Quotes About Acceptance

I've had the exact same brown hair all my life, and my whole life, people have been telling me to change my hair.

I was well into adulthood before I was prepared to acknowledge the simple fact that I am gay. It took years of struggle and growth for me to recognize that it's just a fact of life, like having brown hair, and part of who I am.

I've got a lot cellulite and my thinking was brown cellulite is better than white cellulite.

If I'm not the right fit for the Browns, that's fine by me.

I completely accept, respect, and support Caitlyn, but I must admit, I sometimes miss Bruce.

It's not like I'm looking for a blonde or a brunette, light-skinned or dark-skinned. I feel like I give any girl a fighting chance.

If I can't even be bothered to brush my hair, I don't think I should start getting face work... I think it would look a bit try-hard.

When I adopted Buddhism, my master taught me not to be so rigid.

I know I'm not a buff dude in any sense, but I'm more than comfortable with my body.

You can look back on a lot of things and things that could have been changed, but ultimately those things make you who you are. It builds character. I'm OK with that.

I can't change a light bulb.

I thought I was bulletproof, and I'm not.

I'm 44, and I've never had a problem being gay, and maybe I dodged a lot of bullets, and maybe I'm one of the lucky ones. I want to make sure every kid can have that experience.

When I started wearing makeup, my parents..... were like, 'You're absolutely not wearing it out of the house.' At first, I thought they were not happy with me wearing it, but later on, I realized it was out of fear of me getting bullied and ridiculed in school.

Because I have been bullied and attacked about my body, body image has always been an issue for me.

For me as a kid growing up, I was gay and I didn't even realise it, let alone accept it. I was told I was gay before I could even imagine it. I was incredibly bullied - ferociously bullied - as a child.

Why are some people bullied? Because they are different. How? It doesn't matter.

I was the kind of person who got bullied and loved the attention of it.

Growing up, at that time, I didn't want to be black because I was bullied, and I'd tell my mum that I wanted to be white like everyone else at school.

I wasn't bullied or anything, but I didn't really fit in.

When I was younger, I got bullied for wearing my hijab.

I've been bullied about my appearance since forever.

I remember wearing a full checkerboard look with checkerboard Vans when I was in elementary school and got bullied so much for it, so it's nice to see it being applauded and enjoyed.

I got bullied so much growing up for being a different color in a majority white school.