Patricia Briggs Quotes

All people - African, European, American - worry about being different. But I've learned that the traits we'd rush to get rid of are the very ones that others desire. People always covet what they don't have. That's why we should look at ourselves every now and then and say, 'I'm proud of myself. I like the way I'm made.'

When I was a kid, I always had the red hair, the white skin, and freckles. Back then, I wanted to look like everybody else, but now I realize that being different is definitely a major help.

I think that the shame of being different is very painful for a lot of people.

You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.

I came to terms with not fitting in a long time ago. I never really fitted in. I don't want to fit in. And now people are buying into that.

Don't let that nagging fear - that feeling that being different automatically qualifies you as being wrong - eat away at you.

People thought I looked weird, that I talked weird.

The kids say, 'Oh are we weird somehow?' and I say, 'It's OK to be different.'

Only recently have I realized that being different is not something you want to hide or squelch or suppress.

As much as I live I shall not imitate them or hate myself for being different to them

When you're different, sometimes you don't see the millions of people who accept you for what you are. All you notice is the person who doesn't.

Believe in the power of your voice! Be yourself. Everyone is unique.

Everybody struggles with being an oddball. It's tough trying to fit in when you're a kid; then you become an adult and you think, 'I'm just going to be myself and either they accept it or they don't.' But you know what? I like me, and that's the most important thing.

I was feeling like a real misfit in middle school, but when I saw 'Wicked,' it made me feel really cool for being different... and you can carve that in stone!

Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.

It didn't matter that I wore clothes from Sears; I was still different. I looked different. My name was different. I wanted to pull away from the things that marked my parents as being different.

The secret of how to live without resentment or embarrassment in a world in which I was different from everyone else. was to be indifferent to that difference.

All through my life, I didn't really consider my eyes at all, and then I became an actress. It's great, I guess. They're just in my face, and one is green and one is blue. It's different, and I'm definitely a proponent of being different in any way you can in life, so I guess if you're born a bit different that's a good thing.

I want to encourage kids to speak up, to tell their stories. That is the only way people will know what we have to go through. Believe in yourself. Someone once told me being different isn't bad - different is just different!

Growing up, I just wanted to be like everyone else. I didn't value or understand the beauty in being different at the time in my life.

I used to have a very difficult childhood because I was always the tallest girl in school, and everybody was staring at me and saying, 'You are very different.' Now, different is good.

Since I don't look like every other girl, it takes a while to be okay with that. To be different. But different is good.

Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else

I think everyone at times feels awkward, like they don't fit in. But I was lucky to have super-cool parents who reminded me to embrace what makes you special - that you shouldn't want to blend in with everybody.

I was definitely considered different growing up. I learned that being me was all right because my family celebrated those differences.