotes

I say things other people wish they could say. I don't pick on people - I empower them.

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

Never let anyone silence your voice.

I am trying to be a girl who is real and has an opinion. Might say stupid things but not scared of men, and for me that's important.

I feel like I have to have a voice.

It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.

People can say I am a terrible role model because I swear all the time or that I fight people. Look, I don't want little girls to have the same ambitions as me. I want them to know that it is O.K. to be ambitious. I want them to know that it is O.K. to say whatever it is that is on their mind.

I want to encourage kids to speak up, to tell their stories. That is the only way people will know what we have to go through. Believe in yourself. Someone once told me being different isn't bad - different is just different!

Every so often, I am thanked for being 'unapologetically me.' I treasure those moments, those people, and remember them every time I'm feeling timid.

Putting myself out there knowing I can be criticized - it's ironic, but to me, that's the most empowering thing.

Manute Bol was one of the guys who taught me to be bold. To be fierce. To speak intelligently, and speak like you belong.

I was encouraged to use my voice and explore my passions outside of the sport. And when I did that, I was finally able to realize my true self-worth. I was more than that of a gymnast.

I've always thought of myself as a strong person. However, it's taken me a while to fully find my voice.

I firmly believe in standing by what you are. I was never taught to dim my light to pacify other people.

I was a girl who believed in the color of my voice and what I had to say.

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.

It's become easier to speak up for myself.

I am as I am, and I ain't gonna apologise for it.

Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes.

My late mother was very clear to my sister and I that we were to be strong women; that we were to be effective; that we were to be heard.

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.'

I'm not ashamed of who I am.

I don't think I like characters who are afraid and ashamed of who they are.

I'm not scared about saying what I think.

I think that a man should not be shy; you should say what you really think and feel - put it out there.