Jean Cocteau Quotes

My hands are small, but they're not yours, they are my own... I am never broken.

As long as you stay true to yourself and to who you are, you ain't in nobody's way.

I'm finally ready to own my own power, to say, "This is who I am." If you like it, you like it. And if you don't like it, you don't. So watch out; I'm gonna fly.

Owning our power means claiming the credibility and uniqueness of our own humanity.

Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me. I am who I am, doing what I came to do, acting upon you like a drug or a chisel to remind you of your me-ness, as I discover you in myself.

I hope one day it's not revolutionary just to be yourself, but I think that the work that's being done around identity and personhood is so important.I feel inspired by people around me who are part of this movement as well: Hari Nef and Rowan Blanchard and Willow Smith and these kids who are really not going to listen to anyone. "I'm just going to say whatever I feel. I'm going to be myself. And if you don't like it, then, you can go screw yourself."

I am not who I sleep with. I am not my weight. I am not my mother. I am myself. And I am all of you, and I thank you.

Always stay true to yourself. Some people will like it, some people won't. Life goes on.

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

I'm not gonna apologize for who I am and what I've gone through.

I want to reclaim who I am.

I think the most productive thing to do during times of change is to be your best self, not the best version of someone else.

I never really mind what people say about me - I am far too unconventional and far too dedicated to being true to myself to let other people's disdain or nastiness upset me for long.

The single most powerful thing I can be is to be myself.

I'm just going to do what I do and be who I am.

Live your life to its fullest potential and don't really care too much about what other people think of you.

You're not going to scare me into being somebody I don't want to be.

I definitely stuck out like a sore thumb. I came to the conclusion - I had to at such a young age - if no one was going to be like me, then I just have to own it. If I can't be like everyone else, then I might as well just own who I am.

Being yourself in a world which wants you to be someone else is the highest possible attainment.

Find out who you are and figure out what you believe in. Even if it's different from what your neighbors believe in and different from what your parents believe in. Stay true to yourself. Have your own opinion. Don't worry about what people say about you or think about you. Let the naysayers nay. They will eventually grow tired of naying.

Power comes from who you are, not what you have, and the transformation starts with how you allow others to treat you.

Never let anyone try and make you into something that you're not. Remember what it is that you want, and always stay strong in that.

What I would tell girls coming up is just be yourself and don't let people get in the way.

Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.

If you have the guts to be yourself, other people'll pay your price.