Mikey Madison Quotes

It's truly disheartening to me to see so many beautiful women who have no idea what their potential is.

Women who have strong identities, who know themselves, really inspire me.

Art helped give me confidence.

My first and most loved real novel was 'Little Women.' I identified with the Jo character even though we were opposites. Jo was very strong-minded and brave, and I was shy and kind of a wuss, everyplace but in my own home. I wanted to be Jo. She was my alter ego. I think reading that book gave me courage.

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

Everybody wants to be somebody. The thing you have to do is give them confidence they can. You have to give a kid a dream.

I was 20 years old and felt I had a lot to offer, even to myself.

The National Youth Theatre did one very simple but incredible thing for me: it made me realise I had choices.

Once you figure out who you are and what you love about yourself, I think it all kinda falls into place.

What nourishes us at home and in school is what inspires us. When we get awareness and learn about the great potential that we all human beings have, we are able to discover our leadership.

Some of these kids just don't plain know how good they are: how smart and how much they have to say. You can tell them. You can shine that light on them, one human interaction at a time.

My mission is to give girls the tools to be able to blossom into their best selves.

There's so many young women today who look so lost. And I feel like, of course they're lost. They have no one around them to give them real, authentic reflection.

I've got to where I've always wanted to be. I just feel more myself, and I've learned not to care what other people think. It's happened slowly, very slowly. But I did it.

Awaken its powers, and it will respect itself.

Hot Lips changed a lot in eleven years. Initially, Margaret Houlihan behaved as though a man were the only thing that could complete her life, and she didn't see what richness her life contained. She gained a lot of self-esteem through the years, and she came to realize that what she did, what she offered, was valuable.

When you really understand who you are, it enables you to fight and believe.

Growing up, when I was younger, I didn't feel all that tough or smart or strong. As I got older, I was able to discover my own strength.

It's common for people to start questioning themselves. As a female, I'm going to offer the advice I gave myself: You look at your strengths, you look at your goals, and accept that you are who you are. Be true to that.

It's so empowering to know the truth and to really understand something.

I would love to see every woman feel that she knows who she is and how she wants to lead. Every part of me is passionate about having the ability to do what I never could do when I was young.

I want to be a woman who has a little bit more figured out, who doesn't have so many doubts.

You have to know what your value is. I started learning my value when I was 12 years old.

I wish when I was 15 that I realized my voice was important and that even my thoughts and my opinions had value. Had I known, I probably would've spoken up more. I probably would've found my activism sooner and become a writer sooner.

I've learned about myself that I'm much stronger than I ever had any idea about myself.