Halima Aden Quotes

I think it's really great when you stand up for something that you really believe, even if you get heat for it.

I stand up for what I believe. I don't know if it's always paid off for me, because I've been ridiculed and humiliated.

I stand up to people.

Anytime you're the first to speak out against something, there's going to be a backlash.

No matter how much good you do, there will always be a few per cent of people who don't support you.

Some of my friends said, 'You are nuts.' But I think I am right.

If an individual wants to be a leader and isn't controversial, that means he never stood for anything.

There are consequences if you stand up for what you believe. Heck, you might - you might lose your sponsors if you're a talk show host; or if you're running for office, you know, people not give to you or people might not vote for you.

I've always fought for what I believe in. I used to get made fun of for dancing, and I would argue back, or fight the kids, or do whatever I had to do to shut them up. I have that in me.

I always stand up for what I believe and what I want to.

I have a little experience in doing things that are unpopular.

If you stick your head above the parapet and you have an opinion, and you spout family values and morality and all that, you'd be pretty naive to think that everybody would go, 'Oh, he's great, I love him.'

You have to have a thick skin if you think what you are doing is right.

If you don't stand your ground, then all that happens is people push you backwards.

I feel like with anything you choose to do in this world, there are always gonna be people who disagree. But I've had a lot more supporters than critics.

I get flak from everybody, which is how I know I'm living my truth.

If they [peple] really hate you, that means you're doing something right.

I think some of you have to go through the pain of being rejected, the pain of being attacked on television, and ultimately there are people at home who are rooting for you and are wondering why more people don't defend what they stand up for.

I like to be against the odds.

You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.

Leadership is about doing the right thing, even if it going against a vast number of naysayers and mediocre people.

There comes a time when you have to stand up and be counted.

Be willing to get fired for a good idea.

When I first started on television, people, and even my own manager at the time, would tell me I had to make all of these changes. But you have to stand up and say, 'There's nothing wrong with me or my shape or who I am; you're the one with the problem!' And when you can really believe that, all of a sudden other people start believing, too.

I've been booed on stages. I'm a little bit tougher than to walk off a stage because someone says something ugly.