Halima Aden Quotes

You just gotta be yourself and don't hold anything back just because you're a woman.

I've kind of stepped into my femininity.

Whipping your hair means not being afraid to be yourself.

I'm trying to encourage more women to be themselves, rather than what men want them to be. I don't believe in patronizing either sex.

I've always stood for one thing, and that is having freedom, and part of that is the freedom to unapologetically be yourself.

If wanted to play a sport, I played a sport. If I wanted to do things that many girls born in 1950 didn't do, I did it.

One of my core values is to help redefine what it means to be a strong and beautiful woman in the music and fashion worlds and to empower the wonderful things that make us unique.

I like strong, strong women who don't go down without a fight. I like iconic roles. They don't come around very often, so I have to wait for them. Obviously I'm not the typical blonde who stands by the side, while the man has all the fun.

In our society, the women who break down barriers are those who ignore limits.

I hope girls read what I say in interviews - they should just be themselves.

I try to be feminist in, like, I love myself and I don't need someone else's approval.

I've always played strong women who are doing their own thing.

There are so many different walks of life, so many different personalities in the world. And no longer do you have to be a chameleon and try and adapt to that environment - you can truly be yourself.

Girls shouldn't be afraid to look messy. They shouldn't have to always fit in with the pretty girls. Our goal as women is not to impress guys.

The more messy women that we put on screen, that we put in books, the more women can feel represented and seen, then they can access their own stuff, feel it's okay, and then have the strength to speak out about things like we're talking about. About rising up.

Don't try to squeeze into a glass slipper. Instead, shatter the glass ceiling.

I love breaking stereotypes.

Women are such incredible people. We're so multifaceted, we're so interesting, and any opportunity to celebrate that - because there's been many years of not being able to - and expose what it's like to be female and how we can be whoever we want to be, and do whatever we want to do, is great.

I'm just trying to be myself and encourage other young women to be themselves.

To be yourself is truly a revolutionary act, and I think more and more people should try it, because it's gotten me a pretty cool life.

I don't feel like the 'first,' or the last, or a lady. I am Brigitte Macron!

We gotta break these double-standards and get women to loosen up a bit. We gotta show them that we can do what we want to do how we want to do it. If someone doesn't like it, they can get to stepping.

You don't have to live up to anyone's expectations, just be the best you can be

The best thing you can do is to be a woman and stand before the world and speak your heart.

I definitely think women are running it right now. We are not afraid to speak our minds. It's exciting because that's what I stand for, for people to be irreverent and to be themselves.