Quotes About Acceptance

I like to be around people that's not afraid to be different.

Obviously international football is going to be different, I understand that.

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

I was told I'd never work again, but once you come out, it's like someone turns on the lights, and your life will be different.

It's OK to be different, and it's OK to not follow.

It's like you're waiting on the world to change, but I'm actually living it, because I wonder: If there was a DragCon when I was a child or even a search engine or 'RuPaul's Drag Race,' maybe my father would have been different. Maybe our relationship now wouldn't be different.

It was almost like I gravitated toward the people who were encouraging me to be like myself and to be creative and be different.

If that day come, and artists I've had incredible runs with just break my heart one day, you know what? I still got to do stuff that was actually really incredible. When that day comes, I'll deal with it. Until then, I'll be grateful for today.

The Calcutta public accepted me and put me where I am. I will always be grateful to them.

You must understand, I don't have to be happy to be happy.

You have to accept who you are in order to make someone happy and be happy.

I used to think drinking was the only way to be happy. Now I know there is no way to be happy.

I try not to get too ahead of myself. I try to be happy where I am.

I have given up trying to be happy. It is no use and leads to nothing.

If you try to hold on to something you don't have anymore, you can't be happy in the moment.

I am a father, and I know the feel of being a father. Why wouldn't I want my gay friends to also be happy parents?

I respect every gay man and woman. They're that way, and they just want to be happy.

I believe gay, straight, anybody, everybody's supposed to be happy in this world, man.

I'll be happy to go anywhere that will take me, honestly.

My mom was a little weepy. My dad was very logical about it. Once they realized you can't change, they wanted to know that you can be happy and be gay. Once they realized that, they were very cool about it.

The key is to be Zen-like and be happy with what one has.

I had a lot of friends be kind of standoffish after I became a Christian.

I think it would be nice to see more of an open culture to different music.

You have to be prepared to go along the way life takes you.