Quotes About Self-acceptance

I'm very comfortable with myself and my sexuality, but it doesn't define me. I also read books believe it or not.

I live with being bipolar, but it doesn't define me anymore.

I try not to define myself. Other people are going to do that for you anyway.

I don't think of myself as anyone special, and I would not know how to define myself.

I define myself.

I was 15 when I did Rufio and now I've been Rufio for more of my life than I haven't been. Wrestling with that is always interesting because you don't want to be fully defined by it, but at the same time it's you, and you don't want to be ashamed of you either.

I am not defined by somebody's comments or an article or somebody's angst about me or their anxiety about me or what is being said about me on social media.

I do have a little bit of trouble with candor around the things that I used to do. I think it's probably just resultant of shame and embarrassment and not wanting to be defined by the life that I used to live.

Personally, I don't ever want to depend on makeup to feel beautiful.

You can't beat yourself up over being depressed. Because then you're not only depressed, but you're also beating yourself up about it and only compounding the problem.

Feeling anxious or depressed sometimes is part of what it means to be a person, and it might even be essential to success.

Not only was I really, really depressed when I was not out to the world, but I just finished my NBC series, and I didn't think it was right to come out during that when I was playing a male character.

As someone who was once in the closet, I can tell you it is the most sad, dark, awful, depressing place to ever be.

I still get awful depression. It's who I am.

I've looked inside myself, and I'm rather happy with what I found. I've discovered my depth, and I am not afraid to be alone in this world anymore.

When I describe myself as fat to people, whether it's a driver, anywhere around the world, or a friend, and I'm like, 'Oh, it's just because I'm fat,' people are like, 'Don't say that about yourself.'

I always believed that clothes should be designed to conform to our bodies and not our bodies to conform to the clothing.

There's a lot of people desperately seeking to find 'the one,' and I think we should learn to be more at peace with ourselves.

I despised trying to lose weight, and I resented everyone that made me feel like I had to.

This is what's hard: I know I'm legally a man, but I'm also male-minded, despite having the female appearance.

The learning from my entire career is: never compare yourself to anyone because it'll destroy you.

I will be what I will be - and I am now what I am. Here is where I will devote my energy.

I can't let other people dictate how I see myself.

I'm not too hard on myself about dieting and exercise. Some stars are a little too bony for me. What happened to the booty?