Quotes About Acceptance

I never wanted to be a fighter. This is what God said I'm going to do, and I'm happy with that.

I wasn't born to be a fighter. My hands are too small, and look at these short arms.

I know this sounds ridiculous, but I'm not much of a fighter.

Both fighters can't win in this sport, so you have to leave it in God's hands. Losing is not the end of the world. Losing is natural; the better-prepared athlete will win.

My dad died, and he wasn't in my life because he had schizophrenia, so it's been something that my entire family has been fighting against since I can remember.

I'm not fighting with myself.

I wouldn't change anything because the mistakes and the hurt are as important as all the great fights. They made me who I am today.

Even when I was winning my fights, once it's over, it's over. It's in the past, and you've got to look forward.

Get things right for disabled people and you get it right for all, for the whole of society. Not just figuratively, but in reality.

We figured out as a community of gay people, we have to take care of our own.

When I was young, people were so disgusted by me. Before I even knew that I was gay... everybody else had it figured out and, you know, they were letting you know.

My feelings for Ellen overrode all of my fear about being out as a lesbian. I had to be with her, and I just figured I'd deal with the other stuff later.

'Aging' has been bad ever since we figured out it led to dying.

When I was younger, I thought that straight hair was, like, the only thing. So I was trying to be like Naomi Campbell or Tyra Banks. I didn't know that people would add hair for more length. I'm like, 'Oh all these people just have natural hair like this.' I obviously grew up and figured out that everyone does something to their hair.

I've finally figured out how to make a Rodney Crowell record, and that's let it be, leave the mistakes.

As soon as I figured out I didn't know anything about music, I was OK. It's when I thought I could learn something that I was in trouble.

I never really felt apprehensive because of my voice because after a while I'd gotten used to it, so I figured it would only be a matter of time before everybody else got used to it.

This constant feeling of, 'I have to have everything figured out' is not going to get anyone anywhere.

I'm one of those people who figures that it will eventually sort itself out.

If public figures came out of the closet, then the LGBT kids who saw them on TV would feel safe before they even knew why they felt dangerous. Maybe if enough people came out of the closet, gay kids would never feel dangerous. Maybe we could have a world where we could all just live. We may not all agree, but why can't we just all live?

I spent my life figuring out ways to make the room OK with me.

The more space and emptiness you can create in yourself, then you can let the rest of the world come in and fill you up.

No man ever fell in love with me for the way I fill out a Lycra dress.

I'm not gonna be someone I'm not, because I don't want them to draft someone who's not me, and then I have to try and fill that role. I'm gonna be me, and hopefully a team falls in love with me.