Khoudia Diop Quotes

If I was to meet my eight-year-old self, I would say, 'Don't listen to what they say about you. Wear your anorak with pride!'

I've learned to ignore the negative people and just be a living example of confidence and self-love.

Never be ashamed! There's some who'll hold it against you, but they're not worth bothering with.

I am a woman who enjoys herself very much; sometimes I lose, sometimes I win.

Don't listen to what other people say about you negatively!

If people hate me they hate me.

To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.

You are more beautiful than you realize, stronger than you know, more powerful than you could imagine.

We can climb mountains with self-love.

I was often told that I wasn't a thing. 'She's not pretty enough. She's not tall enough. She's not thin enough. She's not fat enough.' I thought, 'O.K., someday you're going to be looking for someone not, not, not, not, and there I'll be.'

I've worked very hard on my self-esteem, and I know my value.

A ton of kids at school have made fun of me; if I had to give advice to other girls, I would say, 'Hang loose and ignore them. They shouldn't faze you no matter how popular they think they are.'

The fact that people don't like me doesn't bother me.

I take great pride in being who I am. Whether I'm broken or not, I am who I am.

Don't let anyone tell you that you're not good enough. Don't let anyone tell you that you're too short, you're too fat, you're too thin, you're too ugly - that's nonsense.

Loving and accepting ourselves are the ultimate acts of courage.

If you can't stand yourself, neither can anybody else!

Love yourself. Just love yourself. In fact, the love of the self cures every kind of problem you have with yourself. For instance, if someone calls you nappy-headed, it rolls right off your body, if you love nappy hair. Or if someone calls you buck-toothed or too black, that won't be a problem if you love being buck-toothed or black. If you love it, then so what. The development of self-love cures many of the ills that people suffer from.

I like to make the best of what I have. I'm not a supermodel, clearly. I'm not a makeup artist. I'm a real woman.

You just can't afford to care that much about the negative things people say about you. You just can't!

Everyone has different issues, and I think for a great deal of women, those issues are self-esteem. And for me, I really wanted to understand it and get through it because I didn't want to be an actress afraid of getting older. I refuse to live that way.

For me, I try and be authentic in my choices and follow my instincts, and I think it's a valuable message for women in today's society to learn to love yourself.

I want kids to know: Don't wait for somebody to come along and tell you you're special. Because that may never happen.

To have someone inspire you to be who you are and be unapologetic about it, it's beautiful.

You literally just have to celebrate who you are, because that's a beautiful thing.