Lizzie Velasquez Quotes

ABOUT

Elizabeth Ann Velásquez ( born March 13, 1989) is an American motivational speaker, author, and YouTuber. She was born with an extremely rare congenital disease called marfanoid–progeroid–lipodystrophy syndrome that, among other symptoms, prevents her from accumulating body fat and gaining weight.

Her conditions resulted in bullying during her childhood and ultimately inspired her to take up motivational speaking.

Velásquez has spoken out against bullying, in January 2014 she gave a TEDx Austin Women Talk titled "How Do YOU Define Yourself" and is known for her optimism.

Velásquez has also written two books directed at teenagers, which share personal stories and offer advice. Be Beautiful, Be You(2012) shares her journey "to discover what truly makes us beautiful, and teaches readers to recognize their unique gifts and blessings". Another book, Choosing Happiness, talks about some of the obstacles Velásquez has faced and how she "learned the importance of choosing to be happy when it's all too easy to give up".

Dare to be Kind, first published in 2017, is about the importance of being kind, gleaned from her first-hand experience being bullied personally and online.

QUOTES
If you always keep your true feelings and your inner wounds to yourself, the best that can result is emotional isolation from everyone around you, even the people who love you the most.

We experience challenges in order to learn and grow. We have fears because we’re human, and our life’s work includes working through them, to come to a place of genuine self-acceptance, compassion, and love.

You’re good enough as you are. You’re beautiful as you are! But equally accept that it is natural for everyone to love and be loved. We don’t need to run from love; we need to run toward it.

God loves us faithfully. He loves me and he loves you just as we are, today, right now, right here, no matter where we are or what’s going on in our lives. God listens to our words and hears the quiet whispers in our hearts. Each of us is given the opportunity to have a unique relationship with God.

If you want to change the world, you start small, right at home.

I so admire anyone brave enough to be open about the moments in their lives they might rather have kept hidden, because their candor helps everyone feel more "normal" and less alone.

I always say that creating positive change in the world starts with just one person: you. That’s why it is so important to learn to be the right kind of selfish. It’s essential to learn the art of taking care of ourselves so that we can have the energy and the willpower to take care of each other and the world that we live in.

The love that family members share is essential, and it’s so important to highlight it no matter what else might be happening.

You have your very own recipe for success in life, based on a unique mix of ingredients. Those ingredients are you—the qualities that you bring to the table, made up of your own personality and experiences. Your uniqueness is your gift to the world.

We all need to give ourselves permission to feel our true feelings, even if those are decidedly darker or heavier than happiness. Instead of keeping that bright, positive attitude and claiming “I’m fine!” no matter what’s really going on, we need to be honest, with ourselves and others, about how we’re really feeling.

You are perfect just as you are, and so am I.

Even if you look a little unusual, you're a member of the human race.

If you ever slip into thinking you have to be perfect to deserve love, remind yourself that no one is perfect, and everyone deserves love.

No one else has the same story as you, and that's a good thing.

The truth is that there’s something unique about each and every one of us. Everyone has a superpower of one kind or another.

Pain and anger have to go somewhere. If we keep stuffing them down instead of processing them, we’ll end up either turning them inward, which isn’t good, or outward, which is no better.