Quotes About Acceptance

Mistakes are nothing to be ashamed of.

There has to be room for people to make mistakes and lead their own lives.

We're all made to make mistakes; nobody's perfect.

No one should be harassed or mistreated because of who they are, who they love, or what they believe.

I didn't grow up with any concept of people being deviants unless they mistreated others.

It doesn't really bother me if people misunderstand me. It's cool, but you can't do anything about it.

Because bisexual people almost have a foot in the gay and the straight world, their friends can misunderstand them too. Like if a bisexual man starts dating another man, people are like 'Ah, he's gay,' but you know, bisexual people remain bisexual, and their attractions can change and flux over time.

I think there's a big misunderstanding on the value of migrants.

I have nothing to explain. As for being misunderstood, I have grown accustomed to that.

Everyone at some point in their lives feels excluded and misunderstood.

I think I have a deep-seated fear of being misunderstood. Or being misjudged.

Sometimes I feel like I represent for the misunderstood.

Mitch, Mitchell - I don't care, but my mom prefers Mitchell. I'll answer to either one.

I grew up around a lot of foreign people - it was a big mix but there were never any problems.

If I were king of the world there wouldn't be boat people, there would only be people coming in boats. I would mix us all up so that we were all exactly one shade of each other.

I myself am mixed race - my mother is Korean, and my father is an American Jew - so I've always felt other.

I always wonder if my kids will say they're mixed or black.

People are like, 'Was it hard growing up mixed?' 'Did you not fit in?' and I'm like, 'No? What? That's the dumbest question ever.'

People say I have a scary face. I find that to be a mixed compliment.

My mom is a white Jewish lady, and my dad is black. The cultures never seemed separate - I had a lot of mixed friends. When I was young, I identified with being Jewish, but I embraced my dad's side, too.

Black folk who don't realize I'm mixed will treat me like I'm some racist person, or when white people find out I'm black, they treat me with racism, and I don't feel like I belong or fit in anywhere.

A lot of people decide, if you're mixed, you're black. And so they try to force you to choose a culture.

It was quite strange that people were saying I wasn't Asian enough. It's like, 'Oh, you're not Asian enough to play an Asian role.' So what does that mean for people who come from mixed heritage? I grew up in Asia; I'm Malaysian.

I'm mixed, and I'm proud of that.