Whitney Wolfe Herd Quotes

A lot of vices that I've had over the years were always to make up for some sort of character deficiency, one of them being shyness.

It's the bullies who are afraid, are the ones that do all the fighting. It's not the secure kids that get out there and fight. It's the insecure kids.

I find it's usually the bullies who are the most insecure.

I think it's very dangerous for people who do anything that's public to venture on the Web and check out what people are saying about them. Yes, you're bound to find things that will delight you - but you also find things that will make you brood and feel bad about yourself. Why would you intentionally invite that into your life?

I realized that bullying never has to do with you. It's the bully who's insecure.

I have this want-to-be-liked thing, but deep down, I had this rage. I was just - I was blinded. I wasn't healthy enough to be able to learn more. I had one mode - to fight.

Girls who use jokes to be nasty are often hiding other feelings they are struggling to express.

People never try to prove themselves against me unless they've had a few beers in them.

Sadly, you can't just pretend that you haven't seen the creepy things that people have said about you. It's something that gets in your brain.

Back then I just thought everyone hated me. But no, actually, they're doing it because they feel bad about themselves. So now when I look at trolls being nasty, I feel a bit sorry for them.

I was never a bad guy, never got in trouble. It's just that I played with anger and I was aggressive or I really never smiled.

Going to places like Tynecastle, where you're so close to the crowd, you get reminded how ugly you are and stuff like that!

Oh these little rejections how they add up quickly, one small sideways look and I feel so ungood. Somewhere along the way I think I gave you the power to make me feel the way I thought only my father could.

I was angry and sad that people kept commenting on my pictures saying, 'You're too fat to wear that!' or 'Cover up! No one wants to see that!'

The men who use Bumble appreciate a confident woman, a woman who has a voice. A lot of men suffer from insecurity and fear rejection, too. Bumble removes that fear, as they don't have to make the first move, so it benefits both men and women.

I don't read the comments people write about me - it's not worth it.

I get too upset by online criticism.

Girls rejected me a lot.

I see the people who teased me on Facebook, and they look like hell.

I have a bit of a temper.

For the self-conscious or insecure girl, technology can become a crippling addiction, an insatiable hunger not just for connection but the elusive promise of being liked by everyone.

Sometimes online, there are what we call trolls or bullies that want to leave negative comments. That's just because they feel bad about themselves, and they want to spread that.

I've built up such a thick skin. It's very easy to take one comment - whether it be a really mean comment that digs deep or just something rude - and really run with it. It's so easy: if there are 100 comments, and 99 are nice, you just run with the bad one.

My experience is that aggression is a universal trait in human beings - girls feel it in any sort of environment, same-sex or co-ed.

I was too aggressive. Too angry.