Marcus Smart Quotes

You don't want to spend your life explaining yourself.

It's difficult to not be able to just be yourself without criticism in any position, whether you're in high school, college, or this industry.

I don't have any control of how I am received. People will either like me, not like me or love to not like me.

I had learned from more than a decade in political life that I was going to be criticized no matter what I did, so I may as well be criticized for doing something I wanted to do. If I had spent all day pouring tea, I would have been criticized for doing that too.

It was kind of a hard lesson when I figured out that not everybody is going to be kind, be sweet. So I've learned that I am never going to make everybody happy. There's always going to be someone who can't stand the way I write, and I can't take that personally.

If a person doesn't like me or doesn't like my game, OK, that's how they feel. Can't be upset with it.

I am what I am. I can't change that.

I'm a very open person, and I am not ashamed of it being out there. It's part of life.

To be sincere, I've never been mad about what anyone thinks.

In the end, everyone just deserves the right to be their authentic selves, just be who they are.

My momma told me a long time ago, 'not everybody has to like you.' And it's very true. I'm ok with that.

I don't care what people think of me or for what reason they think of me. I don't feel like I don't know who I am to the degree that I have to change my hair to create a new me.

Prancing around with marshmallowss on your nipples does *not* constitute living your life fully!

Our entire life, with our fine moral code and our precious freedom, consists ultimately in accepting ourselves as we are.

If people knew the REAL us, they would run. God knows, stays, and loves.

I say whatever I want, I look whatever I want. That doesn't mean I don't question myself and feel insecure.

I like who I am, and am puzzled to find that not everybody shares this opinion.

I began to see myself as someone who can help others understand diversity rather than feeling like a social outcast. Ellen taught me to not care about other people's opinions. She taught me to be truthful. She taught me to be free. I began to live my life in love and complete acceptance. For the first time I had truly accepted myself.

If every choice you make comes from an honest place, you’re solid and nothing anybody can say about you can rock you or change your opinion. It doesn’t shake me because I know why I do the things I do and I know I come from a good place and so people can judge me however they wish. But I know I’ll continue to do the best I can and be the best I can.

Knowing what I was, and wanting me, anyway.

Its like he knows he's better than you, but doesn't look down on you for it because he knows it's not your fault.

I am that which I am, and I am willing to allow all others to be that which they are.

Devyn: “But what can I say? I'm irresistible.” Bride: "No, you're a ho, but the good news is I’m ok with that!

I will not adjust myself to the world. I am adjusted to myself.

The biggest mistake a woman can make is not to be herself in public or private.