You really have to save yourself because the critic within you will eat you up. It's not the outside world - it's your interior life, that critic within you, that you have to silence. ~ Iman

My mother who trained me to dance always said, you don’t have to be naked to be sexy, it’s a state of mind. ~ Angelique Kidjo

If you're already somebody who's feeling different, you'll do everything in your power to fix it because children will do everything in their power to fit in and assimilate. ~ Uzo Aduba

I'm not perfect and never will be. That's fine. It's the ultimate compassion, I think, to forgive and be kind to yourself as much – if not more than – the next girl or boy...~ Zolani Mahola