Audre Lorde Quotes

I am not interested in being a role model, or in fulfilling the expectations of others. I know I am of most use to others and to myself by being this unique self: Nature, I have noticed, is not particularly devoted to copies, and human beings needn't be either.

I find I am constantly being encouraged to pluck out some one aspect of myself and present this as the meaningful whole, eclipsing or denying the other parts of self.

You change the world by being yourself.

I wanted to become me, totally me. The more me, the better. I instinctively knew this and I was right.

How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone.

When you're true to who you are, amazing things happen.

I wanted to do things that I knew were going to be me.

I wasn't learning to sing because I thought I could; I was learning to sing because I knew I couldn't.

As you get older, it's always a process of self-love, learning how to really do that for yourself instead of trying to find it outside yourself.

It is time to search out your uniqueness, applaud and acknowledge yourself, and let your own light shine.

I'm happy about who and what I am - and I can't wait to find out who I'll be tomorrow.

You must always be yourself, and do things at your own pace. Someday, you'll catch up.

Like any art, the creation of self is both natural and seemingly impossible. It requires training as well as magic.

I'm always talking about loving yourself and expressing yourself and learning how to love yourself. I'm still the same.

Find your self-esteem and be forever free to dream.

Sometimes the hardest part of the journey is believing you're worthy of the trip.

It is trying to be other than one's self that unmans one. Be your own natural self and go ahead.

...You have to accept yourself, who you are. You don't believe. You still fight who you are. Until you accept yourself, until you believe, you won't be able to call forth your Han, your power, except in great anger.

The way I look at it, love does not necessarily make for a happy ending any more than winning does. What makes for a happy ending is what Addie said all along: freedom. The freedom to be who you are without anybody calling you names. —Bobby Goodspeed

I am increasingly an architect of self. I am free to will and choose. I can, through accepting my individuality... become more of my uniqueness, more of my potentiality.

Prancing around with marshmallowss on your nipples does *not* constitute living your life fully!

You don't have to live up to anyone's expectations, just be the best you can be

The one person who will never leave us, whom we will never lose, is ourself. Learning to love our female selves is where our search for love must begin.

You can't go around being what everyone wants you to be, living your life through other people's rules, and expect to be happy and have inner peace.