Selena Gomez Quotes

I love the mixture that's in me. It makes me me. And that's why it's such a shame that people waste energy in denying who they are.

If I don't belong because of what I think and because of my opinions, then so be it. What can one do about it? One can't bend over backwards or pretend to be someone else just to belong. And in any case, it doesn't work. Once you no longer belong, it's over.

I hoped people would take me as I am. It doesn't matter where I come from.

I think the most powerful beauty is representative of uniqueness and individuality of every person.

The people that I associate with, the circle that I keep, is real simple, and sometimes we think or we're trained to believe that you always have to have more, more, more to make ourselves feel happy or beautiful, but it's the other way around for me. Simplicity is sexy.

All over the world, girls are raised to be make themselves likeable, to twist themselves into shapes that suit other people. Please do not twist yourself into shapes to please. Don't do it. If someone likes that version of you, that version of you that is false and holds back, then they actually just like that twisted shape, and not you. And the world is such a gloriously multifaceted, diverse place that there are people in the world who will like you, the real you, as you are.

I'm beautiful in my way 'cause God makes no mistakes. I'm on the right track baby, I was born this way.

To hang out in a gay bar or put on a sequined halter top makes me feel like a total person.

Have the pride of the brown girl and know that you'll figure out your own beauty in time.

Treasure the things about you that make you different and unique.

Fans always tell me I'm beautiful, but no one will ever be as beautiful as them.

I mean, no one asks beauty secrets of me, or 'What size do you wear?' or 'Who's your couturier?' They ask me about really deep things and I love that.

There are as many kinds of beauty as there are habitual ways of seeking happiness.

I can't feel bad about being who I am, just like the girl next to me can't feel bad about being who she is. Because a rose can never be a sunflower, and a sunflower can never be a rose.

I am Chinese - it doesn't matter what other people say.

I'm very proud of my roots, and I would never try not to be who I am.

I realize everybody wants what they don't have. But at the end of the day, what you have inside is much more beautiful than what's on the outside!

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

I don't want to be a race-transcending leader. I want to be deeply understood as a man, as African- American, as a Christian, all that I am.

I think every single imperfection adds to your beauty. I'd rather be imperfect than perfect.

I'm hoping that what I am or what I'm not ethnically doesn't limit me in anyone else's eyes. I guarantee you it doesn't in mine.

You know, you don't have to look like everybody else to be acceptable and to feel acceptable.

There's no Hollywood tradition of maybe not telling people that you're gay to protect your future ambitions. The YouTube world is a little unprecedented. I think what people are seeing is that the more true to yourself you are, the more an audience will connect with you.

I'm the little half-black, half-Jewish girl who was odd and awkward. I try to be myself.

While traveling around the world, I've had the opportunity to work with every living beauty icon. I've learned to appreciate idiosyncrasy. The fact is, there is really no such thing as 'normal' - everybody's different, and that is the essence of their beauty.