Josh Gondelman Quotes

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.

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.

I was fortunate enough to have an upbringing that made me more accepting of who I am.

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

I'm in trouble because I'm normal and slightly arrogant. A lot of people don't like themselves and I happen to be totally in love with myself.

I don't have a problem with enthusiasm.

I wish they would only take me as I am.

Accept who you are and try and make the best of that.

The more I like me, the less I want to pretend to be other people.

I'm sure I was a great disappointment to many women because I wasn't Errol Flynn. But I'm me. I think that's got some merit.

I'd say for those people who don't feel like they fit in, I'd want them to ask themselves why they want to, who they are trying to please, and whether or not those people are worth it. You know what they say: 'If they don't want you, then they don't deserve to have you.'

Some people like you, some people don't. In the end you just have to be yourself.

I am not trendy. I am not 'in fashion.' I am simply a positive human being who has a positive outlook on life.

My dad used to say, 'Just be yourself and you'll be fine,' but it's really, really true.

You have to stay true to yourself and where you're coming from, and sometimes people see you in a different light, but you have to take it in and try to be positive about anything.

One of the most obvious parts of my character is the smile, and if I wasn't comfortable in myself then I wouldn't be able to smile so much.

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.'

I've never been more normal than I am now.

There is no reason to be ashamed of who you are.

You're stuck with being yourself, so the important thing is to find people who like that.

There's something to be said for embracing who you are.

I think that ultimately I just have to be myself. You know, I don't do anything that outlandish anyway.

It's not a bad time to be me.

I'm accepting of who I am and how diverse I am and honoring that.

I think it is very important that you like yourself for who you are and not want to look like anyone else. You also have to understand, many people have had cosmetic surgeries in order to look the way they look. So why look like them when you can just look like you? And there is nothing wrong with looking like you.