Forest Whitaker Quotes

I learned that you go through things, you deal with them and that's what empowers you and ultimately makes you a happy person.

I was bullied a lot, being a kid, so I feel like I'm standing out because I realize who I really am.

It's taken me a long time to become the person I am, for all the ugliness to fall away. The rotten flesh is gone, and the seed is there. I can touch that now.

I know I've got to learn to believe in myself.

I discovered that my insecurities and my flaws were things that I actually need to embrace, and I let them become my superpowers.

Try not to get lost in comparing yourself to others. Discover your gifts and let them shine!

I think I'm happy with who I am. I don't know if I learned that from other girls or just people in general.

Aim high and don't sell yourself short. Know that you're capable. Understand that a lot of people battle with a lot of things - depression, body image or whatever else - so know that it's not just you. You're not alone.

There are no makeovers in my books. The ugly duckling does not become a beautiful swan. She becomes a confident duck able to take charge of her own life and problems.

I'm just more comfortable in my own skin now.

You are precisely as big as what you love and precisely as small as what you allow to annoy you.

I learned not to care what other people think.

Self-confidence is something I've always lacked in. But finally, at some point, I just decided to be honest.

We can climb mountains with self-love.

I used to take it much more to heart. Now I realise that negativity has almost everything to do with the person delivering it and very little to do with you yourself.

A ton of kids at school have made fun of me; if I had to give advice to other girls, I would say, 'Hang loose and ignore them. They shouldn't faze you no matter how popular they think they are.'

I want my story to help others see what's extraordinary in themselves.

I've learned that I'm a lot stronger than I thought I was.

I believe that we're all here for a purpose and that one of my biggest ones is to help people understand that they're beautiful.

Everything I was told should be my greatest insecurities and weaknesses, everything that I've been labeled - short, nerdy, skinny, weak, impulsive, ugly, tomboy, poor, rebel, loud, freak, crazy - turned out to be my greatest strengths. I didn't become successful in spite of them. I became successful because of them.

I've learned to ignore the negative people and just be a living example of confidence and self-love.

When I was a kid, people bullied me about my weight and being skinny. Throughout my teenage years, I had to just depend on the fact that, look, this is who God created me to be, so I'm going to depend on what's already there.

The jokes about how I look have actually made me stronger.

All women have insecurities and bad times. What counts is how you overcome them.

I think I've evolved into someone pretty confident - in myself and in my skin.