Elizabeth Peyton Quotes

I'm still my parent's child, I'm still me, but I made a choice. I evolved into Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. I think it has to do with evolution.

I've come out of myself as a person at Chelsea and expressed myself on and off the pitch.

Art helped give me confidence.

Encouraging young people to believe in themselves and find their own voice whether it's through writing, drama or art is so important in giving young people a sense of self-worth.

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

I see myself as a flashlight in the dark. I'm not trying to be overlooked anymore.

I do believe that for me, my own personal journey has been one in which my voice has also been appreciated.

I gotta be who I am now. How do you not, right?

It's crazy what can happen in a decade and how much you can grow as a person and as a woman and truly find your voice.

Every day, I feel I can do more things - not as a character but as myself.

The surest plan to make a man is, think him so.

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

I think every individual has his or her own power, and it's a matter of working, taking time and defining what that power is.

On some level, we as human beings can be who we want to be.

I would say that I'm finding my voice in more ways than one.

When you finally understand who you are, ages 6 through 60 will understand who you are. Because when they see a person that's come through all that I've come through, still standing, it's amazing.

The distance between who you are and who you might be is closing.

Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be.

You change the world by being yourself.

Trying to give an individual a voice has always kind of been my mission in my life. As an actor, I've always seen that was something that needed to be done. You need to find that voice inside of you so that you can stand up and be who you really are.

I just need to believe that we're not in some form of stasis, that we can try to be whoever we want to be. We probably won't get there, but we might get a little bit closer, you know?

I came to love, I came into my own.

My mission is to give girls the tools to be able to blossom into their best selves.

I'm going to do what I want to do. I'm going to be who I really am. I'm going to figure out what that is.

Awaken its powers, and it will respect itself.