Quotes About Self-discovery

We all have to find beauty within us, as opposed to just our exterior.

What I am trying to do is create a space for people to explore what they want to be, as opposed to fit into a label that they have been given.

I realized so much of my college years were spent not wanting to be gay. I just imagined how different it would be if I were going through that experience in 2016 as opposed to 1984.

I've had moments of deep self-involvement that didn't come from a place of loving myself but quite the opposite.

It is very important to have deep friendships of the opposite sex to learn so much about yourself and what you need as a human.

I don't think I'm the 'Oprah' type.

Growing up, I always wanted kids, and that was one of the things that made it hard for me to accept being gay, but now I know it's totally an option to have kids.

My first experience out of my country was Ecuador. That was a very good option for me. To know how you can develop your coaching style or your personality being away and being alone, that is not easy.

I wasn't sure music was an option for me.

Not everyone has to be a model and a designer, there are so many other options that are great and long-lasting. It's just finding what you're good at and being honest with yourself.

I didn't know there were options like gender neutral or gender fluid. I later realized you could be a girl and dress like a guy.

I didn't do 'Orange' because I knew it was good. I wanted to do this because it feels good. And I just knew that was the place I needed, wanted to be.

I don't know what my mother was thinking, but she entered me in a Little Miss contest - Little Miss Orange Blossom, I think it was. And I don't remember anything about that, except I have one flash-bulb memory of standing on the stage and thinking, 'This is not where I should be.'

I took organic chemistry, and I got my first-ever F. I ended up going to summer school, and the whole time, I'm thinking, 'I am not good at sciences.'

To force something that was not organic to who I am was tough on me, and so I can relate to all those girls and guys out there going through the same thing.

At the end of the day, I say, 'You do you.' You shouldn't be focusing on convincing people what your sexual orientation is.

Embracing my origin has made me the confident and grateful person I am.

I enjoy the hero genre more than anything else. I enjoy origin stories. I enjoy doing stories about people who learn what they are capable of.

If you can just be yourself, then you have to be original because there's no one like you.

I wasn't interested in fashion originally. Fashion was for other people.

I originally thought I'd grow up to be a woman. I didn't question that when I was little.

I originally came out as gay when I was a teenager, then backtracked when I thought I had closed off the market a bit!

I think most people are interested in our origins; once we understand, it might be easier to become the people we'd like to be. Or, better, become the people we think we already are.

'I am not adopted; I have mysterious origins.' I have said that sentence many times in the course of my life as an adopted person.