Albert Camus Quotes

I might have to stumble a little bit more in public than others, but that's fine, I don't mind, I've developed a thick skin.

I don't have the best self esteem; mine wavers month to month, but I know how to pick myself up.

Since being quite young, I've had a very strong sense of independence and survival. As a child, I was on my own two feet emotionally.

I've learned to try to sustain myself by holding on to the integrity of who I am. I'm not talking big diva. I'm quiet. I'm shy. And I became stronger when I stopped trying to be the person they wanted me to be.

I take great pride in being who I am. Whether I'm broken or not, I am who I am.

Love yourself before any other person. That's when you can really survive on your own.

You’ve learned a new rule and it’s simple: don’t put yourself in situations you’d like to run away from. But when you run, run back to yourself, like that bunny in Runaway Bunny runs to its mother, but you are the mother and you’ll see that later and be very, very proud.

You can get what you want. Never sell out. Don't break. Don't weaken. Don't let the kindness of strangers be your salvation, for it is no salvation at all. Unless you sleep alone, you sleep with the enemy. Never come out of the storm. On the other hand, maybe you should. You don't have what it takes to go the hard way. Come out of the cold and sit by the fire. Let them warm you with the smiles and promise of friendship's fortune. Lose your edge. A soft body and chained mind suit you. Chances are you don't have what it takes to walk the frozen trail. Stay home and relax.

And this is for Colored girls who have considered suicide, but are moving to the ends of their own rainbows.

Fitting in is unnecessary. Embrace who you are. You will go through rough times in high school, but always stay strong, and never deny yourself!

Age is getting to know all the ways the world turns, so that if you cannot turn the world the way you want, you can at least get out of the way so you won't get run over.

I'm far more ready to go with the flow now because I am more accepting of myself.

I don't care what people think about me because I know I am more than all the pain and strife they hold inside.

You are precisely as big as what you love and precisely as small as what you allow to annoy you.

I would rather be an opportunist and float than go to the bottom with my principles around my neck.

I learned not to care what other people think.

You cannot control another human being, and you just have to learn to go with the flow and laugh at yourself, in whatever capacity.

Of course! It takes a lot of strength to mend a broken heart. Channelising energies into your work helps, but also to be able to accept situations for what they are instead of questioning them helps immensely.

Not everyone loves me, but I have to be okay no matter what they think about me.

I was not treated like a serious young actress, and that was very hard. It sent me into psychotherapy, which is one of the smartest things I ever did. It taught me that I had to find value in myself.

People and what they say don't bother me like they used to. When I was younger, I really couldn't take it because I couldn't understand where the criticism was coming from.

We can climb mountains with self-love.

You don't have to look like a warrior in every role.

I enjoy trolls. They try to shake my confidence and bring me down with such remarks, but they never knew they helped me grow. They saw my curly hair, they saw my dark color, they saw my short stature and they started making memes. I know they can mock my appearance but they cannot claim I am corrupt or talk about my education or my eloquence.

I'm inherently a chameleon... to not evolve is to not live.