Shannon Purser Quotes

We all need somebody to say, 'I love you. I see you. And I'm not going to give up on you.' Everybody has validity. Everybody has a purpose.

Be yourself. And if you're not accepted by your family, there will be people who will accept you.

I hope that I can be an inspiration to kids that are young and may feel different or may feel like they don't belong.

If you can learn to love yourself and all the flaws, you can love other people so much better. And that makes you so happy.

If you don't believe you don't belong.

You deserve love and you'll get it.

Stay strong. Stay true to yourself and to who you are because there is community out there. It may not be in your town or perhaps even in your family, but you are wanted and you are loved and there are places in the world where you will be safe and supported.

I don't want anyone to ever feel they are alone and no one likes them, or to feel as insecure as I did.

Loving others is easy when you love and accept yourself.

I don't believe anyone is ugly.

When you get to a place where you understand that love and belonging, your worthiness, is a birthright and not something you have to earn, anything is possible.

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

I'm ready to be an action figure. I'd love that very much. And all the redheaded kids will get to go out and feel loved and be able to buy a redheaded action figure.

Many of the differences that cause students to be excluded in school are actually the same qualities or skills that other people are going to admire, respect or value about that person in adulthood.

I just say that at any weight you should love your life.

I didn't appreciate the young woman that I was, or my young beauty, because I was so obsessed with the fact that I felt fat. It's never good to add to anybody else's suffering. It's an important topic to really get the gravity and the importance of - dealing with dignity.

I wouldn't want them to feel lonely or outcast ever in any way. And no matter where they were in the world, I'd want them to always feel incredibly confident about who they were and proud.

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

If you don't like me, if you like me; both are equally cool. I send love and positive energy to all those people in their lives. I hope they find where they're meant to be.

I don't want anyone to ever say that I don't belong where I am.

It's OK showing yourself some love.

You're imperfect, and you're wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging.

I have a deep compassion for the idea that it's okay to be myself. The idea that anything 'other' is bad and wrong and broken is so wildly off base.

If someone comes to me and says they're not capable of being loved, I want to reach out to them and tell them that everybody's loveable. If a man is forced or wants to become a better man, then I root for him. Everybody needs to be loved.

It's such an amazing thing to be loved for who you are.