Top 33 Lizzie Velasquez Quotes

I feel like I’ve built up this persona of always being positive and always being happy, and I worried if my audience sees me not in that light, will they think less of me? Will they discredit me? Will I just be nothing?

I told myself that I wanted to be a motivational speaker, I wanted to write a book, graduate college, have my own family, and have my own career.

I eat small portions of crisps, sweets, chocolate, pizza, chicken, cake, doughnuts, ice cream, noodles and pop tarts all day long, so I get pretty upset when people accuse me of being anorexic.

I normally don’t ever talk about my dating life or anything super personal in the press just because I feel like there’s this fine line between what to keep to myself and what to share.

Beyond scheduling regular checkups with my cardiologist, there is no way to know if or when my heart condition might become critical.

As I got older, I knew my syndrome wasn’t going away. It was a hard pill to swallow. I wanted to look like everyone else and blend in, and I couldn’t find a way to make that happen. I couldn’t blame the doctors or my parents, so I blamed myself.

God made me the way I am for a reason and I would never change that. I lead a normal life as much as possible and deal with the bumps in the road as they come along with my head held high and a smile on my face!

I make it a point to let myself have bad days on a regular basis.

I’ve met so many people who have come up to tell me their personal stories, and a lot of them express the same feelings that I have, especially reading things online.

My parents gave me an incredible foundation and a strong faith in who I am. They loved me in the face of so many unknowns.

Being a 13-year-old girl who is constantly picked on is unbearable.

Whether it’s your personal life, your work life, your school life, your confidence, everything will fit once you believe in yourself.

Everyone knows life throws you curve balls, in my case it’s like life throws me giant boulders.

I feel I’m really glad I don’t look like the celebrities out there who are beautiful, because there are a lot of stereotypes attached to that.

I have a passion for helping others and making a difference in the world. I take life one day at a time and make the best of it every chance that I get.

People think cyberbullying will never end, so why try to fix it? Which I completely understand. I will be the first to tell you that it’s not going to end. But if you start making the change and start making the steps, over time change will happen.

In 2013, I did a TEDx talk in Austin. Until then I had sort of a following online but this was completely different – it went viral.

Bullying needs to have more attention, and there needs to be more open communication in schools to make kids feel comfortable enough to speak up.

I credit a lot of learning to love myself to my faith, my family and my friends. Everyone needs someone you can look to for constant support, who you never have to impress, to share your happy and sad days.

I could eat absolutely whatever I want, whenever I want and I won’t really gain any weight. I’m going to be 25 in March, and I’ve never weighed over about 64 pounds in my entire life.

But after the TED talk went viral, I called Sara Hirsh Bordo, who had produced TEDxAustinWomen, to ask her advice. She told me she’d like to do a documentary, and that we should work together on anti-bullying efforts.

Having to look a certain way, or be a certain weight, comes from magazines, movies, the media.

When I was a teenager I would look in the mirror and wish I could wash away my syndrome. I hated it because it caused so much pain in my life.

I believe there definitely are good things about social networking. It’s a way for people to connect all around the world.

I taught myself how to be a speaker on Google. I just Googled ‘how to be a motivational speaker.’

Young girls and boys from all around the world let me know their personal story, and I can feel their smile through their words. To be able to look at those comments and just get encouragement from them and know that I am living the life that I’m supposed to is what keeps me going every day.

One thing I did was to create a Love Yourself List. I wrote down everything I like about myself, and put it on my bathroom mirror. Then I read it until I believed it. Any time I compared myself to others, and felt negative about myself, I’d go back to that list.

I experienced bullying as early as the first day of kindergarten and there were times where I wish could escape out of my body.

I can pretty much make a joke out of any situation, I’m quick on my feet and I love to laugh. I am the biggest girly girl. I love to get dressed up, go shopping, and getting my nails done.

You’d assume I was being bullied a tonne at school and it was horrible, but in reality, I really was getting bullied everywhere else.

I weigh myself regularly and if I gain even one pound I get really excited.

I am very determined but I also have a tendency to be very stubborn. If I’m ever told I can’t do something I put my mind to or that I won’t be able to accomplish, I automatically think of it is a dare that I won’t do it and it makes me that much more determined to get it accomplished.

No matter what we look like or what size we are, at the end of the day we are all human.