Mike Posner Quotes

To be happy, it first takes being comfortable being in your own shoes. The rest can work up from there.

Until you can be happy, you can't facilitate happiness for anybody else.

You don't need a man to make you happy, let's just be clear about that. All right?

There is no happiness outside of ourselves.

Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy because of what you have.

I'm happy with who I am inside. I'd hate to have accolades and all that and not really be happy with who I was. So I'm really thankful for my family and for the support system that I have for being the person that I am today. I'm proud of who I am.

I've been surrounded by a lot of people who felt that external success would result in them feeling good about themselves. But it just seems extremely unfulfilling to me.

I look my best after an entire hair and makeup team has spent hours perfecting me. When do I feel my best? When I haven't looked in a mirror for days, and I'm doing things that make me happy.

It's really about being pleased with yourself.

I was motivated by just thinking that if you had all this external success that everyone would love you and everything would be peaceful and wonderful.

I'm a huge believer in you don't really need anybody to make you feel validated or make you feel secure. When you go to sleep at night, you're with yourself, and when you wake up, you're with yourself. Be happy, just alone, regardless if you're with somebody or not.

Most women would not be happy being me. People say, 'But you're alone.' But I don't feel alone. I feel very un-alone.

It's better to be happy than to be well-dressed.

I don't think there's anybody in this world who should be required to make you feel good about yourself. Be happy on your own.

Mother Nature made me the way I am, and I should be happy.

I never think, Oh, I'm so beautiful. To me, feeling happy is more important.

Sometimes people ask, 'What do you wish for your children?' and all I say is, 'I want them to be happy being them.'

Even people who believe they deserve to be happy and have nice things often don't feel worthy once they have them.

I worked hard to be accepted by the fashion community in ways beyond my physical appearance. In no time, though, I found myself surrendering to the industry's approval process. I felt like I needed validation from everyone. As a result, I lost sight of myself and what it meant to be happy, what it meant to be successful.

I've learnt to be happy by myself.

I don't need a person to make me happy.

I was able to start building my confidence and know that I don't need anybody to be happy.

If I look in the mirror when I get up or before going to bed at night, I see a man of average ugliness with stubble, an unruly mane of hair, a squint nose, slightly protruding ears, and bags under my eyes. But I also see a man who's completely happy with the figure staring back at him.

This is my face, it is the one people know me to be. I am happy with my face. Why shouldn't I be happy?

I don't need to be validated by anybody else; I don't need to be accepted or approved of for my happiness.