Acceptance Quote by John Cameron Mitchell

My whole journey has been about self acceptance.

— Jordin Sparks

If I was concerned about being accepted, I would have been doing Ansel Adams lookalikes, because that was easily accepted. Everything I did was…

— Duane Michals

I surrounded myself with people who indulged my ego. They treated me as though I was Ziggy Stardust or one of my characters, never…

— David Bowie

I was fortunate enough to have an upbringing that made me more accepting of who I am.

— Peter Dinklage

My curiosity was in no way cruel. Deviations from the commonplace attracted me strongly, as they still do; and to me the hermaphrodite and…

— Robertson Davies

I always believed in being myself.

— Thelonious Monk

Here's how I became myself: mess, failure, mistakes, disappointments, and extensive reading; limbo, indecision, setbacks, addiction, public embarrassment, and endless conversations with my best…

— Anne Lamott

Once I brought it back to the real me and my roots, and I put my Jordans back on, and I just wore my…

— Ice Spice

I began to see myself as someone who can help others understand diversity rather than feeling like a social outcast. Ellen taught me to…

— Portia de Rossi

I genuinely wanted to be an inspiration to other people and inspire people and be a role model.

— Jon Jones

When I earned my scholarship, it really motivated me to let everybody that I was the real deal.

— Carl Nassib

'Unforgiven' gave me the opportunity to be a complete changeling: the blonde hair, the research that I did at the prison. It changed the…

— Suranne Jones