Bette Midler Quotes

If you are wasting time and energy trying to be as much like everyone else as you can, you are throwing away something precious: your individuality. When you embrace your difference, your DNA, your look or heritage or religion or your unusual name, that’s when you start to shine.

When you're different, sometimes you don't see the millions of people who accept you for what you are. All you notice is the person who doesn't.

I know I'm different, but I don't think about it.

As a young child, being different is isolating, and as a teenager it's humiliating. I wish I had been able to stand out with more confidence when I was a child, and especially when I was a teenager. I was different, but it wasn't always a conscious choice, and it often made me miserable. But I'm all grown up now, and so are you. Today, difference is your strength, your power, and your trademark. It's your signature. It can still be difficult to be different--sometimes even harder than it used to be. Even so, it's time to embrace being yourself. It's time to be authentic.

It is not wrong to be different. Sometimes it is hard, but it is not wrong.

I felt different although my mum kept reminding me it was OK to be different.

All people - African, European, American - worry about being different. But I've learned that the traits we'd rush to get rid of are the very ones that others desire. People always covet what they don't have. That's why we should look at ourselves every now and then and say, 'I'm proud of myself. I like the way I'm made.'

Growing up, I just wanted to be like everyone else. I didn't value or understand the beauty in being different at the time in my life.

I dyed my hair about 42 different colours, and kids can be pretty judgmental about people who are different. But instead of breaking down and conforming, I stood firm. That is also probably why I was unhappy.

I was definitely considered different growing up. I learned that being me was all right because my family celebrated those differences.

I don't feel inferior in the slightest to anybody - or superior to anybody, let's get that clear. But I do feel different.

When I was a kid, I always had the red hair, the white skin, and freckles. Back then, I wanted to look like everybody else, but now I realize that being different is definitely a major help.

I think that the shame of being different is very painful for a lot of people.

People only look at my beard for a moment. Then it melts away and it's just another part of me. It's like the most natural thing, that this is what a bearded lady looks like. It's beautiful to see.

Only recently have I realized that being different is not something you want to hide or squelch or suppress.

For a really long time, I thought being different was a negative thing. But as I grew older, I started to realize we were all born to stand out; nobody is born to blend in.

I wish people would look at me and think, 'Well, someone like that exists!' Accept the difference.

The point is, I'm weird, but I never felt weird.

I am different. Let this not upset you

Being different is good; embrace it.

I wanted to talk to very young kids about self-image and about being different and how that can be your strength, especially from the immigrant perspective.

The best piece of advice that I remember probably on a daily basis is to accept everything about me that is different. That is what makes me special.

The reason why you don't see people looking like me is because I don't encourage that. I encourage you to be you.

I always wanted to be famous because I thought that if I couldn't be good [at something], I'd be famous. I was never really good. I was just something different and I got to be famous for being different.

Normality is to be different. Every person is a different person. And one day you need to be aware of your difference. Aware that you are not the same as the others. That is to be normal.