Tia Mowry 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.'

Glee's good because it tackles the issues by embracing what's different, and telling people, 'That's what makes you special' - I think that's the underlying thing.

I think pop culture underestimates people. The message is, 'Being yourself is the worst thing you could possibly be.' But people are still attracted to it.

It's really important to share the idea that being different might feel like a problem at the time, but ultimately diversity is a strength.

When I was in school, I got there on the first day and everyone had long, blonde, straight hair, and I had short, dark, curly hair. I immediately felt I didn't fit in and started growing my hair. But I've learned that I'm only happy when I am truly me and feel comfortable and confident in myself.

People are embracing the thing that made them different growing up instead of letting that thing elicit shame.

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

Just because I don't look like everybody else doesn't mean that I can't be just as beautiful.

It used to bother me - having bigger, fuller brows. I even plucked them once so I'd fit in, but I hated them and couldn't wait for them to grow back. Now I embrace them. I realized the quirky things that make you different are what make you beautiful.

You are one of a kind and unique. Never forget that.

I love the mixture that's in me. It makes me me. And that's why it's such a shame that people waste energy in denying who they are.

Love yourself, whatever makes you different, and use it to make you stand out. Mine is my voice and the fact that I'm gay: well, the fact that I'm flamboyantly gay.

I have two younger sisters and I'm such an advocate of owning who you are as a person. Don't be ashamed or intimidated. Never feel like you are not amazing.

I get to remind myself and other people to be yourself, to rock you who you are, and don't worry about if it fits.

People have a problem with me being different, but that propels me forward in life.

I want people to understand that from the minute Lady Gaga arrived, she created a new set of rules: being different is good; embrace it.

Take that one thing you don't like about yourself and more often than not that's the one thing that makes you more special. Whether it's that gap in your teeth, or that mole you never liked, or your skin color.

I realize I have strength as an artist and professional by embracing my difference instead of what makes me the same.

Whipping your hair means not being afraid to be yourself.

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 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.

There are so many different walks of life, so many different personalities in the world. And no longer do you have to be a chameleon and try and adapt to that environment - you can truly be yourself.

I want to encourage women to embrace their own uniqueness. Because just like a rose is beautiful, so is a sunflower, so is a peony. I mean, all flowers are beautiful in their own way, and that's like women too.

In British culture, redheads get teased at school. But I've grown up enough to realize I love my hair.

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.