Khoudia Diop Quotes

Beauty comes from the inside.

It sounds really corny but I think that if you're beautiful inside it shows on the outside, for sure.

Having inner beauty is something you develop on your own, and I like to think I have that.

I don't bother about how people feel about me. What matters to me is how I feel about them.

It's one thing to live my own life and know that I'm O.K. But there's another thing I want to take on, and that is letting people know that they're O.K., too.

Follow your path unapologetically. Be compassionate.

I was bullied and picked on because I was so different to everyone else, and I definitely didn't believe or even know I was fabulous back then. But those hard times made me everything I am today. It's all water under the bridge now, but being bullied and going through adversity definitely made me stronger.

It's hard to practice compassion when we're struggling with our authenticity or when our own worthiness is off-balance.

As soon as you concern yourself with the 'good' and 'bad' of your fellows, you create an opening in your heart for maliciousness to enter. Testing, competing with, and criticizing others weaken and defeat you.

Happiness is when you love who you are and you are able to accept yourself and others.

If you're secure in yourself, and even if you're not secure in yourself, you don't need to bully.

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

A beautiful person is someone who stays true to themselves and their spirit; someone who is self-confident and can make you smile.

I think the best way to have confidence is not to allow everyone else's insecurities to be your own.

Let me think about the people who I care about the most, and how when they fail or disappoint me... I still love them, I still give them chances, and I still see the best in them. Let me extend that generosity to myself.

I think my books talk about kids learning to like and respect themselves and each other. You can't write a message book; you just tell the best story you know how to tell.

I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him.

Children tease each other because you're short or you're tall or you're a redhead or because you're ugly or because you're smart or because you're dumb or all kinds of differences and as parents we have to deal with that and strengthen our children to be comfortable with themselves and also to show empathy and acceptance towards others.

A woman can only be ugly from the inside. Any woman can be beautiful, if she is beautiful from within. It is the internal ugliness of this woman that reflects her looks.

A wonderful thing happens over time. You fall in love with the sound of your own voice.

I'm passionate about speaking out against bullying and speaking up for self-awareness with young people and body-image issues and self-esteem issues.

It would be an amazing superpower to be able to make every person you meet feel better about the thing that makes them insecure.

Self-compassion is how we recover.

Be kind to yourself.

By forgiving, we are training ourselves to be strong, confident, joyful, peaceful, happy, and loving. These positive attributes end up affecting every part of our lives.