Temple Grandin Quotes

Just because I don't look like everybody else doesn't mean that I can't be just as beautiful.

I'm different, and I'm not afraid to be different.

You know, you don't have to look like everybody else to be acceptable and to feel acceptable.

I get to remind myself and other people to be yourself, to rock you who you are, and don't worry about if it fits.

People have a problem with me being different, but that propels me forward in life.

I want people to understand that from the minute Lady Gaga arrived, she created a new set of rules: being different is good; embrace it.

I love being a freak. It's great!

I want to encourage women to embrace their own uniqueness. Because just like a rose is beautiful, so is a sunflower, so is a peony. I mean, all flowers are beautiful in their own way, and that's like women too.

If you're different, or if you think something about you is just weird and out of the ordinary, I just think that's so dope.

It's not like I try to be different, but every single person is unique, and every single person has special things to offer, and it's about embracing it and not being afraid of the fact that maybe you're different or quirky, but it's okay to be different, and it can be a wonderful thing.

The things that make me different are the things that make me.

The idea that feeling confident and feeling misunderstood are mutually exclusive really bugs me. So a lot of what 'Rookie' is about is just showing that you can be both, and you can like whatever you want.

I invite you to get out of the box, be yourself. If you have blue hair, pink, yellow; if you have a broken tooth; if you have other sexual preferences... be yourself. Fight for your happiness always.

Sometimes you might feel like you're not good enough or unique enough, but everyone is! Everyone has different personalities.

I always had a family that instilled in me red hair was my superpower and how it was such a lovely thing.

Having those positive friends around can really make a difference in how you view yourself. It's helped me realize that there's no such thing as having a perfect body, and just because I'm not shaped the same way as another girl is, it doesn't mean I'm not pretty. It just means that no two girls are alike.

Being different is good; embrace it.

There’s always going to be someone who is prettier than you, better than you in some way, but everyone has that something that makes them different.

I am not a sample size, and I am okay with that. I'm good with who I am. I like to accentuate the positive. My waist is something I love to show off. I'm also happy that more and more women are embracing who they are, because everybody's different. You don't have to be a size 0 to be pretty. You just have to be comfortable with who you are.

Stop comparing yourself to other people; you are an original. We are all different and it's okay.

Different isn't evil, it's just different.

For young women, I would say don't worry so much about your weight. Girls spend way too much time thinking about that, and there are better things. For young men, and women, too, what makes you different or weird-that's your strength. Everyone tries to look a cookie-cutter kind of way, and actually the people who look different are the ones who get picked up. I used to hate my nose. Now I don't. It's OK.

Different isn't bad, it's just different.

I may not be better than other people, but at least I'm different.

I would like for this moment to be for that kid out there who feels like she doesn't fit in anywhere. You do. Stay weird. Stay different, and then when it's your turn and you are standing on this stage please pass the same message along.